Open AccessAssessing Collection Usefulness: An Investigation of Library Ownership of the Resources Graduate Students Use
Author(s) -
Erin Smith
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
college and research libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.886
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 2150-6701
pISSN - 0010-0870
DOI - 10.5860/crl.64.5.344
Subject(s) - sample (material) , citation , library science , collection development , computer science , graduate students , citation analysis , order (exchange) , academic library , discipline , process (computing) , data collection , medical education , sociology , business , medicine , social science , chemistry , finance , chromatography , operating system
A two-phase assessment tool was developed for evaluating the ìfitî of the University of Georgia Librariesí collections with the needs of their patrons. First, a citation analysis of a sample of 2001 theses and disser- tations revealed the specific titles and materials used by a disciplinary cross section of graduate students. Second, searches were conducted in the OPAC and in electronic resources to determine library ownership of those cited works. The process then was repeated with a sample of graduate works completed in 1991 in order to investigate whether the further stretching of library budgets due to the influx of electronic re- sources has had an impact on the usefulness of the overall collection.
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