A circulation analysis of print books and e-books in an academic research library

Library Resources and Technical Services

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 256-262

  Littman, Justin ^a,b   Connaway, Lynn Silipigni ^b  

^a LIBRARY OF CONGRESS   (United States)

^b Online Computer Library Center Inc   (United States)

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EID: 10144239002     PISSN: 00242527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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1. For example, see Marc Langston, "The California State University E-book Pilot Project: Implications for Cooperative Collection Development," Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services 27 (2003): 19-32; Nancy J. Gibbs, "eBooks Two Years Later: The North Carolina State University Perspective," Against the Grain 13 (Dec. 2001/Jan. 2002): 22-26; Lynn Silipigni Connaway, "A Web-Based Electronic-Book (E-book) Library: The netLibrary Model," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 340-49; Dennis Dillon, "E-books: The University of Texas Experience, Part 2," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 350-62; Susan Gibbons, "Growing Competition for Libraries," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 363-67; Carol Ann Hughes and Nancy L. Buchanan, "Use of Electronic Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 368-75.
2. For example, see Marc Langston, "The California State University E-book Pilot Project: Implications for Cooperative Collection Development," Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services 27 (2003): 19-32; Nancy J. Gibbs, "eBooks Two Years Later: The North Carolina State University Perspective," Against the Grain 13 (Dec. 2001/Jan. 2002): 22-26; Lynn Silipigni Connaway, "A Web-Based Electronic-Book (E-book) Library: The netLibrary Model," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 340-49; Dennis Dillon, "E-books: The University of Texas Experience, Part 2," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 350-62; Susan Gibbons, "Growing Competition for Libraries," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 363-67; Carol Ann Hughes and Nancy L. Buchanan, "Use of Electronic Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 368-75.
3. For example, see Marc Langston, "The California State University E-book Pilot Project: Implications for Cooperative Collection Development," Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services 27 (2003): 19-32; Nancy J. Gibbs, "eBooks Two Years Later: The North Carolina State University Perspective," Against the Grain 13 (Dec. 2001/Jan. 2002): 22-26; Lynn Silipigni Connaway, "A Web-Based Electronic-Book (E-book) Library: The netLibrary Model," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 340-49; Dennis Dillon, "E-books: The University of Texas Experience, Part 2," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 350-62; Susan Gibbons, "Growing Competition for Libraries," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 363-67; Carol Ann Hughes and Nancy L. Buchanan, "Use of Electronic Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 368-75.
4. For example, see Marc Langston, "The California State University E-book Pilot Project: Implications for Cooperative Collection Development," Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services 27 (2003): 19-32; Nancy J. Gibbs, "eBooks Two Years Later: The North Carolina State University Perspective," Against the Grain 13 (Dec. 2001/Jan. 2002): 22-26; Lynn Silipigni Connaway, "A Web-Based Electronic-Book (E-book) Library: The netLibrary Model," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 340-49; Dennis Dillon, "E-books: The University of Texas Experience, Part 2," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 350-62; Susan Gibbons, "Growing Competition for Libraries," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 363-67; Carol Ann Hughes and Nancy L. Buchanan, "Use of Electronic Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 368-75.
5. For example, see Marc Langston, "The California State University E-book Pilot Project: Implications for Cooperative Collection Development," Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services 27 (2003): 19-32; Nancy J. Gibbs, "eBooks Two Years Later: The North Carolina State University Perspective," Against the Grain 13 (Dec. 2001/Jan. 2002): 22-26; Lynn Silipigni Connaway, "A Web-Based Electronic-Book (E-book) Library: The netLibrary Model," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 340-49; Dennis Dillon, "E-books: The University of Texas Experience, Part 2," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 350-62; Susan Gibbons, "Growing Competition for Libraries," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 363-67; Carol Ann Hughes and Nancy L. Buchanan, "Use of Electronic Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 368-75.
