UC Berkeley

A rationale is supplied that can be applied to a scientific approach to libraries. A description is given of an implemented operations research study of library stock control. Why and how the Lancaster Library Research Unit devised a computer-based library management game is explained as is what happened when library administrators and library educators played it. Although these remarks are based on the Lancaster experience, they are related critically to the state-of-the-art of education, research, and administration in librarianship.