Evaluating Usage of Monographs

Abstract

Usage is an increasingly important factor in decisions about the funding of library resources. Data for electronic resources and print serials is more likely to be gathered and analyzed than monographic use data. This situation poses a threat to the appropriate funding for monographic acquisitions. A pilot project was designed at the Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries to develop and test a method of producing use reports for monographs purchased in recent years. Despite some unusual challenges, the pilot project proved that retrieval and analysis of data could be performed with readily available software. While the results from the analysis cannot be the sole or main foundation for changes in the collection development of monographs, the use reports provided new insights into the utilization of recent acquisitions and pinpointed weaknesses or strengths of acquisition patterns.     

Cost Analysis of Monographs and Serials

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集刊评述

近年来,国内出版了一类品种多、质量高、"以书代刊"形式的连续出版物,被称之为集刊.集刊作为一种文献类型,已成为社会科学引文索引(CSSCI)的一个重要组成部分,这在一定程度上肯定了集刊的学术影响.以法律类集刊为例,这类出版物在出版形式和内容方面具有自身的特点,在利用中存在着收藏完整性较差、检索途径少等问题.对于集刊文献资源的发展和利用值得关注.     

Weeding Monographs in the Harrison Public Library

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国外图书馆学情报学著述简介

Ьиблиотекииассоциациивменяющемсямире:новыетехнологиииновыеформысотрудничества/TТрудыконференции.-Крым:ГПНТБРоссии,2000.-512c.     

国家图书馆西文图书利用分析及思考

对国家图书馆馆藏西文图书利用状况及特点进行归纳总结 ,进而对近期西文馆藏做出初步评价 ,提出相应措施和建议 ,为今后更加科学、合理地做好西文馆藏建设决策提供客观依据。图3。参考文献 5。     

关于授权影印版西文图书的编目问题

随着改革开放步伐的加快,我国出版的西文图书日益增多,特别是自我国加入国际版权公约后,国内出版界掀起了一阵与国外出版商直接签约在国内出版影印本的热潮.     

Testing for Markov-Chain Properties in the Circulation of Humanities Monographs

The data for the study are based on the circulation history of the unique copy of selected humanities monograph titles obtained from The Ohio State University. Tests of the time independence of the circulation data revealed a time dependence in 13 of the 14 data sets. Tests of the Markovity of the circulation data where second order Markovity is assumed and first order Markovity is tested revealed 11 of the 14 data groups to be without Markovity. It appears from this study that direct tests of the Markovity of library circulation data should be conducted before models based on the assumption of Markovity are used.     

中文普通图书书目数据质量控制探析

分析了中文书目数著录中出现的若干问题，提出了实现书目数据著录标准化、规范化的措施。     

Testing for Markov-Chain Properties in the Circulation of Social-Science Monographs

This study tests the assumption of Markovity in library circulation data. The data was obtained from The Ohio State University Libraries for the years 1975-1978. The test instrument was Rodda's "An Analytic System for Statistical Analysis of Markov Chains." Tests of the time independence of the data revealed a time dependence in the data sets. Tests of the Markovity of the circulation, where second order Markovity is assumed and first order Markovity is tested, revealed all fourteen data groups to be without Markovity. It appears from this study that further tests of the Markovity of library circulation should be conducted before models based on the same assumptions of state and time periods are constructed.     

MySpace Politics: Uses and Gratifications of Befriending Candidates

This study examines the uses and gratifications (U&G) of accessing political candidate profiles on social network Web sites. An online survey of visitors to the MySpace profiles of 2008 primary candidates revealed that voters are drawn to this source of political information mainly by the desire for social interaction with other like-minded supporters, followed by information-seeking, and entertainment. While information seeking and entertainment are common U&G of consuming online political content, they were weaker factors compared to the social interaction factor that seems to distinguish MySpace, possibly SNSs in general, from other online sources of political content.     

The Impact of the Monographs Crisis on the Field of Communication

This study replicates and extends Yates and Chapman's [(2007), Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 26(1), 39–51] study of references from Communication Monographs, Communication Research, and Journal of Communication for the years 2010 and 2015 to draw further conclusions on the use of monographs in journal literature in the field of communication. Results show that the use of monographs in these journals has been outpaced by references to journal articles by a ratio of 5 to 1. The references were further analyzed by date and publisher. The authors then selected a random sample of the monographs cited in the journals to explore the availability of these monographs in electronic format and found that many are available as ebooks, particularly the more recent titles. The authors also examined the references from a collection of scholarly books in communication from 2005, 2010, and 2015 and found that the use of monographs may be declining slightly. The most notable trend in these references was the increase in the number of references to items in other formats such as film, television, comic books, and websites. The authors conclude that the monographs crisis is indeed affecting citation patterns in the field of communication.     

The Impact of Monographs in Vertebrate Zoology on the Scientific Literature

The impact of monographs in a vertebrate zoology collection on the scientific literature was assessed using a randomly selected sample (52 monographs), Science Citation Index and a statistical package. Characterstics of the monographs considered were: copyright date, circulation, citation frequency and subdiscipline (ichthyology, herpetology, ornithology, mammalogy). Citing references were dispersed among journals in a wide array of disciplines. A few monographs proved to be very highly cited (one being cited nearly 600 times), and so generated the majority of the database of 2,971 citations. The ichthyology monographs generated the broadest subject dispersion among citing references. The herpetology collection is less active than are the others in terms of circulation and current citation frequency. The sample has been generating an ever increasing share of the citations in the Science Citation Index. A method that applies citation analysis to the evaluation of monograph collections is outlined.