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Standards in the Crerar Library

The John Crerar Library collected major national, association and foreign standards extensively from the 1920s/30s until about 1975. These are in print format, housed in the Library, and available for borrowing, in-house consultation and photocopying. Some of the major foreign standards were cancelled as follows: British - 1969; German - 1970; the International Electrotechnical Commission - 1971.

From 1986-94, the Library purchased some standards in microfiche. Most of these are from ASME, ANSI, IEEE, and UL with a few from other organizations. Crerar no longer purchases any current current standards on a regular basis.

There are gaps in the collection. Before coming, please call the Reference Department (773-702-7715 or Crerar-Reference@lib.uchicago.edu) to make sure we own what you need, or call the Photoduplication Department (773-702-7031 or ILL-Lending@lib.uchicago.edu) if you would like a copy. We would like to fill in these gaps. If your institution/organization is disposing of old print standards, please contact Andrea Twiss-Brooks (atbrooks@.uchicago.edu or 773-702-8777) to see if the materials would fit into our collection.

The following is a list of associations, organizations and societies from whom Crerar collected standards in the past. Each entry includes a Dewey Decimal call number (DDC) if known (the old call numbers have been included for reference purposes only -- these are not currently accurate as most of our standards are filed by association name in filing cabinets.) A Web link to the current association web page has been included if one could be found.



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