Collection Development in Indian Academic Libraries: An Empirical Approach to Determine the Number of Copies for Acquisition

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dc.contributor.authorGiri, Rabishankar
dc.contributor.authorSen, B. K.
dc.contributor.authorMahesh, G
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-16T17:12:17Z
dc.date.available2016-11-16T17:12:17Z
dc.date.copyright2015en_US
dc.date.issued2016-05-15
dc.description.abstractCollection development in academic libraries has many challenges and one of them concerns determining the number of copies of some books that are required in multiple copies in the library. In the present study, five major academic libraries in New Delhi were surveyed to understand the prevalent policies and practices on determining the number of copies of books that are required in multiple copies. It was found that there was no consistency in the approach to deciding the number of copies in the libraries studied. Further it was noted that all the libraries arbitrarily decided on the number of copies to be purchased. The paper discusses a method that has been evolved to determine the number of copies. The method has been applied in one of the academic libraries under study which when combined with other measures have been found to be more effective in determining the number of copies required.en_US
dc.description.searchVisibilitytrueen_US
dc.format.extent184-192p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.issn0976-4658en_US
dc.identifier.otherDESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, Vol. 35, No. 3, May 2015en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.presiuniv.ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/xmlui/handle/123456789/45
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenen_US
dc.sourcePresidency University,Kolkataen_US
dc.source.urihttp://www.presiuniv.ac.in/en_US
dc.subjectCollection development, Academic library, Library acquisition, Multiple copiesen_US
dc.subject.ddcDDC::000=Computer science, information & general works::020=Library & information sciencesen_US
dc.titleCollection Development in Indian Academic Libraries: An Empirical Approach to Determine the Number of Copies for Acquisitionen_US
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lrmi.learningResourceTypearticleen_US
lrmi.typicalAgeRange22+en_US
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