Garwig, 'Burlington Textiles Library Creates Quick Response Collection', NCSU Libraries Newsletter v21n01 (August 1993)

_The NCSU Libraries Newsletter_
Volume 21 no. 1
August 1993
Garwig, Paul
"Burlington Textiles Library Creates Quick Response 
Collection"


The Textiles Library, under the direction of library head Paul 
Garwig, has begun assembling a Quick Response Collection 
(QRC).  The textile industry has a growing interest in QR, a 
time-based, market-sensitive manufacturing strategy 
developed in the 1980s, and Garwig hopes that the Textiles 
Library will become a leading, comprehensive resource for 
information on the subject.  The collection was started with a 
$6,000 grant from the American Textile Manufacturers 
Association to Professor Trevor Little (NCSU Department of 
Textile and Apparel Management) and Garwig.

The QRC will be open to students, faculty, and others for 
research, as well as to companies and consultants planning or 
implementing QR.  The broad scope of the collection includes 
books and pamphlets, journals and newsletters, bibliographies, 
video- and audiotapes, committee records, standards, and 
software.  In the first year, work is focusing on identifying 
relevant materials, compiling a bibliography, acquiring some 
sources not now in NCSU Libraries' collections, and developing 
an approach to organizing the collection for use. Garwig is also 
seeking donations of materials related to QR.  Ann Swicegood, 
a senior majoring in textile design, is assisting Garwig on the 
project.