Re: COUNTER: current status and advice to users]

[Kerry Keck <keckker@rice.edu>]

Circulation data for print volumes is crucial to both facility 
and collection management.

Institutions are determining that the most effective use of 
central campus space and dollars is to purposes other than 
housing increasing print library collections.  Circulation (i.e. 
documented low use) is *one* factor in identifying titles best 
housed "off site," leaving high use titles on the finite-capacity 
library shelves.  High circulation and inhouse use measurements 
also signal candidates for purchase of additional copies and/or 
online access (where available), and even candidates for library 
preservation when a title is out of print.

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Kerry Keck - Asst. University Librarian, Collections
Fondren Library - MS44           Phone:  713-348-2926
Rice University                  Fax:    713-348-5258
6100 S. Main                     Email:  keckker@rice.edu
Houston, TX  77005-1892          http://sparta.rice.edu/~keckker