6. For example, see Marc Langston, "The California State University E-book Pilot Project: Implications for Cooperative Collection Development," Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services 27 (2003): 19-32; Nancy J. Gibbs, "eBooks Two Years Later: The North Carolina State University Perspective," Against the Grain 13 (Dec. 2001/Jan. 2002): 22-26; Lynn Silipigni Connaway, "A Web-Based Electronic-Book (E-book) Library: The netLibrary Model," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 340-49; Dennis Dillon, "E-books: The University of Texas Experience, Part 2," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 350-62; Susan Gibbons, "Growing Competition for Libraries," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 363-67; Carol Ann Hughes and Nancy L. Buchanan, "Use of Electronic Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences," Library Hi Tech 19, no. 4 (2001): 368-75.
7. Paul H. Mosher, "Quality and Library Collections: New Directions in Research and Practice in Collection Evaluation," Advances in Librarianship 13 (1984): 211-38; Richard L. Trueswell, "Some Behavioral Patterns of Library Users: The 80/20 Rule," Wilson Library Bulletin 43, no. 5 (1969): 458-61; Richard L. Trueswell, "User Circulation vs. Size of Holdings at Three Academic Libraries," College & Research Libraries 30, no. 3 (1969): 204-13; Thomas J. Galvin and Allen Kent, "Use of a University Library Collection: A Progress Report on a Pittsburgh Study," Library Journal 102 (1977): 2317-20.
8. Paul H. Mosher, "Quality and Library Collections: New Directions in Research and Practice in Collection Evaluation," Advances in Librarianship 13 (1984): 211-38; Richard L. Trueswell, "Some Behavioral Patterns of Library Users: The 80/20 Rule," Wilson Library Bulletin 43, no. 5 (1969): 458-61; Richard L. Trueswell, "User Circulation vs. Size of Holdings at Three Academic Libraries," College & Research Libraries 30, no. 3 (1969): 204-13; Thomas J. Galvin and Allen Kent, "Use of a University Library Collection: A Progress Report on a Pittsburgh Study," Library Journal 102 (1977): 2317-20.
9. Paul H. Mosher, "Quality and Library Collections: New Directions in Research and Practice in Collection Evaluation," Advances in Librarianship 13 (1984): 211-38; Richard L. Trueswell, "Some Behavioral Patterns of Library Users: The 80/20 Rule," Wilson Library Bulletin 43, no. 5 (1969): 458-61; Richard L. Trueswell, "User Circulation vs. Size of Holdings at Three Academic Libraries," College & Research Libraries 30, no. 3 (1969): 204-13; Thomas J. Galvin and Allen Kent, "Use of a University Library Collection: A Progress Report on a Pittsburgh Study," Library Journal 102 (1977): 2317-20.
10. Paul H. Mosher, "Quality and Library Collections: New Directions in Research and Practice in Collection Evaluation," Advances in Librarianship 13 (1984): 211-38; Richard L. Trueswell, "Some Behavioral Patterns of Library Users: The 80/20 Rule," Wilson Library Bulletin 43, no. 5 (1969): 458-61; Richard L. Trueswell, "User Circulation vs. Size of Holdings at Three Academic Libraries," College & Research Libraries 30, no. 3 (1969): 204-13; Thomas J. Galvin and Allen Kent, "Use of a University Library Collection: A Progress Report on a Pittsburgh Study," Library Journal 102 (1977): 2317-20.
11. Trueswell, "Some Behavioral Patterns of Library Users," 459-61; Trueswell, "User Circulation vs. Size of Holdings," 213; Mary Kane Troachim, "Academic Library Use: The ACM Model," in The ALA Yearbook: A Review of Library Events, 1980 (Chicago: ALA, 1981), 26; Arthur H. Miller, "Do the Books We Buy Get Used?" Collection Management 12, no. 1/2 (1990): 15-17; F. W. Lancaster, "Evaluating Collections by Their Use," Collection Management 4, no. 1/2 (spring/summer 1982): 16.
12. Trueswell, "Some Behavioral Patterns of Library Users," 459-61; Trueswell, "User Circulation vs. Size of Holdings," 213; Mary Kane Troachim, "Academic Library Use: The ACM Model," in The ALA Yearbook: A Review of Library Events, 1980 (Chicago: ALA, 1981), 26; Arthur H. Miller, "Do the Books We Buy Get Used?" Collection Management 12, no. 1/2 (1990): 15-17; F. W. Lancaster, "Evaluating Collections by Their Use," Collection Management 4, no. 1/2 (spring/summer 1982): 16.
13. Trueswell, "Some Behavioral Patterns of Library Users," 459-61; Trueswell, "User Circulation vs. Size of Holdings," 213; Mary Kane Troachim, "Academic Library Use: The ACM Model," in The ALA Yearbook: A Review of Library Events, 1980 (Chicago: ALA, 1981), 26; Arthur H. Miller, "Do the Books We Buy Get Used?" Collection Management 12, no. 1/2 (1990): 15-17; F. W. Lancaster, "Evaluating Collections by Their Use," Collection Management 4, no. 1/2 (spring/summer 1982): 16.
14. Trueswell, "Some Behavioral Patterns of Library Users," 459-61; Trueswell, "User Circulation vs. Size of Holdings," 213; Mary Kane Troachim, "Academic Library Use: The ACM Model," in The ALA Yearbook: A Review of Library Events, 1980 (Chicago: ALA, 1981), 26; Arthur H. Miller, "Do the Books We Buy Get Used?" Collection Management 12, no. 1/2 (1990): 15-17; F. W. Lancaster, "Evaluating Collections by Their Use," Collection Management 4, no. 1/2 (spring/summer 1982): 16.
