Use and Non-Use of Choice-Reviewed Titles in Undergraduate Libraries

Jobe, Margaret M.; Levine‐Clark, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2008.05.002

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“…Since Choice reviews a large number of legal and medical titles, it seems likely that academic libraries are collecting these materials in significant numbers. A second paper (Jobe and Levine‐Clark, 2008) broadened the original study to include data from six mainly undergraduate college libraries. These data confirmed the earlier results: college libraries collect Choice ‐reviewed titles, including titles on law and medicine, at higher rates than other titles.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Collecting law and medical titles for general academic collections: what use statistics can tell us

Levine‐Clark

Jobe

2009

Collection Building

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PurposeIn order to better understand how collections are used, this study aims to present a large‐scale analysis of usage patterns for non‐core monographs in the collections of fourteen general academic libraries of varying sizes.Design/methodology/approachUsing Spectra Dimension, a collection analysis tool, this study compares use data from multiple academic libraries.FindingsIt appears that general academic libraries are overinvesting in legal materials and perhaps underinvesting in medical materials.Research limitations/implicationsThis study suggests that analysis of use data from multiple libraries may help individual libraries better understand their own collecting needs. Local issues may, however, override the broad patterns identified here.Practical implicationsIn lean budgetary times, understanding collection use is key to making informed decisions about resource allocation for collection development. Libraries may be able to use these data to better manage their own materials budgets and collecting practices.Originality/valueThough there have been a number of large‐scale analyses of collections, most have relied on sampling or have compared small portions of collections, and few have compared use across libraries. This study analyzes collection use across many institutions at a level of detail not possible before the introduction of multi‐library collection analysis tools.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The eight Alliance libraries (the Liberal Arts school is included in both sets) hold 10,591,352 volumes for 137,971 students, or 77 volumes per student. There are 1,982,320 circulations per year for the eight Alliance libraries, or 14 per student (Jobe and Levine‐Clark, 2008).…”

Section: The Librariesmentioning

confidence: 99%