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Literature Obsolescence, Dispersion, and Collection Development.

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Hodowanec, George V. – College and Research Libraries, 1983

Determines book obsolescence rates for instructional departments within university by analyzing annual library's circulation and relating patterns of library use to curricular programs. Immediacy and intensity of peak usage, use dispersion, and commonality of use were used to develop acquisition priority weighting formula. Twenty-two sources and…

Descriptors: Classification, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Correlation

Comparing Characteristics of Highly Circulated Titles for Demand-Driven Collection Development.

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Britten, William A; Webster, Judith D. – College and Research Libraries, 1992

Describes methodology for analyzing MARC (machine-readable cataloging) records of highly circulating titles to document common characteristics for collection development purposes. Application of the methodology in a university library is discussed, and data are presented on commonality of subject heading, author, language, and imprint date for…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Records, Classification, Comparative Analysis