Reference and Instruction Publications and Papers Reference and Instruction 7-1998 Representations of the Alternative Press in Academic Library Collections Rita A. Marinko Iowa State University Kristin H. Gerhard Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/refinst_pubs Part of the Collection Development and Management Commons The ompc lete bibliographic information for this item can be found at http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ refinst_pubs/61. For information on how to cite this item, please visit http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ howtocite.html. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Reference and Instruction at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Reference and Instruction Publications and Papers by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Representations of the Alternative Press in Academic Library Collections Abstract This study uses the list of periodicals indexed by Alternative Press Index to examine the holdings rates of alternative press titles in U.S. ARL libraries. Holdings rates are examined by library, by title, and by subject category. Alternative press titles are not widely held in U.S. ARL libraries. Titles falling into categories such as leftist/Marxist politics, gay/lesbian, and labor are particularly underrepresented in library holdings, as are titles that are newsletters or magazines. The impact of these low holdings rates on scholars, students, and archival library collections is discussed. Disciplines Collection Development and Management Comments This article is from College and Research Libraries 59 (1998): 362–376.