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On the Value of Shelf Reading: Exploring Methods Behind and Impact of Inventory Management

Abstract

In this article the authors explore questions of collection management and consider what methods libraries can use to evaluate the retreivability of an item from a stored collection. A case scenario method is employed to identify potential evaluation scenarios and specific quantitative techniques are considered that fill the evaluative need presented in each case scenario.

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