I'm catching up on reading messages. About the below messages, I think I read a Harvard study recently about how in their depository, contrary to their expectations something like 45% of the materials were being recalled for circulation. The point isn't that a storage facility isn't a good thing, only that there needs to be some tuning as to what should go into it and what should not. We don't necessarily have the right data to make decisions. That you can pull things back out and over time make better decisions about what is there and what remains on the shelves is a good thing. The value of that should not be underestimated.
Frances McNamara
University of Chicago
> I'm sure Widener's circulation rate is WAY over 40%. That's why
> Harvard is a worse institution.
>
Yeah, that's exactly what I meant, Tim. Thanks for the confirmation!
That said, I'm sure Widener has got plenty of volumes that would be
better served in storage. I'm pretty sure they probably agree.
-Ross.
Received on Mon Oct 11 2010 - 09:54:19 EDT