Re: CSU library finds 40% of collection hasn't circulated

From: Dobbs, Aaron <AWDobbs_at_nyob> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:59:05 -0400 To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU

This finding mirrors, pretty closely, what we observed a

-Aaron
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> Subject: [NGC4LIB] CSU library finds 40% of collection hasn't
> circulated
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> Kind of interesting...Colorado State University analyzed its
> circulation records and found that "some 40 percent of the library's
> 2.5 million volume collection hasn't been checked out since librarians
> moved to an electronic tracking system 20 years ago."
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> Here's an article about it: http://bit.ly/aUVY6i
> 
> Must have some implications for planning for future libraries/catalogs.
> 
> Bernie Sloan
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