Fifteen college and university libraries left the Federal
Library Depository Program between 1998 and 2001. This article seeks to
identify reasons why libraries are withdrawing from the program and to
compare departing libraries with libraries that joined during the same
period. The availability of electronic documents was a major factor
precipitating withdrawal.
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