Book Reviews by the Numbers |
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Authors: | Liz Johnson Linda A Brown |
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Institution: | 1. YBP Library Services , 999 Maple Street, Contoocook, NH, 03229 E-mail: ljohnson@ybp.com;2. University Libraries, Bowling Green State University , 1001 East Wooster, Bowling Green, OH, 43403 E-mail: lbrown@bgnet.bgsu.edu |
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Abstract: | In the fall of 1985, four rural Illinois public libraries were weeded as part of a research project funded by the lllinois State Library. In each library, ten percent of the collection was removed by identifying books with low circulation rates in the circulating adult collection. Shelf time period and subjective opinion were used as weeding criteria. Although this cooperative weeding approach accurately identified books that would remain unused, weeding was not met with a corresponding increase in circulation. |
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Keywords: | Book reviews book review media book selection book review statistics public media relations bookselling library purchasing approval plans OhioLINK YBP Library Services |
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