Author | Bell, Jo Ann H. | en_US |
Author | Bredderman, Paul J. | en_US |
Author | Stangohr, Margaret K. | en_US |
Author | O'Brien, Kevin F. | en_US |
Date Accessioned | 2011-02-14T13:14:09Z | en_US |
Date Accessioned | 2011-05-17T13:42:22Z | |
Date Available | 2011-02-14T13:14:09Z | en_US |
Date Available | 2011-05-17T13:42:22Z | |
Date of Issue | 1987-07 | en_US |
Identifier (Citation) | Bulletin of the Medical Library Association; 75:3 p. 228-233 | en_US |
Identifier (URI) | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3212 | en_US |
Description | In an era of tight funding, academic medical center libraries need to determine their users' needs in order to provide cost-effective resource collections. Although faculty input is valuable, it is impractical to impose such ongoing responsibility on faculty members. This study tested an alternative method by comparing faculty preferences in discipline-specific subjects with faculty choices on corresponding discipline-specific, new-book approval slips from a vendor. Collection development librarian selections, based on formal selection criteria, were evaluated against both measures of faculty preferences. It was found that faculty members' subject ratings did not accurately predict their book choices. Implications of this and the other findings are discussed. Originally published Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, Vol. 75, No. 3, July 1987 | en_US |
Language | en_US | en_US |
Publisher | East Carolina University | en_US |
Related URI | http://www.mlanet.org/publications/jmla/ | en_US |
Subject | Academic medical center libraries | en_US |
Subject | Book funding | en_US |
Subject | Faculty choices | en_US |
Title | Faculty input in book selection: a comparison of alternative methods. | en_US |
Type | Article | en_US |
Identifier (PMID) | PMC227687 | en_US |
Journal Name | Bulletin of the Medical Library Association | |
Journal Volume | 75 | |
Journal Issue | 3 | |
Article Pages | 228-233 | |