Programming Plus Subject Expertise: A Combined Approach for Approval Profile Modification

This article focused on the analysis of four years of circulation data from print monographs acquired through an approval plan and firm ordering and incorporated interlibrary loan data to compare purchases with demand. A group of subject areas, including communication, psychology, and engineering we...

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Published inCollection management Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 89 - 100
Main Authors Gao, Wenli, Turner, Cherie, Ke, Irene
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Taylor & Francis Ltd 03.04.2018
Subjects
Circulation
Interlibrary loans
Librarians
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ISSN0146-2679
1545-2549
DOI10.1080/01462679.2018.1438950

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Summary:This article focused on the analysis of four years of circulation data from print monographs acquired through an approval plan and firm ordering and incorporated interlibrary loan data to compare purchases with demand. A group of subject areas, including communication, psychology, and engineering were selected as examples for in-depth analysis. Using R programming, the authors automated an analysis to identify areas needing attention. The results from the analysis, together with librarians' subject expertise, enabled librarians to adjust monograph purchases accordingly.
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ISSN:0146-2679
1545-2549
DOI:10.1080/01462679.2018.1438950