Is iconoclasm a virtue? Or the importance of stock editing

Abstract

Argues that growing collections in academic libraries may be more a liability than an asset, in terms of conservation, storage, and retrieval costs. Relevant, up‐to‐date resources may become increasingly difficult to identify among a legacy of historic material of very limited interest. Academic staff need to face up to these issues, and to accept that library staff need to address these questions.

Citation

Alcock, D. (1996), "Is iconoclasm a virtue? Or the importance of stock editing", Library Review, Vol. 45 No. 6, pp. 54-57. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242539610125686