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Peer reviewedRogers, A. Robert – Library Quarterly, 1973
Acquisition of Canadian literature by American libraries was investigated in three ways: questionnaires were sent to selected large libraries, titles were checked against the National Union Catalog'' and published literature describing major collections was examined. With the exception of the Library of Congress, American libraries purchase…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Library Acquisition, Library Collections, Library Research
Peer reviewedCooper, William S.; And Others – Library Quarterly, 1975
Estimates are given for the extent of the overlap of the monograph holdings of the Los Angeles and Berkeley campuses with the holdings of other southern and northern campuses. Estimates of the historic usage rates of the overlapped portions of the collections are also given. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Circulation, Library Collections, Library Cooperation
Peer reviewedRichardson, John V., Jr.; Carr, David; Mancall, Jacqueline C.; Montgomery, Carol Hansen; Davis, Donald G., Jr.; Kluegel, Kathleen M.; Lundin, Anne – Library Quarterly, 2000
This column assesses the state of library and information studies (LIS) research. Researchers and practitioners in various LIS fields address questions related to the research front and agenda for collection development; what the field needs to advance further; whether it needs a more sophisticated conceptual or theoretical framework; operational…
Descriptors: Information Science, Information Scientists, Librarians, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedCooper, Michael D. – Library Quarterly, 1991
Updates a storage cost model for academic library collections by examining how changes in construction costs and circulation costs affect the choices of an alternative book storage strategy. Results show that the most economical alternative for a large range of construction and circulation cost alternatives is to convert existing ground space to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Construction Costs, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Peer reviewedSamuels, Joel L. – Library Quarterly, 1988
Traces historical development of the John M. Wing foundation on the History of Printing beginning with its benefactor, John M. Wing, through the contributions of its custodians: Pierce Butler, 1920-31; Ernst F. Detterer, 1931-47; and James M. Wells, 1951-84. Focus is on the formulation and application of the collecting policy. (75 references)…
Descriptors: Library Collection Development, Library Collections, Policy Formation, Printing
Peer reviewedWinter, Michael F. – Library Quarterly, 1994
Discusses a scholar's reactions to libraries made by Umberto Eco in "De Biblioteca." Topics addressed include functions of libraries, including collecting; accessibility of materials; the scholar's creative use of libraries, and discovering materials not looked for or known about; North American research libraries; photocopying; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Creativity, Libraries, Library Collections
Peer reviewedMathiesen, Penelope, Ed.; And Others – Library Quarterly, 1994
This first of a two-part series on resources in major university music libraries contains "Rare Resources in the Yale Music Library" (Harold E. Samuel) and "The Music Library, University of California, Berkeley" (John H. Roberts). Topics discussed include special collections, rare books and manuscripts, music archives, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Higher Education, Jazz
