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Dear All At Newcastle University Library we are considering a new edition of our printed guide to Special Collections. This is currently 24 p. and gives a brief summary of our manuscript and printed collections. >From a quick trawl of web sites (mainly university ones) I have ascertained that most institutions are choosing to put up to date guides to collections on their web sites with quite detailed descriptions (which fits in with the need to produce collection-level descriptions) rather than producing a published guide as well. Has this become the way most colleagues would chose to reach their audiences, or is there still a valid case for producing printed guides for sale or to give out? Presently our guide is priced at £3.50, but is free to library members. Any thoughts and experience from your own institutions? Thanks in advance of any help Helen Arkwright Helen Arkwright Library Archivist Special Collections Robinson Library University of Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HQ Tel: 0191 222 5146 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%