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Skelley, Grant T. – College and Research Libraries, 1975
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Acquisition, Library Collections, Library Material Selection
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Burke, Redmond A. – College and Research Libraries, 1970
Some librarians doubt if the undergraduate student can best be served by university library facilities. Thus many have adopted the concept of separately housed undergraduate libraries tailored to the needs of undergraduates. This paper examines this question and offers an alternative solution. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Collections, Library Instruction, Library Material Selection
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Jenks, George M. – College and Research Libraries, 1972
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Acquisition, Library Collections, Library Material Selection
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Rice, Barbara A. – College and Research Libraries, 1977
An outline of the activities necessary to convert from comprehensiveness of collection to selectivity of collection in university libraries is presented. These are the development of 1) written collection policies; 2) deselection programs; 3) cooperative storage and acquisition programs; and 4) the criteria necessary to evaluate the resulting…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Evaluation, Library Acquisition, Library Collections
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Michalak, Thomas J. – College and Research Libraries, 1976
The subject specialist librarian can perform a number of important services: establishing contact with user groups; selection of materials and collection development; instruction in library use; provision of current awareness, reference, and bibliographic services; serving as a library "ombudsman" for users; and bringing user…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Departments, Higher Education, Librarians
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DeVilbiss, Mary Lee – College and Research Libraries, 1975
Compares the approval-built collection with the collection which is created when traditional select and order procedures are used. The study was limited to 1974 imprints in four subject areas and utilized the services of two major vendors. (Author)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Acquisition, Library Collections, Library Material Selection
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Opello, Olivia; Murdock, Lindsay – College and Research Libraries, 1976
Science libraries buy many unneeded books in the effort to provide all needed books. Since books are the least-used source of information for physicists and other scientists, highly selective, objective criteria need to be developed and applied to book selection so as to limit acquisitions to items really needed. (Author)
Descriptors: Costs, Library Acquisition, Library Expenditures, Library Material Selection
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Clarke, Jack A. – College and Research Libraries, 1973
No single library can hope to acquire and organize for use more than a fraction of the primary sources of popular culture. Interinstitutional cooperation in identifying and preserving these fragile records of American culture is underway, but many unsolved problems remain for librarians and scholars. (8 references) (Author)
Descriptors: American Culture, College Libraries, Library Collections, Library Cooperation
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Wingate, Henry W. – College and Research Libraries, 1978
Current disenchantment with the undergraduate library concept is attributed to (1) changes in curriculum and teaching methods, (2) tighter library budgets, and (3) the realization that a separate facility works to deprive the undergraduate of a learning experience that only a large research library can offer. (Author/AWP)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Librarians, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
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Nardini, Robert F. – College and Research Libraries, 1993
Approval plans challenge library boundaries, require consensus on collection development priorities, cooperation among library departments, and a close partnership with the vendor. Few concrete performance standards exist, and effectiveness is difficult to measure. Vendors will play an active role in the evolution of approval plans, though…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
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Kohut, Joseph J.; Walker, John F. – College and Research Libraries, 1975
Allocative formulas are preferred alternatives for distributing the book budget among departmental funds. Economic efficiency via cost-effectiveness analysis is suggested as potentially useful for within fund acquisition of library-resource units. (Author)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Library Acquisition, Library Expenditures
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Edelman, Hendrik; Tatum, G. Marvin, Jr. – College and Research Libraries, 1976
Traces the growth of higher education in the United States and the related growth of university libraries. (PF)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Acquisition, Library Collections
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Massman, Virgil F.; Olson, David R. – College and Research Libraries, 1971
Centralized book selection on a national basis is offered as a practical alternative to the present system of selection by librarians and faculty members which, it is argued, does not produce the quality of collections needed. (14 references) (NH)
Descriptors: Books, Library Collections, Library Material Selection, School Libraries
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Walden, Barbara; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1994
Reports on acquisitions of selected Western European political science materials deemed important for inclusion in at least one North American research library. The percentages of French, Italian, Swedish, Catalan, Icelandic, and Belgian materials not found in RLIN (Research Libraries Information Network) and OCLC are provided. Factors supporting…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Costs, Foreign Countries, Foreign Language Books
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Gold, Steven D. – College and Research Libraries, 1975
A model is presented in which the division of library resources among competing interests is based upon considerations of economic efficiency. It is argued that allocation decisions should depend upon the prospective usage rate of materials, explicit value judgments about how much such use contributes to the university's goals, and costs. (Author)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Library Acquisition, Library Expenditures
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