Open AccessBest-Sellers in Academic Libraries
Author(s) -
Gregory A. Crawford,
Matthew Harris
Publication year - 2001
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.62.3.216
Subject(s) - collection development , selection (genetic algorithm) , academic library , set (abstract data type) , best practice , business , computer science , world wide web , library science , political science , law , artificial intelligence , programming language
Libraries have important collection development decisions to make about best-sellers and popular culture materials. A selection of academic libraries was studied to follow the ownership of best-sellers from 1940 to 1990. The trend is to keep a higher percentage of older best-sellers in fiction than newer ones. Nonfiction appears to be more sporadic but still follows this basic trend. With the influx of popular culture studies, scholars potentially could lose valuable resources. From this study, libraries will see that a new set of collection development policies may need to be developed.