Too Broad and Too Narrow: One Library’s Experience with Approval Plans
In 2019 a public urban academic research library decided to implement a subject-based approval plan to assess its viability to replace single-title book ordering. However, due in part to our library’s unique collecting needs, the plan necessitated extensive and continuous reviews and revisions, whic...
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| Published in | Library resources & technical services Vol. 69; no. 2 |
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| DOI | 10.5860/lrts.69n2.8434 |
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| Abstract | In 2019 a public urban academic research library decided to implement a subject-based approval plan to assess its viability to replace single-title book ordering. However, due in part to our library’s unique collecting needs, the plan necessitated extensive and continuous reviews and revisions, which ultimately prompted us to discontinue the plan. |
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| AbstractList | In 2019 a public urban academic research library decided to implement a subject-based approval plan to assess its viability to replace single-title book ordering. However, due in part to our library’s unique collecting needs, the plan necessitated extensive and continuous reviews and revisions, which ultimately prompted us to discontinue the plan. |
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