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Peer reviewedPotter, William Gray – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1988
Describes the basic concepts of Lotka's law of scientific productivity, Bradford's law of scatter, and Zipf's law of word occurrence. The discussion covers the validity of these laws and useful applications of each law to specific library applications. (13 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Indexing, Library Collection Development, Library Planning
Benaud, Claire-Lise; Bordeianu, Sever – 1998
This publication provides librarians with a broader understanding of outsourcing issues in academic libraries. The book investigates the literature, then presents a survey of more than 200 academic research libraries involved with outsourcing projects. This book synthesizes prevailing theories and practice, details pros and cons, an outlines steps…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Authority Control (Information), Cataloging, Higher Education
