Using citation analysis to develop core book collections in academic libraries Export

@article{citeulike:4237050, abstract = {Collection development in college and university libraries most often occurs using longstanding traditional selection methods, such as favorable book reviews or local user needs. This study uses citation analysis as a tool to select books for the social science book collection in one academic library and compares the circulation of books using traditional methods to those books using citation analysis. The journal impact factor was used to determine those journals and authors cited the most in the disciplines of business, anthropology, education, political science, psychology, and sociology. If those authors published books, the books were purchased and circulation data on the books were tabulated and compared to books chosen using traditional methods. Findings indicate that books purchased using traditional methods of selection circulated more, except when individual disciplines were measured. In the areas of business, political science, and psychology, there was no significant difference in circulation statistics, and together both the traditional and citation analysis methods accounted for circulation of nearly 95\% of the social science collection. Since it is based on scholarly activity, citation analysis is a collection development method that could be used in all academic libraries.}, author = {Enger, Brock K.}, citeulike-article-id = {4237050}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2008.12.003}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0740818809000085}, day = {28}, doi = {10.1016/j.lisr.2008.12.003}, issn = {07408188}, journal = {Library \& Information Science Research}, keywords = {academic\_libraries, bestandesentwicklung, citation\_analysis, wissenschaftliche\_bibliothek}, month = {February}, posted-at = {2009-03-30 15:52:47}, priority = {2}, title = {Using citation analysis to develop core book collections in academic libraries}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2008.12.003}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4237050 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4237050 N2 - Collection development in college and university libraries most often occurs using longstanding traditional selection methods, such as favorable book reviews or local user needs. This study uses citation analysis as a tool to select books for the social science book collection in one academic library and compares the circulation of books using traditional methods to those books using citation analysis. The journal impact factor was used to determine those journals and authors cited the most in the disciplines of business, anthropology, education, political science, psychology, and sociology. If those authors published books, the books were purchased and circulation data on the books were tabulated and compared to books chosen using traditional methods. Findings indicate that books purchased using traditional methods of selection circulated more, except when individual disciplines were measured. In the areas of business, political science, and psychology, there was no significant difference in circulation statistics, and together both the traditional and citation analysis methods accounted for circulation of nearly 95% of the social science collection. Since it is based on scholarly activity, citation analysis is a collection development method that could be used in all academic libraries. JF - Library & Information Science Research SN - 07408188 TI - Using citation analysis to develop core book collections in academic libraries KW - academic_libraries KW - bestandesentwicklung KW - citation_analysis KW - wissenschaftliche_bibliothek AU - Enger, Brock PY - 2009/02/28/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2008.12.003 ER -