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The Changing Print Resource Base of Academic Libraries in the United States.

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Perrault, Anna H. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1995

Discussion of monographic acquisitions in academic research libraries focuses on a study that employed descriptive methodology to analyze changes in collecting patterns between 1985 and 1989 in the aggregated resources base of 72 Association of Research Libraries members. Recommendations for further research are suggested. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Higher Education, Library Acquisition

A Tool for Comparative Collection Analysis: Conducting a Shelflist Sample to Construct a Collection Profile.

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Paskoff, Beth M.; Perrault, Anna H. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1990

Describes a project that examined a random sample of 5 percent of a shelflist to provide detailed information about the distribution of imprints according to age and language, percentage of duplication, and distribution of serial and monographic formats. It is concluded that the resulting collection profile provides a multidimensional, quantified…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Collection Development