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The Alternative Press in Microform. PUB DATE Apr .77 \ - NOTE 23P 'OA DOCURENT EESUNE ED .143 340 IR 005 015 AUTHOR Tsang, Daniel C. A TITLE The Alternative Press in Microform. PUB DATE Apr .77_\ - NOTE 23p. ;Best copy available EDRS PRICE MF-$0.83 HC-$1.67 Plus Postage.s- DESCRIPTORS CoMparative Analysis.; *Evalua'ticn Criteria; Indexing; Library Collections; *Micofilm; *Microform.s; Preservation; *Publishing Industry; lieference 1 Materials; *Research Reviews '(Publications) IDENTIFIERS *Alternativ-1Public ati ns; Radical Press,," A-BSTR-ACT Pt sented.is an analysis of what has been done reg*arding the pre efvation of alterretive publicationSin microfilm. '` The alterna.tive`pfesswaS defined, for the 'purposes of this study, as 'nonstandard, nonestalishment publicatiOns. TWO projects undertaken . to microfilm such publications, one by the Microphoto'Division of Bell and Howell and the other by Ha'rvester Press-, were contrasted, with respect to completeness, quality of,. microfilm, and ease of access. The Harveste collection,' which focusesonBritish . publications, is see to be the more n early complete of the two, and it provides more s isfactory external, finding aids. However, a subject index to the contents of the publ'ia'ations is not available or. either -collection, and neither cffers iDdividual titles for p rch,ase.A related study found that only 44%' of the publications indexed by Alternative- Press Centre were microfilmed leading to the conclusion that libraries may be doing tgheir patrons ,a disservice if they do,not subscribe to all the' publications available. Their value or historidal research; risk of loss through fire; airoheft, rdeterioration); and the limited number of libraries maintaining such collections are the major reasons cited for the publications to be 'reproduced and preserved on film. A brief commentary on 'other micropthblishers engaged In filming radical publications and recommendations for future action are Included.'P. bibliography and titles available from Bell and Howell and Alternative Press Centre in microfilm are Appended. (Author/JR,F) ********************************************************************# Documents acquired by ERIC include' many informal unpublished * * materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every e(fort,* * to obtain the best -copy available. Neverthelss, items of marginal ** * reproducibility are often encountered and4his affects the quality *, * of the microfiche end hardropy reproductio-rts ERIC makes available * * via the ERIC Document Releduction Service '(EDR$) .EDRS is not * * responsible for tilt quail- -y of the original document. Reproductions *, f'*supplied by 'EDRS are the .best thatAcp.n be Made from thee, original, **********************p*****.****************4,*********************** 4 U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEENREPIR,Q, DUCE() EXACTLY AS RECEIVEU FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATiONORIGiN- STING IT POINTS OF UiEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SENT OFF IC1AL NATIONAL INSTITUTEOF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY . THE ALTERNATIVE .PRESS IN PICROFORM PERMISSION TO REPRODUCETHIS COPY RIGHTED MATERIAL HASBEENGRANTED BY -t0 EPIC ANO OPGANIZATIAS rl A OPERATING J UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH THE NATIONALIN STITUTE OF EDUCATION FURTHER REPRO, RUCTION OUTSIDE THE ERIC SYSTEM RE. OUIPES PERMISSION OF -THECOPYRIGHT I I OWNER PiKIWI\ VariCOM 1,2 7 DANIEL C. TSANG APRIL 1977 . ti 0 2 ti CONTENTS a - , INTRODUCTION 1 3. THE ALTERNATIVE,PRESS 2 THE CASE'FOR MICROREPRODUCING THE ALTERNATIVE PRESS 3 PROGRESS TODATEt\ X CRITICAL ANALYSIS 7 . RECOMMENDATIONS FdR FUTURE ACTION . 13 APPENDIX A: THE KEWSPAPERS OF IUNDER=, GROUND PRESS COLLE ION* '-o,* ... .... ,..,, APPENDIXB: --, 04,, tp, .4,e TITLES,INDEXED BY '' ( -I PRESS CENTRE.AVAI IN MICROFORM' ) 17 BIBLIOGRAPHY , 20 3 I INTRODUCTI o In this paper I will attempt: to-presst a 'critical, analysis of wh:has been, done regardingthe preseation of alternative publications in microform,and offer my o suggestions for what should be done to reproducethese publications on film. The paper should alsoserve as a useful research guide for _ - others seeking a selected listof alternative publications in microform. The compilltion containstitles of\publications currently indexed by the Alternative'Press Cent\ r which ,are 'available in microform. 1 , A D . 