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Main Author: Spyers-Duran, Peter
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1973
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED076201
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contents Secondary Access Storage of Books in Small and Medium-Sized Academic Libraries: A Proposal for an Experimental Model. Spyers-Duran, Peter Books College Libraries Library Collections Library Facilities Library Materials Library Planning Research Design Storage Use Studies The steady growth of the academic libraries reflects a true increase in the body of human knowledge. The average academic library either now has, or will have within the next few years, a severe space problem related to housing of books. The seemingly limitless growth of space needs creates problems compounded by rising costs of buildings and equipment. Effective future planning of academic libraries would be greatly facilitated if there were some theoretical bases which could be used to predict the probable distribution of the future use of library materials in subject matters that have curricular significance on a given campus. This paper proposes to design a method by which small and medium-sized academic libraries can determine the relationship between usage and age of monographic material, and the application of this relationship to consideration of the possible establishment of a less expensive secondary access storage facility. Since studies of this magnitude are expensive, a pilot study at the Florida Atlantic University campus is proposed to test for design weaknesses and validity. The results should be useful to other academic libraries in terms of research design and other appropriate applications. (Author/NH)
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spellingShingle Secondary Access Storage of Books in Small and Medium-Sized Academic Libraries: A Proposal for an Experimental Model.
Spyers-Duran, Peter
Books
College Libraries
Library Collections
Library Facilities
Library Materials
Library Planning
Research Design
Storage
Use Studies
Secondary Access Storage of Books in Small and Medium-Sized Academic Libraries: A Proposal for an Experimental Model. Spyers-Duran, Peter Books College Libraries Library Collections Library Facilities Library Materials Library Planning Research Design Storage Use Studies The steady growth of the academic libraries reflects a true increase in the body of human knowledge. The average academic library either now has, or will have within the next few years, a severe space problem related to housing of books. The seemingly limitless growth of space needs creates problems compounded by rising costs of buildings and equipment. Effective future planning of academic libraries would be greatly facilitated if there were some theoretical bases which could be used to predict the probable distribution of the future use of library materials in subject matters that have curricular significance on a given campus. This paper proposes to design a method by which small and medium-sized academic libraries can determine the relationship between usage and age of monographic material, and the application of this relationship to consideration of the possible establishment of a less expensive secondary access storage facility. Since studies of this magnitude are expensive, a pilot study at the Florida Atlantic University campus is proposed to test for design weaknesses and validity. The results should be useful to other academic libraries in terms of research design and other appropriate applications. (Author/NH)
title Secondary Access Storage of Books in Small and Medium-Sized Academic Libraries: A Proposal for an Experimental Model.
topic Books
College Libraries
Library Collections
Library Facilities
Library Materials
Library Planning
Research Design
Storage
Use Studies
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED076201