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1. SERIAL issues not received, needing to be claimed.
2. Gift Augmentation Program

The Warren and Genevieve Garst Photographic Collection contains nearly 20,000 wildlife slides donated to Colorado State University Libraries by Warren and Genevieve (Genny) Garst . These slides were photographed over a period of 25 years as the Garsts traveled to Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa, and the Americas while filming for Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom television series. More than 700 animal species, including mammals, reptiles, birds, insects and aquatic wildlife are represented within this slide collection.

The Warren and Genevieve Garst Photographic Collection

Government Documents Advisory Group. 

See REFERENCE AREA.

See GIS.

Housed in UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, The Sidney Heitman Germans from Russia Collection is named in honor of the late Dr. Heitman to recognize his years of research and teaching about this ethnic group, the second largest in Colorado. The collection documents early migration to Colorado settlements, religious and family matters, occupations and social mobility. Formats include books, journal articles, theses, dissertations, oral history tapes and transcripts, photographs, manuscripts and government publications. Most of the collection is in English, but there is a portion of German language material.

Germans from Russian Collection

Materials donated to the LIBRARIES which may or may not be added to the collection.

Section of ACQUISITIONS SERVICES which acts as a contact point for donor inquiries and offers of in-kind gifts. This section processes donations and establishes new gift serial subscriptions through either the exchange program or as a gift standing order with other domestic/foreign institutions and publishers. Staff also handles exchange of unneeded materials through the DUPLICATE EXCHANGE UNION (DEU) or other exchange groups.  This section offers material not needed by the Library to the Overseas Development Network (ODN), other campus departmental Libraries, other libraries, or community organizations.  Materials are also put on FREEBIE shelves for PATRONS or sold in occasional book sales if not purchased with state or federal funds.

GIFTS-IN-KIND include non-cash assets in the form of securities, real estate or personal property. CSUL also accepts equipment, works of art or other tangible personal property.

Geographic Information System – An information system that is designed to work with data referenced by spatial or geographic coordinates.

U.S. Government Documents.  See also DEPOSITORY LIBRARY.

U.S. Government Printing Office, located in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Government Printing Office

Graduate Research Assistant.

A program interface that uses the computer's graphics capabilities.

The Greater Western Library Alliance is a consortium of 30 research libraries located in the greater Midwest & Western U. S. with common interests in programs related to scholarly communication, interlibrary loan, shared electronic resources, cooperative collection development, digital libraries, staff development and continuing education. CSUL is a member. Formerly known as BIG TWELVE PLUS (BTP) Libraries Consortium.

Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA).

Green Reserve is a subset of general RESERVES. It contains library-related materials put there for an indefinite timeframe. It also can contain non-specific items such as the Board of Governors minutes or internal information from LFC, LCC, LEA, etc. Items are reviewed each summer to see if they should continue to stay in Green Reserve.

See CHECK-IN CARD.

Founder of the Griffin Foundation, Inc. and friend of DR.WILLIAM MORGAN.  The scupture on the pedestal at the entrance to the MORGAN LIBRARY west wing, 1st floor is Pat Griffin.

Graduate Teaching Assistant.

(pronounced GOO-ee). See GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE.

See GREATER WESTERN LIBRARY ALLIANCE.