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National Shelflist Count: A Historical Introduction and the National Shelflist Count Project: Its History, Limitations, and Usefulness.

Peer reviewed

Ortopan, LeRoy D.; And Others – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1985

Two articles describe National Shelflist Count project organized 13 years ago under auspices of American Library Association's Resources and Technical Services Division to collect and publish comparative data about strengths and growth of major North American research collections. History, limitations, usefulness, and recommendations of 1983 task…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classification, Data Collection, Higher Education

A Trend Analysis of Volumes Added to the ARL Libraries.

Peer reviewed

Wang, Chih – Library and Information Science Research, 1985

Describes a practical study to demonstrate trend analysis and several related statistical instruments that can be applied to library research, presents possible topic for full study, and substantiates author's view on future of libraries. An overall analysis of variance is presented and examples of data analysis are appended. (13 references) (EJS)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Library Acquisition

Editing the RLG Conspectus to Analyze the OCLC Archival Tapes of Seventeen Texas Libraries.

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Nisonger, Thomas E. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1985

In 1984, 17 academic libraries in Association for Higher Education of North Texas consortium used the Research Libraries Group Conspectus to gather data concerning current collecting patterns. Results of study suggest that Conspectus subject breakdown may be too specific for libraries smaller than Association of Research Libraries institutions.…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classification, Consortia, Library Administration