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Peer reviewedCrawford, Gregory A.; Harris, Matthew – College & Research Libraries, 2001
A selection of academic libraries was studied to examine ownership of best-sellers from 1940 to 1990. The trend is to keep a higher percentage of older best-sellers in fiction than newer ones. Nonfiction appears to be more sporadic but still follows this trend. Findings indicate new collection development policies may be needed to protect…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Fiction, Library Collection Development
