Microfilm: The Librarian's View, 1976-77 (Book Review)

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Heresy and Popular Protestantism in England, 1527-1553

Recent scholarship has devoted comparatively little attention to the popular aspects of the English Reformation, despite an increasing appreciation of the role and importance of sectarian religious groups in sixteenth century life. Much work has been done on the nature and scope of non-maglsterlal Protestantism on the continent, the so-called Radical Reformation , but these studies have largely Ignored the presence in England of a contemporary movement to restore primitive Christianity together with an ethical religion based on Scripture. There was a deep current of what might be called Protestant feeling in England that had little to do with either the Henriclan Reformation or the doc­ trinal changes enacted by Somerset or Northumberland. This current had its roots in the later Middle Ages but was not without certain affinities with continental Ana­baptists and Lutheranism. Unfortunately, recent studies have largely ignored the beliefs of ordinary people des­pite the fact that an examination of available sources reveals much about the nature of this popular Protestant thought as well as the extent of its debt to medieval heretical activity and its relationship to its continental counterparts. No comprehensive account of the spread of Protestant ideas is available and this will certainly not be one. It Is an examination of some of the salient characteristics of sixteenth oentury English heresy and attempts to give some Insight into the things that ordinary people believed

Library Automation: An Overview

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A University Archives and Records Management Program: Some Operational Guidelines

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A Computer Output Microfilm Serials List for Patron Use

Library literature generally assumes that COM is better suited to staff rather than patron use applications. This paper describes a COM serials holdings list intended for patron use. The application and conversion from paper to COM are described. Emphasis is placed on the selection of an appropriate microformat and easily operable viewing equipment as conditions of success for patron use

Records and information management : fundamentals of professional practice / third edition

x, 277 pages : illustrations ; 25 c