Definition

A folio or signature of any size bound by sewing or stapling through the fold.

Source: Music Library Association. Preservation: Pamphlets. Originally compiled by Alice Carli and Denise McGiboney. Accessed June 26, 2018. http://committees.musiclibraryassoc.org/Preservation/Pamphlets.

Introduction

Pamphlets are booklets commonly found in special collection and music libraries. UNESCO defines a pamphlet as "a non-periodical printed publication of at least 5 but not more than 48 pages, exclusive of the cover pages, published in a particular country and made available to the public."

Pamphlets in library collections are often bound in pamphlet binders.

Related terms

Pamphlet binder

References

American Library Association. Pamphlets and minor library material : clippings, broadsides, prints, pictures, music, bookplates, maps. Chicago: American Library Association (1917). Accessed June 26, 2018. https://archive.org/details/pamphletsandmin00assogoog. 

Carli, Alice. Binding and Care of Printed Music. Music Library Association Basic Manuals Series, no. 2. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press; Music Library Association, 2003, p. 148.

Music Library Association. Preservation: Pamphlets. Originally compiled by Alice Carli and Denise McGiboney. Accessed June 26, 2018. http://committees.musiclibraryassoc.org/Preservation/Pamphlets.

Silverman, Randy. Pamphlet binders and their use in research libraries. In Archival Products 1.1 (1992): 2-3. https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=704019.

UNESCO. Recommendation concerning the international standardization of statistics relating to book production and periodicals. November 16, 1964. Accessed on June 26, 2018. http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=13068&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html.