From: "Lisa Schulz" <LSchulz_at_las-cruces.org>
Subject: Life expectancy of paperbacks
I would like to hear what assumptions others are working with for the life
expectancy of paperbacks in the collection. 1) How many times do you
expect a typical popular paperback to circulate before it must be replaced
and 2) How many times do you expect it to circulate before you justify
purchasing an added copy? I evaluate donations, and I am wanting formulas
to work with for deciding whether to accept added copies. Another thing I
would ask is 3) How many months / years do you keep an inflated number of
multiple copies of a best seller before you decide it has probably played
out and trim back on the number? Thanks.
Lisa M. Schulz
Cataloger
Thomas Branigan Memorial Library
200 E. Picacho Ave.
Las Cruces, NM 88001
lschulz_at_las-cruces.org
(505) 528-4012
FAX (505) 528-4030
Received on Mon Nov 11 2002 - 10:48:45 EST