Patterns, Processes of Growth, and the Projection of Library Size: A Critical Review of the Literature on Academic Library Growth.

Molyneux, Robert E.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Patterns, Processes of Growth, and the Projection of Library Size: A Critical Review of the Literature on Academic Library Growth.

Molyneux, Robert E.

Library and Information Science Research, v8 n1 p5-28 Jan-Mar 1986

Reviews studies done on academic library growth in attempt to clarify three reasons for failure of these analyses to result in usable projections of library size. Highlights include patterns in library growth (hypothetical exponential and arithmetic growth), Fremont Rider's studies of growth, and literature on growth after Rider. (28 references) (EJS)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Library Statistics, Prediction, Research Libraries, Research Methodology, State of the Art Reviews, Statistical Analysis, Tables (Data), Trend Analysis

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Language: English

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