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Main Author: Kountz, John
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1991
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ436232
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  • What's in a Library? Comparing Library Holdings to the Constituencies Served. Kountz, John Academic Libraries Comparative Analysis Databases Graphs Higher Education Library Acquisition Library Collections Library Research Reference Materials Research Methodology User Needs (Information) Argues that the analytical comparison of library collections to the people using those collections could provide insights related to library acquisition priorities and practices, and describes and illustrates a method for analyzing this relationship. A sidebar by Myra White describes an application of the results of such a study at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. (five references) (DB)