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) |
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