Evaluating Public Library Adult Fiction: Can We Define a Core?.

Senkevitch, Judith J.; Sweetland, James H.

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Publication Date: 1996

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Evaluating Public Library Adult Fiction: Can We Define a Core?

Senkevitch, Judith J.; Sweetland, James H.

RQ, v36 n1 p103-17 Fall 1996

Describes a study that used the OCLC Online Union Catalog to identify those adult fiction books owned by the largest number of public libraries to determine whether a core collection of titles could be identified for use in evaluating adult fiction collections. Future research is recommended and a list of the top 99 titles is appended. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Methods, Fiction, Library Collection Development, Library Collections, Online Catalogs, Public Libraries, Research Needs, Union Catalogs

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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