Collection Evaluation--Theory and the Search for Structure.

McGrath, William E.

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Publication Date: 1985

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Collection Evaluation--Theory and the Search for Structure.

McGrath, William E.

Library Trends, v33 n3 p241-66 Win 1985

Reviews meaning and theory of library collections and structure and enumerates ways that data on collections can be organized to reveal underlying global structure (links and connections between collections, parts of collections, and users of collections). Definitions of terms applying to eight models described in text are appended. (53 references) (EJS)

Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Library Collection Development, Library Collections, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Research, Library Science, Models, Research Methodology, Tables (Data)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research

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