Oversized and underused: Size matters in academic libraries
Jones D.Y.
2006
College and Research Libraries
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10.5860/crl.67.4.325
Data on the collection size, shelving, and usage of oversize books in the general library collection was requested using an e-mail survey targeted at fifty U.S. liberal arts college libraries. Typical size of oversize collections ranged from a few hundred to almost 200,000 volumes, with a median collection size of 6,359 and median percentage oversize of 1.6 percent. When the percentage circulation within the oversize collection was compared with the percentage circulation within the general collection, statistically significantly lower circulation was evident for oversize volumes (one-sided P=0.02), with a surprisingly small median difference of 3 percent.
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Association of College and Research Libraries
Article
All Open Access; Gold Open Access
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