Open AccessAssessing the Potential for a National Print Repository: Results of an Australian Overlap Study
Author(s) -
Paul Gei,
Eva Varga
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
college and research libraries/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 - 10.5860/0700555
Subject(s) - space (punctuation) , computer science , information retrieval , world wide web , data science , operating system
This paper reports on research assessing the potential space savings that can be made if Australian academic libraries implement a national repository for the storage of legacy print collections. The paper includes data derived from a collection overlap study based on members of the CARM (CAVAL Archival and Research Materials) Centre to estimate the impact of a fully implemented national repository. It includes a calculation of the shelf and floor space that libraries might potentially retrieve for other purposes.