Analysis of Monograph Obsolescence at Two Levels of an Interlibrary Loan Network.

Rouse, Sandra H.; Rouse, William B.

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ERIC Number: EJ212818

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Publication Date: 1979

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Analysis of Monograph Obsolescence at Two Levels of an Interlibrary Loan Network.

Rouse, Sandra H.; Rouse, William B.

Information Processing and Management, v15 n5 p219-25 1979

Analyzes the half-life of book use through analysis of over 10,000 regional and statewide interlibrary loan requests. Correcting for the growth of the literature, this study indicated that the half-lives of monographs may increase from lower to higher levels of the hierarchy in a library network. (CWM)

Descriptors: Books, Information Needs, Information Utilization, Interlibrary Loans, Library Collections, Library Networks, Obsolescence, Use Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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