Open AccessSubject Usage and Funding of Library Monographs
Author(s) -
Joe Crotts
Publication year - 1999
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/crl.60.3.261
Subject(s) - subject (documents) , circulation (fluid dynamics) , computer science , operations research , library science , mathematics , engineering , aerospace engineering
This investigation seeks to identify those variables that prove indicative of the demand for monographs by subject and to develop a practical method for allocating funding by subject that realistically reflects subject demand. The interrelationships among circulation, expenditure, and enrollment by subject are analyzed. Circulation is isolated as the single empirically supported parameter upon which the demand for monographs by subject may be measured. A model for allocating subject funding is developed.