Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.Title"Step away from the machine": A Look at Our Collective Past.AuthorsWIDZINSKI, LORIAbstractA look at the history of academic media collections through the evolution of media formats. It is divided into broad format sections: visual, audio, and audiovisual. It is part literature review, part facts and trivia, and part personal stories.SubjectsESSAYS; AUDIOVISUAL materials; NONBOOK materials selection; ACADEMIC library collection development; PRESERVATION of library materialsPublicationLibrary Trends, 2010, Vol 58, Issue 3, p358ISSN0024-2594Publication typeEssayDOI10.1353/lib.0.0092