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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1985
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ317194 |
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- The Yale Survey: A Large-Scale Study of Book Deterioration in the Yale University Library. Walker, Gay And Others Charts College Libraries Graphs Higher Education Library Collections Library Materials Library Surveys Pilot Projects Preservation Problems Research Libraries Research Methodology Results of survey evaluating physical condition of 36,500 volumes and nature of collections in Yale University Library system reveal that 37.1 percent of books sampled overall had brittle paper and 82.6 percent had acidic paper. Sampling methodology, survey instructions, abbreviations for publishing countries, and methods of statistical analysis are appended. (6 references) (EJS)