DOME COLLECTIONS |
Institute Archives & Special Collections |
COLLECTION |
MIT Course Catalogs |
Content |
The "Bulletins" or course catalogs of MIT. |
Size |
approx. 30,000 images (50,000 pages) |
Age |
1875-1995; Fiche produced in 1996 |
Source |
approx. 300 microfiche sheets, current version also on-line |
Rights |
MIT owned |
Anticipated Audience |
DLC's, Administration, faculty, staff, historians, legal, . Use for historical comparisons, statistical analysis and trending |
Benefits |
Critical for any department or researcher trying to determine evolution of teaching and courses at MIT; to understand requirements for graduation when comparing curricula; to learn who taught what courses & when; Would be very valuable to alums who need course descriptions for professional certification |
Format Risk |
minimal |
Format |
need to scan to TIFFs; convert to PDFs? |
Metadata |
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Funding |
? |
Other Comments |
Discussions in the past with MIT Reference Publications Office and Rob Wolfe re: how to move this forward (stalled in part due to complexity of searching requirements and lack of funding) |
8/2/2011 10:34:35 MIT Course Catalogs Mikki Macdonald IASC
Heavily used material for historical and genealogical research, and often used by recent graduates when applying to doctoral programs and jobs.
Would like to add to the Archives Dome community.
Complement to the Reports to the President.
Barton records, Archivist Toolkit known
1865-2010 1865-1992 are microfiche