NCJ Number
97722
Journal
Library and Archival Security Volume: 6 Issue: 4 Dated: (Winter 1984) Pages: 1-12
Date Published
1984
Length
12 pages
Annotation
Maintaining reliable records of book losses in a university library is a difficult and time-consuming activity. It is the responsibility of the librarian to find an efficient method to monitor losses. A history of the various methods used by Purdue University's General Library over the past twenty-five years is presented, from a complete inventory to various sampling methods.
Abstract
This paper is a revision of 'Monitoring Book Losses in a Large Academic Library: Four Methods' which was presented to The Four State Universities Circulation Counterparts Group and appeared in Research in Education in November, 1981. (ED203852) (Author abstract)