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Broadus, Robert N. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1980
Extracts five conclusions from a survey of library material use studies: (1) recorded use in many libraries is low; (2) use within the library parallels circulation; (3) past use predicts future use; (4) recent materials are used more frequently; and (5) Americans use few foreign language materials. (FM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Library Circulation, Library Collections, Library Materials

Broadus, Robert N. – College and Research Libraries, 1985
Discusses general findings reported in the literature of use and citation studies on the use of citation counts as found in "Journal Citation Reports" for identification of periodical titles for cancellation in a university library. Principal reasons for retention of little-cited journals are noted. Twenty-one references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Citations (References), Higher Education, Library Collections

Yerburgh, Mark R. – Microform Review, 1979
Identifies major sources of United Nations documentation on microform, and evaluates materials available from those sources in terms of library requirements and user needs. (Author/CMV)
Descriptors: Depository Libraries, Documentation, Government Publications, International Organizations

Metz, Paul – College and Research Libraries, 1985
Suggests that fundamental questions with broad policy implications and a perspective that approaches academic library from patron's point of view remain to be asked about library costs, collections and their use, library users, and both the academic setting itself and the people who work within it. Seventeen references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Costs, Higher Education, Library Collections

Smalley, Topsy N. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 1988
Describes the use of "snapshot inventories" to assess the availability of a library collection by measuring the presence/absence of a representative sample of library materials at a given moment. Explains the methods and results of an inventory conducted at Monterey Peninsula College in California. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Library Collections, Library Research

Vidor, David L.; Futas, Elizabeth – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1987
Reports the results of a study which examined the need for and use of both academic and professional materials in library collections for professional education. The measures used included proportions of materials in an existing business collection, and comparisons of patron use and obsolescence rates of academic and professional materials. (CLB)
Descriptors: Business Education, Comparative Analysis, Library Circulation, Library Collections

Dudley, Norman – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1981
Anticipation of current and future needs of scholars should be a major concern of builders of research collections. This may result in a certain percentage of unused books; however, this is a justified and necessary expense if scholarship and research are to continue. (RAA)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Financial Support, Library Acquisition, Library Collections
White, Marilyn Domas – 1977
In their study of the usage demands placed on journal collections in academic libraries, Allen Kent and coauthors have not adequately considered the long-term variability of those demands in their formulation of a cost-benefit model for the management of journal collections. Though resource-sharing and the matching of periodical acquisitions to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Library Collections
Kusnerz, Peggy Ann – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1983
Presents an overview of library collection evaluation techniques described in the literature--list-checking, quantitative analysis, use studies, and subject specialist review--and offers suggestions to the librarian for the application of these methods in an art library. Twenty-five references are provided. (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Check Lists, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education

Aderibigbe, M. R. – Microform Review, 1984
Discusses need for microforms (high costs, inaccessibility, space requirements, and deterioration of printed materials), selection of microform materials, and maintenance of microform equipment for library microform services in Nigeria. Results of a study of print material usage at the University of Lagos Library are presented. Eight sources are…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Library Collections, Library Equipment, Library Material Selection
Ettelt, Harold – 1988
This study tests the widely cited proposition that 20% of a library's books account for 80% of its circulation. Using data collected for a collection development survey, it was found that of the sample of 4,213 books, 799, or 19%, accounted for 79% of the circulation during 1987. In fact, 25% of the books accounted for all of the circulation that…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Hypothesis Testing, Information Dissemination, Library Circulation

Axford, H. William – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1981
Collection use study is a must if research collections are to meet scholarly needs while competing for scarce financial resources. Such studies will be in harmony with the realities under which academic libraries must operate in the future. (RAA)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographies, Financial Support, Library Acquisition
Ettelt, Harold – 1993
This study presents the result of the Columbia-Greene Community College (New York) annual book use survey. The main purpose of the study was to determine which subject areas are most/least in demand, so that the library can acquire books to optimally meet actual demand. The library did a 12% arithmetic sample of the entire circulating collection.…
Descriptors: Books, College Libraries, Community Colleges, Library Circulation
Borkowski, Casimir; And Others – Library Journal, 1981
Urges library administrators to reject the findings of the Kent Study concerning the curtailment of library acquisitions and the sharing of library materials. The Pittsburgh Senate Library Committee raises serious questions of flawed methodology in the conduct of the study. Seven references are listed. (RAA)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bias, Cost Effectiveness, Library Acquisition

Bensman, Stephen J. – College and Research Libraries, 1985
Establishes theoretical framework for solution of problem confronting academic libraries--growth in number of journals and surge in prices--by showing how concentration of usage is function of sociobibliometric laws based on cumulative advantage principle. Use of citation indexes in academic evaluation and library collection development is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Citation Indexes, Citations (References), Higher Education
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