How Libraries Grow: A Brief Look Backward (and Forward).

Seibert, Warren F.

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ERIC Number: EJ315672

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Publication Date: 1985

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How Libraries Grow: A Brief Look Backward (and Forward).

Seibert, Warren F.

Journal of Academic Librarianship, v11 n1 p19-23 Mar 1985

This reexamination of earlier forecasts and statistics related to research library growth--Purdue studies first published in 1965, data and forecasts from Fremont Rider's 1944 book--shows mixed results for evidence of continuing rapid growth of collections and acquisition expenditures and marked decline in acquisition rates. (16 references) (EJS)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Graphs, Library Collection Development, Library Collections, Library Statistics, Prediction, Research Libraries, Statistical Analysis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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