The Implementation Of Book Selection Policy In University And Research Libraries
Downs, Robert B.
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Title
The Implementation Of Book Selection Policy In University And Research Libraries
Author(s)
Downs, Robert B.
Issue Date
1963
Keyword(s)
Book selection
Abstract
The development of a great research library has a certain mirage
quality, something like approaching infinity or attempting to state
the exact value of the mathematical symbol pi. We may come closer
and closer to our goal, but are doomed never to attain it.
An ideal research library, if we can conceive of such perfection,
would contain a complete record of human thought, emotion, and action,
without restriction as to languages, dates, places, or forms of
publication. In brief, its collections would have achieved universality,
comprising everything. Such a concept ought to offer an intriguing
plot, I suggest, for a science fiction writer.
However, faced as we are with the hard realities of practical
library administration, with inevitable limitations on funds, space,
staff, and availability of materials, what are the elements in a reasonable
acquisition program for, say, a university library?
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Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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