Open AccessAn Assessment of "Choice" as a Tool for Selection (Research Note)
Author(s) -
John P. Schmitt,
Stewart Saunders
Publication year - 1983
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_44_05_375
Subject(s) - selection (genetic algorithm) , computer science , information retrieval , management science , data science , artificial intelligence , economics
To remedy this situation, book reviewing was established as a service which makes material acquisition more an objective judgment than an intuitive hunch. Two prospects librarians dread are: (1) being told they do not have "the definitive work" in a field and; (2) having a full range of "definitive works" which never circulate. Book reviewing is designed to prevent the first prospect, but little has been done to study the second. This study was designed to examine the relationship between two factors - the strength of a reviewer's recommendation and the subsequent use of that title in a large university library. Is there agreement between the reviewer and the student reader on what constitutes an indispensable volume? The review medium selected for the study was
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