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Peer reviewedSenkevitch, Judith J.; Sweetland, James H. – RQ, 1996
Describes a study that used the OCLC Online Union Catalog to identify those adult fiction books owned by the largest number of public libraries to determine whether a core collection of titles could be identified for use in evaluating adult fiction collections. Future research is recommended and a list of the top 99 titles is appended. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Methods, Fiction, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedCalhoun, John C. – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1998
An investigation of books reviewed (1989-95) in Choice Reviews, the CD-ROM version of Choice, determined all titles mentioned (n44,950) were received or purchased by California State University Dominguez Hills and other academic libraries in the Online Union Catalog (OLUC). Findings were further tested to see how they could be incorporated into an…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Book Reviews, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Download full textBowden, Virginia M.; And Others – 1985
The results of a project comparing the nursing monograph collections of academic health science center libraries in the Southwest are reported. Records for nursing monographs from the TALON (South Central Regional Medical Library Program) Union Catalog of Monographs from 1977-1983 were analyzed to reveal the distribution by year, publisher, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Cornish, Graham P. – 1991
This document examines the impact of new information technologies on the various roles of national libraries. Seventy-two national libraries responded to a questionnaire designed to assist in determining how such institutions worldwide are responding to recent technological innovations. The first of six chapters identifies three basic…
Descriptors: Archives, Bibliographic Records, Change Strategies, Computer Networks
