CDL: Duplicate material retention?

From: John P. Abbott <AbbottJP_at_conrad.appstate.edu>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:08:15 -0400
To: colldv-l_at_usc.edu
From: Nan Butkovich <njb_at_psulias.psu.edu>

I am on a committee that is looking at format duplication and the retention 
of duplicate materials.  We are particularly interested in what libraries 
are doing regarding the following areas:

1.  subscriptions to both print and electronic versions of the same 
publications (indexing and abstracting services, journals, etc.),

2.  retention of print and microform versions,

3.  retention of multiple copies of print resources (especially if one or 
more copies are held in a remote storage facility rather than in the active 
collections),

4.  duplication of copies at different locations (branch libraries, remote 
campuses, etc.)

I would appreciate your comments regarding your experiences with these or 
any other relevant forms of duplication.

Thank you,

Nancy J. Butkovich
Head, Physical Sciences Library
230 Davey Laboratory
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA  16802-6301

Tel.: 814/865-3716
Fax: 814/865-2565
E-mail: njb_at_psulias.psu.edu or njb2_at_psu.edu
Received on Fri Oct 12 2001 - 08:10:08 EDT