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- Title
Fahrenheit 451?: a ‘burning question’ on the evidence for book withdrawal.
- Authors
Booth, Andrew
- Abstract
A case study is presented which focuses on collection management in health services libraries, with particular focus given to the practice of discarding of materials considered outdated. The nature of information gathered within books, collection development policies, and the lack of shelving space for expanding collections faced by many health libraries are examined. The importance of communicating a library's collection management policy with library users is also discussed.
- Subjects
COLLECTION management (Libraries); COLLECTION development in medical libraries; DESELECTION of library materials
- Publication
Health Information & Libraries Journal, 2009, Vol 26, Issue 2, p161
- ISSN
1471-1834
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00844.x