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An Analytical Approach to Duplication and Availability. University of Lancaster Library Occasional Papers, No. 2.
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Buckland, M.K.; Woodburn, I. – 1968
As part of a project designed to construct a mathematical model of the operation of an academic library, a research team determined the usefulness of a quantitative approach to making decisions about the number of copies of each item that a university library should provide. Using the reserve collection of the University of Lancaster Library as a…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Decision Making, Information Utilization, Library Materials
Some Implications for Library Management of Scattering and Obsolesence. University of Lancaster Library Occasional Papers, No. 1.
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Buckland, M.K.; Woodburn, I. – 1968
A research project is being conducted to construct a mathematical model of the operations of an academic library to be used in making managerial decisions. As part of this project, this report examines Bradford's Law of Scattering and the fall-off of use of documents as they age. A series of mathematical analyses indicate how these two laws can be…
Descriptors: Administration, College Libraries, Information Utilization, Library Collections