Determining use of an academic library reference collection report of a study

Reference and User Services Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-175

  Colson, Jeannie ^a  

^a Lee College   (United States)

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EID: 38949162236     PISSN: 10949054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/rusq.47n2.168     Document Type: Article

References (36)

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3. Robert N. Broadus, "Use Studies of Library Collections," Library Resources & Technical Services 24, no. 4 (1980): 317.
4. Ibid., 317-24.
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6. Ibid., 86.
7. Ibid., 87.
8. Eugene A. Engeldinger, "Weeding of Academic Library Reference Collections: A Survey of Current Practice," RQ 25 (Spring 1986): 366-71.
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10. Ibid., 69.
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13. Ibid., 66.
14. Engeldinger, "'Use' As a Criterion," 119-28.
15. Ibid., 126.
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20. Sendi, "Assessing the Functionality," 19.
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