15. Trueswell, "Some Behavioral Patterns of Library Users," 459-61; Trueswell, "User Circulation vs. Size of Holdings," 213; Mary Kane Troachim, "Academic Library Use: The ACM Model," in The ALA Yearbook: A Review of Library Events, 1980 (Chicago: ALA, 1981), 26; Arthur H. Miller, "Do the Books We Buy Get Used?" Collection Management 12, no. 1/2 (1990): 15-17; F. W. Lancaster, "Evaluating Collections by Their Use," Collection Management 4, no. 1/2 (spring/summer 1982): 16.
16. Lancaster, "Evaluating Collections by Their Use," 16-17.
17. Quentin L. Burrell, "The 80/20 Rule: Library Lore or Statistical Law?" Journal of Documentation 41, no. 1 (Mar. 1985): 25.
18. Troachim, "Academic Library Use," 26.
19. Eugene Wiemers Jr. et al., "Collection Evaluation: A Practical Guide to the Literature," Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory 8 (1984): 72.
20. Lancaster, "Evaluating Collections by Their Use," 15.
21. Ibid., 24-28; Mary Summerfield, Carol Mandel, and Paul Kantor, "The Potential of Online Books in the Scholarly World: From the Columbia University Online Books Evaluation Project" (1999): 16. Accessed July 1, 2002, www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/digital/olbdocs/potential.pdf.
22. Ibid., 24-28; Mary Summerfield, Carol Mandel, and Paul Kantor, "The Potential of Online Books in the Scholarly World: From the Columbia University Online Books Evaluation Project" (1999): 16. Accessed July 1, 2002, www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/digital/olbdocs/potential.pdf.
23. California State University Libraries Electronic Access to Information Resources Committee and e-Book Coordinating Team, "E-Book Pilot Project Final Report" (2002). Accessed Nov. 6, 2002, http://seir.calstate.edu/ ebook/index.shtml.
24. Sally A. Rogers, "Electronic Journal Usage at Ohio State University," College & Research Libraries 62, no. 1 (2001): 25-34.
25. Mary Summerfield, Carol Mandel, and Paul Kantor, "The Online Books Evaluation Project: Final Report" (1999). Accessed July 1, 2002, www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/ digital/olbdocs/finalreport.pdf; Summerfield, Mandel, and Kantor, "The Potential of Online Books."
26. Mary Summerfield, Carol Mandel, and Paul Kantor, "The Online Books Evaluation Project: Final Report" (1999). Accessed July 1, 2002, www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/ digital/olbdocs/finalreport.pdf; Summerfield, Mandel, and Kantor, "The Potential of Online Books."
27. Summerfield, Mandel, and Kantor, "The Online Books Evaluation Project: Final Report," 11.
28. California State University Libraries Electronic Access to Information Resources Committee and e-Book Coordinating Team, "E-Book Pilot Project Final Report." Accessed Nov. 6, 2002, http://seir.calstate.edu/ebook/index. shtml; Langston, "The California State University E-book Pilot Project," 19-32.
29. California State University Libraries Electronic Access to Information Resources Committee and e-Book Coordinating Team, "E-Book Pilot Project Final Report." Accessed Nov. 6, 2002, http://seir.calstate.edu/ebook/index. shtml; Langston, "The California State University E-book Pilot Project," 19-32.
30. California State University Libraries Electronic Access to Information Resources Committee and e-Book Coordinating Team, "E-Book Pilot Project Final Report."
31. I b i d.
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33. Susan Gibbons, "NetLibrary eBook Usage at the University of Rochester Libraries. Version 2" (2001). Accessed July 1, 2002, www.lib.rochester.edu/main/ebooks/analysis.pdf.
34. Lynn Silipigni Connaway, "The Integration and Use of Electronic Books (E-books) in the Digital Library," in Computers in Libraries 2002: Proceedings (Medford, N.J.: Information Today, 2002), 18-25.
35. Lynn Sutton, "Collaborating with Our Patrons: Letting the Users Select," in Learning to Make a Difference: Proceedings of the Eleventh National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, ed. Hugh H. Thompson (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2003), 211-15.
36. For example, at Duke University, circulation periods are a year for faculty, a semester for graduate students, and four weeks for other patrons. Accessed Mar. 16, 2004, www.lib.duke.edu/access/circ/loanper.htm.
37. To extend this methodology over a longer time frame, one might want to consider determining whether e-books had been accessed or print books had been circulated in a series of one-year periods.
38. "Statistics: Duke University Library." Accessed Mar. 16, 2004, www.lib.duke.edu/colldev/libstats/index.htm.
39. Jennifer E. McCarty, "Why Your Patrons will Love E-books (and You Should Too)," Colorado Libraries 27, no. 3 (2001): 46-48.
40. Barbara Kline Pope, "National Academy Press: A Case Study," The Journal of Electronic Publishing 4, no. 4 (1999). Accessed June 27, 2002, www.press.umich.edu/jep/04-04/pope.html.