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Download full textLittle, Paul L. – 1975
The Oklahoma County (Oklahoma) Library executed a six-month experiment in 1974 on one of its five bookmobiles to determine whether: (1) patrons would accept a primarily paperback book collection; (2) the cost of unreturned paperbound books in a no-fine and no-overdue-notice situation would be cost-effective when compared to the predictable loss of…
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Cost Effectiveness, County Libraries, Feasibility Studies
Little, Paul L. – 1986
This report considers the issues of gifts, donations, collection development, long-range planning, and budget constraints which arose as a consequence of a collection development study undertaken for a public library system serving a population in excess of 200,000. Gifts to the general collection are distinguished from gifts to special…
Descriptors: Donors, Financial Support, Fund Raising, Library Acquisition
