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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
Peer reviewedKirk, Thomas G. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1991
Discussion of the development of periodical collections in college libraries describes strategies for building the collection, including collection use studies, collection development policies, and bibliographic instruction programs. It is suggested that access to the collection be enhanced by improvement of available indexing such as CD-ROM…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Databases, Higher Education
