Faculty input in book selection: a comparison of alternative methods.

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorBell, Jo Ann H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBredderman, Paul J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorStangohr, Margaret K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, Kevin F.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-14T13:14:09Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-17T13:42:22Z
dc.date.available2011-02-14T13:14:09Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-05-17T13:42:22Z
dc.date.issued1987-07en_US
dc.description.abstractIn 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 1987en_US
dc.identifier.citationBulletin of the Medical Library Association; 75:3 p. 228-233en_US
dc.identifier.pmidPMC227687en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/3212en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.relation.urihttp://www.mlanet.org/publications/jmla/en_US
dc.subjectAcademic medical center librariesen_US
dc.subjectBook fundingen_US
dc.subjectFaculty choicesen_US
dc.titleFaculty input in book selection: a comparison of alternative methods.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
ecu.journal.issue3
ecu.journal.nameBulletin of the Medical Library Association
ecu.journal.pages228-233
ecu.journal.volume75

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Faculty input book selection.pdf
Size:
806.83 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

Biostatistics