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Peer reviewedBailey, Martha J. – Special Libraries, 1973
A method for determining which titles should be bound based on significance to the physics literature, number of copies available, and circulation statistics is briefly described. The scheme provides for continuous evaluation of the journals which are bound. (3 references) (Author)
Descriptors: Library Collections, Library Materials, Periodicals, Physics
Peer reviewedLanglois, Dianne C.; Von Schulz, Jeanne V. – Special Libraries, 1973
A survey of the R. E. Gibson Library's journal collection was conducted to determine: (1) which journal titles could be discontinued, (2) which journal holdings could be moved to remote storage, and (3) which journal holdings could be converted to microfilm. (7 references) (Author)
Descriptors: Library Collections, Methods, Periodicals, Storage
Peer reviewedBrennen, Patrick W. – Special Libraries, 1974
A six month study of serial literature of tropical and subtropical agriculture at 51 land-grant universities and the National Agricultural Library showed wide ranges of coverage. The results present a strong case in favor of division of subject fields among libraries within regional areas in the United States. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Agriculture, College Libraries, Documentation, Library Collections
Peer reviewedBlack, George W., Jr. – Special Libraries, 1976
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Collections, Library Research, Periodicals
Peer reviewedLee, Nancy Craig; Hope, Dorothy H. – Special Libraries, 1976
The Health Sciences Library of the University of Louisville has recently developed a new computer-printed subject index to its currently received journals. (Author)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, College Libraries, Indexes, Library Collections
Peer reviewedWindsor, Donald A. – Special Libraries, 1973
After considering several different methods, it was concluded that primary journals for coverage of a given field can be selected rationally on the basis of their citation frequencies in an appropriate secondary journal. Library coverage of any particular field, thus, can be specified as a function of its budgeting commitment. (25 references)…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Citations (References), Cost Effectiveness, Library Collections
Peer reviewedHogenauer, Alan K – Special Libraries, 1971
Descriptors: Aviation Vocabulary, Catalogs, Indexes, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedStewart, Alva W. – Special Libraries, 1984
Reports results of a 1972 onsite survey and a 1981 follow-up questionnaire survey examining purposes and programs of 11 selected United States urban research centers and their libraries. Center staff, publications and expenditures, and center libraries (purpose, collection size and subject areas, staffing patterns) are highlighted. (EJS)
Descriptors: Expenditures, Library Collections, Library Personnel, Periodicals
Peer reviewedObasi, John U. – Special Libraries, 1983
Describes the institute library's social science collections, periodicals, user services (bibliographic, photocopy, press library, documentation, and translation) and offers recommendations for improvements in library service, collection development, and future programs. Objectives of the institute and role of foreign policy are noted. Eleven…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Policy, Institutional Libraries, Interlibrary Loans
