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General Information

Circulation of Materials

Collections

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Staff

Sharon Mollock, Multimedia Librarian
Mignon Conners, Office Clerk



General Information

Soper Library's Multimedia Listening/Viewing Department is located on the Ground Floor, Room G34. Housed in this room are the Library's microform collections (mostly back issues of magazines, journals, and newspapers), sound recordings, audio and video cassettes, and slide collections, along with playback equipment.

A MSU Bear Necessity Card is needed to make copies from microform. Visitors from outside the University community may purchase a card from the MVT (Morgan Value Terminal) in the First Floor lobby area. The cost is 50 cents; value may be added, as needed.

Hours for the Multimedia Listening/Viewing Department are posted at its entrance. Generally, the room is open at all times the Library is, except for the half-hour prior to closing.



Circulation of Materials

• Materials that may be circulated
  Video tapes
  Records, tapes and CDs
  Slides and filmstrips
  
  
• Circulation to students is for one day only.
• Circulation to faculty and staff is for seven days.
• A current identification card is necessary to check out materials.
• Circulation outside the Multimedia Department is permitted Monday
  through Friday only, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• All items must be returned to the Multimedia Department.



Collections

Microfilm Collections


• Newspapers: Baltimore Sun and Evening Sun, Afro-American newspapers, Baltimore News American, The L.A. Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, The Times (London) and African-American newspapers from selected cities in the United States. There are also a collection of 19th century African-American newspapers and the Maryland Gazette, 1745-1837.
  
  
• Periodicals: Over 1000 titles representing back issues of periodicals that support all academic disciplines offered by Morgan State University.
  
  
• Doctoral Dissertations: Dissertations accepted in American universities and covering every aspect of study relating to the African- American experience.
  
  
• Schomburg Collection: The Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History is a collection of books, periodicals and newspapers including the first African-American newspaper published,
  New York Age, 1905-1960.
  See also : Website - NYPL's Digital Schomburg Collection
  
  
• Facts on Film: Vertical file material about the African-American experience and that of other minorities in the U.S. This collection dates from 1954-1973.
  
  
• FEPC Papers: Original source material from the Fair Employment Practice Commission which deals with the African-American worker as wage earner.
  
  
• Others:
  
  American Missionary Association Society
  Aaron Burr Papers
  Black Abolitionist Papers
  Charles Carroll Papers
  George Washington Carver Papers
  Charles Chesnutt Papers
  COINTELPRO: The Counter-Intelligence Program of the F.B.I.
  Frederick Douglass Papers
  Paul L. Dunbar Papers
  F.B.I. Files on: The Black Panthers, The Highlander Folk
  School, The NAACP, SNCC, Paul Robeson,
  Marcus Garvey.
  Los Angeles Riots (Watts)
  Martin Luther King Assassination File
  Maryland Colonization Society
  Papers of the NAACP
  Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society Papers
  Bayard Rustin Papers and others.
  
  
• Herstory: Includes journals, newspapers and newsletters of the women's liberation movement from women's civic, religious, professional and peace organizations all over the world.

Microfiche Collections


• ERIC: Large collection of education related articles, speeches and reports.
  
  
• NewsBank: Clippings from selected newspapers from all 50 states. Broad coverage of education, employment, local and national government, business, health, law, transportation and other current topics.
  
  
• New York Times Oral History Program: Reminiscences of leading figures in all walks of life, covering the most significant events, issues and personalities of recent times.
  
  
• The Negro Emancipation to WW I: Collection of books and pamphlets written between 1863 and World War I by and about African-Americans.
  
  
• Pamphlets in American History: Pamphlets on every major period and theme in American history.
  
  
• Library of American Civilization: Collection of books, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, and documents (colonial, U.S., and state) from the 17th century to World War I.
  
  
• Library of English Literature: Collection of major and minor works of poetry, drama and prose from Beowulf to the Restoration. Political and religious tracts are also included.
  
  
• Historical African-American Periodicals: These periodicals reflect the viewpoint of African- Americans on a wide range of political, economic and social issues. The period covered is from 1826 to 1960.
  
  
• Corefiche: World's Best Drama: 851 plays by 245 dramatists, ranging from Classical Greece to the early 20th century. Encompasses European and non-European authors (all in English).

Audio-Visual Materials


• Records and CDs (Classical and popular)
• Video cassettes (subjects in the arts and sciences)
• Filmstrips
• Slides
• Audio cassettes (subjects in science, business, humanities and politics)

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