A Study of the Relationship Between Size of Monographic Collections and Internal Duplication in A Select Group of Libraries Using Lcs (Library Computer System)

The rate of internal duplication in academic libraries was analyzed to determine if the rate of duplication increases as an academic library increases in collection size. To study this relationship, eight hundred monographic records were selected randomly from each of the databases of fifteen academic libraries using LCS (Library Computer System), a computer-based inventory control system, containing bibliographic records and holdings information. Fourteen of the institutions are located in Illinois and one in Ohio. Analyses of the holdings information for the monographic records indicated that there is a positive relationship between rate of internal duplication and collection size, which was equated, by definition, to the number of monographic records in an LCS database. Likewise, it was shown that as collection size increases, there tends to be a corresponding increase in the proportion of volumes duplicated at the rate of three or more copies.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Library Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Drone, Jeanette Marie

• Library Science

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8502129

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69486