PATTERNS OF USE OF THE SERIAL LITERATURE AT THE BLLD

Abstract

A sample of 61,333 serial requests, received at the BLLD during a three month period in 1975 was examined. Details of language, date of publication, subject, type of requesting organisation and, where possible, shelf mark for each request were recorded, and analysed by computer. A number of print — outs of titles, many of them in rank order of use, were produced; a list of the 51 most requested (post — 1969 only) titles is included in an Appendix. Half the demand was for 1,300 titles, and 5% of titles held by the BLLD were responsible for 80% of all requests. Most of the requests — 83% of the total — were for serials in the field of science and technology, and there was a strong bias towards British and North American publications. The overall satisfaction rate for serials from BLLD stock was 91%.

Citation

Bower, C. (1976), "PATTERNS OF USE OF THE SERIAL LITERATURE AT THE BLLD", BLL Review, Vol. 4 No. 2, pp. 31-36. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb008465