1. The rapid expansion of preservation activity and concern complicates any effort to systematize our knowledge. This report is necessarily a work in progress: ever more complete information is likely over time.
2. For general background on the microform enterprise, see Alan M. Meckler, Micropublishing: A History of Scholarly Micropublishing in America, 1938-1980 (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982). Thomas A. Bourke, "Scholarly Micropublishing, Preservation Microfilming, and the National Preservation effort in the Last Two Decades of the Twentieth Century: History and Prognosis," Microform Review 19-1 (Winter, 1990), p. 416, brings this general background up to the present.
3. FNMP is briefly described in Meckler, Micropublishing, p. 41-43 Richard 1. Korman, "Government Publications of the Latin American and Caribbean Region in Microform," Microform Review 9-4 (Fall, 1980), p. 221-222, treats projects for official gazettes. More general assessments of cooperative preservation include Nancy E. Gwinn, "The Rise and Fall and Rise of Cooperative Projects," Library Resources & Technical Services 29-1 (Jan./March, 1985), p. 80-86; and Margaret S. Child, "The Future of Cooperative Preservation Microfilming," Library Resources & Technical Services 29-1 (Jan./March, 1985), p. 94-101.
4. See Carl W. Deal, "The Latin American Microform Project: The First Decade," Microform Review 15-1 (Winter, 1986), p. 22-27.
5. Appendix E lists Latin Americanist preservation microfilming grants reported from 1985 through 1990.
6. The "Foreword" of any NRMM volume provides a concise history of this tool and of bibliographic control for microform more generally, as well as information on NRMM's scope and reporting procedures. Also see William J. Welsh, The Library of Congress: A More-Than Equal Partner," Library Resources & Technical Services 29-1 (Jan/March, 1985), p. 87-93.
7. Ann Niles, ed., An Index to Microform Collections (2 vols.) (Westport, CT: Meckler Publications 1984-1988). The seventy collections indexed in these two volumes encompass more than 20,000 individual titles. Volume 2, p. 232-276, enumerates titles in the "Latin American Travels" microform set.
8. See Martin D. Joachim, Recent Developments in the Bibliographic Control of Microforms," Microform Review 15-2 (Spring, 1986), p. 74-86.
9. Guidelines for Bibliographic Records for Preservation Microform Masters (Books) (Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 1989); also Robin Wolff, Survey of Preservation Master Negative Microfilm Cataloging Policies," National Preservation Program Office, Library of Congress, 1987.
10. Extract from a letter responding to the questionnaire survey developed for this study.
11. A number of institutions lacking sophisticated preservation capabilities have supported these programs by forwarding appropriate local acquisitions to one of the centers. Informal arrangements to supply missing serial issues, etc., are likewise widespread.
12. Appendix A lists major film sets available through both commercial and institutional filmers.
13. See the report in the Library of Congress Information Bulletin, 49-18 (September 10, 1990), p. 304 .
14. Project progress reports were presented at a number of SALALM meetings. For a broader overview, see Korman, "Government Publications." Filmed materials are calendered in several sources, including Pan American Institute of Geography and History, Gula de los documentos microfotografiados por la Unidad Movil de Microfilm de la UNESCO (IPGH Publication #225) (Mexico: IPGH, 1963); the Institute's Barbados: Gula de los documentos microfotografiados ,por la Unidad Movil de Microfilm de la UNESCO (IPGH Publication #270) (Mexico: IPGH, 19655); and its Honduras: Gula de los documentos microfotografiados por la Unidad Movil de Microfilm de la UNESCO (IPGH Publication #307) (Mexico: IPGH, 1967).
15. In the Peruvian case, more than fifteen percent of the published volumes for the period 1872-1966, are not included on the New York Public Library's film, despite an NRMM listing that might suggest a complete set. The RLIN record notes that the set is incomplete, and refers users to the targets for each reel for detailed holdings information.
16. Newspapers in Microform: Foreign Countries, 1948-1983 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1984) indicates known preservation masters. See also Steven M. Charno, Latin American Newspapers in United States Libraries: A Union List Compiled in the Serial Division, Library of Congress (Austin: University of Texas Press, [1969]). This retrospective compilation lists holdings in hardcopy, positive, and negative microfilm, as reported by 70 libraries in the United States.
17. See Robert C. Sullivan, Five Decades of Microforms at the Library of Congress," Microform Review 17-3 (Aug., 1988), p. 155-156, "The LC/BN Brazilian Newspaper Microfilm Exchange Program."
18. See Appendix A for a partial list. Microform publishers are in an extended phase of winnowing and consolidation. Firms are merging, vanishing, and being acquired by other enterprises in a process likely to continue.
19. Suzanne C. Dodson, ed., Microform Research Collections: A Guide (2nd ed.) (Westport, CT: Meckler Publications, 1984).
20. See Gail Persky, The Mellon Microform Master Project at the New York Public Library," Microform Review 13-1 (Winter, 1984), especially p. 15; also Diane Stine, "The Cataloging of Serials in Microform Under AACR-II Rules," The Serials Librarian 5-3 (Spring, 1981),p. 19-23.
21. The current editor is Basil Malish, of the Library of Congress. An index was prepared for numbers 1-20: see Library Resources on Latin America: New Perspectives for the 1980s. Final Report and Working Papers of the Twenty-fifth Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (Madison: SALALM Secretariat, 1981), p. 123-162.
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