REQUIREMENTS FOR LIBRARY SERVICE TERMS OF REFERENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP60-00346R000100270006-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 1998
• Sequence Number: 6
• Content Type: REPORT

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REQUIREMENTS FOR LIBRARY SERVICE
TERMS OF REFERENCE
6. The Accessions Process. Selection
b. D/GG is adequately represented in the selection and feels
that centralization would make the system too large, cumbersome,
and less responsive to the needs of the users.
e. The individual accessions lists and consolidated procurment
lists seem to be adequate and comparatively timely. For obvious
reasons the notificatification of individual items should be
routed beyond the requesting components; however, this notification
and resulting requests should be handled so as not to interrupt the
prompt receipt of the item by the initial requester or precipitate
an immediate run of requests for the item from the casually interested.
Although the description seldom goes beyond the title and author, it
seems to be adequate for those who are versed in the field and
actively following the literature.
g. Yes
o. D/GG has encountered difficulties in obtaining retention copies
of books, intelligence reports, and other materials produced by
other agencies, particularly such items as are produced on a contract
basis e.g. the Human Resources publications distributed under the
authority of the Chief of Research and Development, Dept. of the'Army,
Washington 25, D. C.
7. Cataloging.
c. Generally adequate and serves the purpose; however, we do not
find the recall system to be completely dependable in our research.
Often documents which the library possesses do not appear in answer
to a request for a machine run on a specific geographic area, even
when the name of the area appears in the title of the document. Is
this the result of careless cataloging, or is it because primary
attention is given in the cataloging process to topical subjects
rather than to geographic place names?
e. No* should include books,
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8. Circulation.
f. Where use is necessary, there should be,no restriction on
stack privileges.
i. How accountable is one under the present system?
10. Machines.
a. Yes
b. A few days
13. Yes
15. 'Generally yes when the user is cognizant of the facilities and
mechanics for utilizing them.
16. Yes
17. Whenever additional aid or guidance is necessary the reference
staff presently provides the service.
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