A Review of Some Modelling Approaches to the Loan and Duplication of Academic Texts

Warwick, Jon

doi:10.1177/096100069202400402

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“…Morse suggested a procedure for deciding when duplicate copies are necessary based on R(t) and made a number of observations, for example that doubling the number of copies will not double circulation. If we restrict ourselves to consideration of the problems of loan and duplication policy only, then even up to the early 1990s were there analytical, statistical, stochastic, and simulation models galore [16] and since that time, with the advent of more powerful and cheaper computing, information, and decision support systems have made data more accessible and amenable to manipulation thus encouraging further quantitative analysis. The approaches adopted have been many and varied, often depending on the particular part of the system being modeled and a number of classic texts summarise the application of management science techniques to libraries [9,15].…”

Section: Mathematical Modeling In the Academic Librarymentioning

confidence: 99%

Academic Libraries as a Context for Teaching Mathematical Modeling

Warwick¹

2008

PRIMUS

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The teaching of mathematical modeling to undergraduate students requires that students are given ample opportunity to develop their own models and experience first-hand the process of model building. Finding an appropriate context within which modeling can be undertaken is not a simple task as it needs to be readily understandable and seen as relevant by students, require an appropriate level of mathematical training, and reflect the differing learning styles of students. This article describes the academic library as a context for modeling activity, gives an example of a typical model based on queuing theory and relates the modeling activity to both Bloom's Taxonomy and Kolb's Learning Cycle. The article also outlines further model development that students may undertake.

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Section: Mathematical Modeling In the Academic Librarymentioning

confidence: 99%

Academic Libraries as a Context for Teaching Mathematical Modeling

Warwick¹

2008

PRIMUS

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“…A number of papers have reviewed the application of OR techniques to academic libraries (Kantor, 1979;Kraft and Boyce, 1991;Warwick, 1992) and this exercise will not be repeated here. However, as we have already noted the vast majority of the modelling work undertaken has been quantitative in nature and restricted to the building of sometimes complex mathematical models.…”

Section: Improving Decision Making Within Academic Librariesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Academic libraries as learning organisations

Warwick¹,

Bell²

2009

LIR

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This paper highlights some of the deficiencies with Higher Education (HE) planning paradigms and then describes the Holon Framework as an HE planning approach that overcomes some of the deficiencies. The paper outlines some key features from the literature of organisational learning and explores how the Holon Framework facilitates both single and double-loop organisational learning. The paper then describes how the Holon Framework can be used as a strategic and operational planning tool with academic libraries and how the more conventional library operational research models can be included in a structured double loop learning process.

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“…Over the years a number of published papers have sought to survey the literature of library OR (Kantor, 1979;Kraft and Boyce, 1991;Warwick, 1992), and we will not repeat such a literature review here. We will, however, briefly mention one such paper published in 1994 that reviewed the first 25 years of activity in library OR (Reisman and Xiaomei, 1994): the authors were moved to comment thatQUOTE.…”

Section: The Application Of or To Librariesmentioning

confidence: 99%

On the future of library operations research

Warwick

2009

Library Management

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Purpose -This paper sets out to describe the development of problem-structuring methods within operations research (OR) and to suggest that these might define new areas of collaborative activity between library management and OR modellers. Design/methodology/approach -The paper identifies a requirement for the twenty-first century academic library to be flexible, inclusive and responsive to rapidly changing environments. The use of problem-structuring methods provides OR modellers with a methodological approach that can assist decision making under just these conditions, and so a management approach that places problem-structuring methods firmly within library planning processes is suggested. Findings -Since the rapid growth of library OR in the 1960s and 1970s (using primarily statistical and quantitative techniques) there has been a significant downturn in new applications and model developments within the last 20 years. This has coincided with a debate on the future of OR that has moved it away from the application of quantitative techniques, and the new paradigms evolving from that debate could stimulate a regeneration of interest in library OR. Originality/value -The paper explores a possible future for library OR. The application of OR methods within libraries has undoubtedly had its successes and a wider appreciation of the potential use of problem-structuring methods within library management could resolve many of the issues associated with planning library operations on the brink of the second decade of the twenty-first century.

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A Review of Some Modelling Approaches to the Loan and Duplication of Academic Texts

Cited by 7 publications

References 32 publications

Academic Libraries as a Context for Teaching Mathematical Modeling

Academic Libraries as a Context for Teaching Mathematical Modeling

Academic libraries as learning organisations

On the future of library operations research

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