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Using circulation data for the assessment of book and periodical acquisitions

Using circulation data for the assessment of book and periodical acquisitions. What is circulation?. A “check-out” Usage (partial) Students, and all borrowers Interlibrary loan Imperfect measure Not (comprehensive) in-library use Don’t know how useful item was

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Using circulation data for the assessment of book and periodical acquisitions

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  1. Using circulation data for the assessment of book and periodical acquisitions

  2. What is circulation? • A “check-out” • Usage (partial) • Students, and all borrowers • Interlibrary loan • Imperfect measure • Not (comprehensive) in-library use • Don’t know how useful item was • A measurable indicator, reflective of overall usage trends; a guide

  3. Periodicals

  4. Titles out of top 20, 11 yr-5yr • Fortune (#19 to #25) • Economist (#4 to #31) • Ceramics Monthly (#20 to #38) • New Republic (#15 to #54) • Chronicle of Higher Education (#12 to #73)

  5. Titles into top 20, 11 yr-5yr • BioScience (#21 to #11) • Selecciones del Reader’s Digest (#27 to #12) • American Artist (#22 to #14) • Annals of Assn of Am Geographers (#39 to #17) • Consumer Reports (#23 to #18)

  6. Books

  7. Summative Data

  8. Future use/modification • Continue to watch as data grows • Summative • Variance • What will happen as number of book expenditures grows? • Add a regular ILL assessment component

  9. COMING ATTRACTIONS! Re-balancing the print acquisitions budget: books vs. periodicals   Wednesday, Nov. 30, 11:00-11:50am

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