Combining new technologies for effective collection development: a bibliometric study using CD-ROM and a database management program. |
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| Authors: | J F Burnham B S Shearer J C Wall |
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| Institution: | Biomedical Library, University of South Alabama, Mobile 36617. |
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| Abstract: | Librarians have used bibliometrics for many years to assess collections and to provide data for making selection and deselection decisions. With the advent of new technology--specifically, CD-ROM databases and reprint file database management programs--new cost-effective procedures can be developed. This paper describes a recent multidisciplinary study conducted by two library faculty members and one allied health faculty member to test a bibliometric method that used the MEDLINE and CINAHL databases on CD-ROM and the Papyrus database management program to produce a new collection development methodology. |
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