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Lisa Romero – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
Diversity is an important issue in higher education communication and media programs. This study shows how librarians can use audit data to assess and strive for diversity in their library's print monographic collections. This article explores aspects of diversity within two fields of study, communication and media, and discusses the results of a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Diversity, Library Materials, Library Services
Michael W. Apple – Educational Policy, 2024
Books for and in schools are commodities. They form a central part of the political economy of publishing. They are also, profoundly, sites of cultural and ideological conflict. While always there, there are periods when these economic and ideological conflicts are even more powerful. This is just such a time. This reality asks us to also examine…
Descriptors: Books, School Libraries, Censorship, Politics of Education
Flaxbart, David – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2018
A citation analysis of chemistry PhD dissertations at the University of Texas at Austin yielded data on how often graduate students cite books in their bibliographies, and on the characteristics of the books cited, in terms of age and local ownership. The analysis examined samples of dissertations selected from five discrete years--1988, 2006,…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Citation Analysis, Chemistry, Books
Salami, Malik Oyewale; Olatokun, Wole Michael – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2018
The authors analyzed 21,005 citations from 124 Ph.D. theses submitted to ten departments in the Faculty of Science, University of Ibadan, in Nigeria, during the period 2006 to 2013. The overall analysis of the cited information sources revealed that journals (67.6%) were the most cited sources, followed by books/monographs (13.6%), and conference…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Citations (References), Doctoral Dissertations, Foreign Countries
Antell, Karen – College & Research Libraries, 2012
This paper reports the results of a citation analysis of the scholarly literature of LGBT Studies. EBSCO's LGBT Life database was used to gather a sample of 4,321 citations from core scholarly journals in the field of LGBT Studies, covering the time period 1974 to 2010. The analysis reveals that, although LGBT Studies as an area of scholarship…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Citations (References), Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation
Mancall, Jacqueline C. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1982
Reviews the literature on the evaluation of library collections, discusses the research specifically on collection evaluation in school libraries, and draws attention to the types of studies that are needed in the school library media field. A 22-item reference list is included. (JL)
Descriptors: Books, Educational Resources, Evaluation Methods, Learning Resources Centers
Westbrook, Lynn – 1985
This paper provides clarification of issues important to the preservation of paper materials and presents practical steps for any librarian to take in preserving the library collection. In order to deal with a manageable subsection of this complex issue, the paper concentrates on three interrelated aspects of paper preservation: the nature of the…
Descriptors: Books, Cooperative Planning, Librarians, Library Collections
Lorenzen, Michael G. – 1996
This study examines and evaluates security issues in academic libraries and examines how educators in institutions of higher learning deal with them. Security issues include: the theft of library materials, the mutilation or vandalism of library materials, dealing with deranged and/or disruptive patrons, and assaults on library patrons and staff.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Costs, Higher Education
Bello, Susan E. – 1986
This paper analyzes the major national plans for preservation programs in the United States from 1954 to 1985 and shows the extent to which aspects of these plans have been achieved by academic libraries. Plans presented to and commissioned by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) between 1954 and 1972 are examined; the formation of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Cooperative Programs, Financial Needs

Hopkins, Richard – Canadian Library Journal, 1987
An examination of how well the Canadian public library is meeting the needs of the serious reader interested in self education, as compared to new and secondhand book stores and academic libraries, found that the public library is the most important and effective agency in providing materials for this group. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Bookstores, Comparative Analysis
MacLeod, Murdo J.; Barkowski, Casimir – 1979
This report from the Senate Library Committee at the University of Pittsburgh evaluates a widely publicized study of monograph and periodical use conducted at Pitt by Professor Allen Kent and his associates from 1975-1977. Areas of the study which are examined include structure in text and footnotes, and experimental design, execution, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Library Acquisition, Library Collections

Karis, Carolyn – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Reviews 14 books and a CD-ROM for how they correlate with the goals of Information Power and how their theories, ideas and examples empower the school library media specialist (SLMS) to effectively implement Information Power. Two tables list Information Power books by groups and by roles of the SLMS. (AEF)
Descriptors: Books, Educational Development, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education

Seiler, Lauren H. – Library Software Review, 1992
Discusses the current and future status of printed books in light of rapidly progressing technology. Topics discussed include the digital electronic medium (DEM); electronic books and the electronic library; the decline of libraries and books; databases; reactive media, including television and video; interactive multimedia, including…
Descriptors: Books, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Electronic Publishing

Schwartz, Charles A. – College and Research Libraries, 1989
Reviews previously proposed schemes of classical rationality in book selection, describes new approaches to rational choice behavior, and presents a model of book selection based on bounded rationality in a garbage can decision process. The role of tacit knowledge and symbolic content in the selection process are also discussed. (102 references)…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Books, Decision Making, Library Collection Development
Turko, Karen – 1990
Library administrators, faced with the problems of acid-paper deterioration, are examining mass deacidification procedures. Mass deacidification of acidic books while they are still physically sound and not yet brittle is the most cost-effective corrective action to extend the life of the paper. There are currently at least five mass…
Descriptors: Books, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods
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