CDL: Published dates as a percentage...(response 1)

From: John P. Abbott <AbbottJP_at_appstate.edu>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:19:08 -0500
To: Colldv-l <colldv-l_at_usc.edu>
[original post followed by response.]

From:  ann mccarthy <annlmcc_at_hotmail.com>

I, too, am interested in this subject as I am doing my master's thesis 
on the the turnover rate of a collection as it relates to its relative
age.  If there is anyone out there who knows of studies done on
determining the appropriate age of a collection as it relates to its
category, I would appreciate that information very much.  My study
will involve a number of public libraries, I am trying to determine if
the most current collections are the ones with the highest
circulation.

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Subject: Re: CDL: Published dates as a percentage of the collection, more
From: Mary Munroe <C60MHM1_at_wpo.cso.niu.edu>

Years ago, in her first manual for the use of the WLN conspectus, Mary
Bushing postulated appropriate percentages in publication date.  She 
has a manual, published I think in 1995 or 1997, that lists those
percentages.  They were left out of subsequent manuals, but I find 
them suggestive, if not persuasive.

   Mary Munroe

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