4 O THE ALTERNATIVE PRESS What constitutes the "alternative press" is a matter of dispute,. Various compilers have defined the alternative press' in different ways. Robert H. guller subtitled his classic 2-Volume study From Radical Left to Extreme Right (1970) as follows: "a bibliography of current periodicals of protest, controversy, advocacy, or dis6ent ..." The Alternative Press Index made- it appearance in 1970 subtitled: "an index to the publications which amplify the cry for social change and social , justice." Danky in )his introductioneto Undergrounds: A Union List .; (1974) noted that "run two definitions are likeley to be the same."What seems clear is that the term, as contemporaries clefide it, apply to the publications generated. -by the social and 'spolitical upheavals of ,the 1960's; .Spiers (1974) argues that before 1965, the underground press just did not exist. It may have 9f course, but not in the way we understand it .today. I'myself am content wit]; the broad definition adopted by ,Danl;y and Fox in their occasional column on the alternative media which,ap ears 'in the-Wilson Library Bulletin: "Non-standard, non - establishment publications." s \ re- -a. ti THE CASE FOR MICROREPRODUCNG THE ALTERNATIVEPRESS 7. Why-Should we 'attempt topreserve the alternative press in microform.? Very' igimply it is because film, underarchival t . conditipns,°liets much longerthan newspaper. BUt.l.hatanswer, - . of course, is inadequate. Is the alternativea:essworth. preserving?' T Xerox University Microfilms, it isunderstood, felt that some sthe underground press materialwas"inpoor taste". and . reportedly Stopped:. microfilming it, accordingto Mr. StevensRice (April1977)1 Irtdeed_s_Muller has noted (1970, v. 1, xacii-xxiii) that: A great obstacle is, the trait -ional,concernof librarians about quality.--"The mainpurpose of, bookselection, inprofessional rhetoric, is 'to dhooSe the good,screen out the shoddy, and build up a "choice" collection that will"educate and elevate the publicbY.offering.. them the . "best ". Yet, considerations 'of "quality." may be inappropriate when it: comes' to choosing'polemic tracts,How important, after all, is the style , in which, an opitiOn is expressed?What if a :; Viewpointbe printed on poor ,paper, withsbad .ypbgralphy's many..errors in spelling,inelegant langUatel=and much profanity? What ift, the reason- ing be ilogical?The drawings lacking in artistry? ,What if-this,viewpoint so shoddily tricked out is, ..'"-"furthermore, read eagerly by only a' few hundredor. thousand 'people? A tract; though half-literate, - 4.s still a document. If it puts for ward;- or -lies,liith intent to deceive,shonld it% be excluded? 'On such 'groundsMany.librarians reject astrology, numerology,` palmistry, descriptionsof 'dubious medical ',4-rcure'ietc..,:..4..is hardtoknow where todrewtile: line. What"..a, librarian`'should avoid is excludingapoint of ,view,b,ecause,2he is 'offended bythe way in which it is -presented. ,: 3 6 t .. -\ I' I \, Itisincumbent onlibrarians tOday not tO act as censors of i what future) generations inay wantI to read. What, is good'or poor taste? after all, is ayariablieacross time and among,people. a Taste should not be thecrite4ionto base a decision on whether or not one-should preserye the l*aIternatiVepress. Who are* we to . V prevent fdture historians from studying the protest movements of the 1960s,'.anditsassociated ephemera, just because we /- happen to be hung- up avei qflality?'...Our role as librarians -5 is to provide serviCe'-..... in.tfacademic libraries to serious researchers. - Our role is definitely note to act as guardians of morality or of establishment views. Some two dozen libkaries already maintain special colXectlbns . I. '..... of. alternative. publicatiCns (Akeroyd and benedict,,l973), and , -. graduate students and faculty are beginning to use the resources' / ) for serious study (Palmer? l97). The fact that a limited number, of academic libr4es maintain such collections underscores 'the need for easyiacces's to the material: Ease of access can be facilitated if these materials are microfilmed. Judith F. King, Cf.the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom,- has been quoted (in 'a Bell add Howell advertisement) as folloVs: "In the long run, the newspapers' will havegreat.histpilcal and research value. Unfortuneateli,,the stockon which they are printed is mot of the-best quality, and immediateattempts to preserve them .must be made. If this is not done; the whole. period of turmoil th," we are currently (late 1960's . experiencing 4 12- o will be,'lost to history." In the .same brochure, ,Herbert... Finch, ; Curator and ,Archivist at Cprnell University, was quoted as saying: f Kt .. e "I think that-a.compiIation- of-these newspapers, easily available on microfilm, 'should beccime an outstanding souice-of , , -- --, _information for scholars 'Who wish to study inc. this era of student unrest and rebellionArDich 'has been sO-iniiuential'-On . - contemporary-histdry. Since these papers, even_at-thetime,,--, ....- of.publicati apvery difficult.to_Acipire.thrOugh ordinalT , do, . -k - - channels,,I think that it is, most important that you try to', make your filmed set as, comprehensive'as
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