TY - JOUR
T1 - The development and testing of an instrument to measure attitudes toward the quality vs. Demand debate in collection management
AU - Hamilton, Patricia A.
AU - Weech, Terry L.
N1 - Funding Information:
Patricia A. Hamilton is Director of the Pontiac Illinois Public Library, 410 Main Street, Pontiac, IL 61764. Terry L. Weech is Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 410 David Kinley Hall, 1407 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801-3680. The research was partially funded by an award from the Reece Fund, a fund established to assist students and hculty at the University of Illinois GSLIS in research projects.
PY - 1988/10/27
Y1 - 1988/10/27
N2 - This is a report of a pilot study to test the feasibility of measuring the attitudes of public librarians regarding two contrasting collection development philosophies: “quality-driven” vs. “demand-driven” collection development. Study results suggest that such a measurement is feasible. Of the 78 libraries responding to the questionnaire, the majority agreed with statements favoring demand-driven collection development. Quality-driven collection development was not entirely rejected. Over 75% of the respondents agreed with a statement that libraries should concentrate on providing books of high quality and enduring value. The conclusion is made that while a demand-driven philosophy is favored by most of the respondents, over three-fourths were in agreement with at least some aspects of the quality-driven philosophy.
AB - This is a report of a pilot study to test the feasibility of measuring the attitudes of public librarians regarding two contrasting collection development philosophies: “quality-driven” vs. “demand-driven” collection development. Study results suggest that such a measurement is feasible. Of the 78 libraries responding to the questionnaire, the majority agreed with statements favoring demand-driven collection development. Quality-driven collection development was not entirely rejected. Over 75% of the respondents agreed with a statement that libraries should concentrate on providing books of high quality and enduring value. The conclusion is made that while a demand-driven philosophy is favored by most of the respondents, over three-fourths were in agreement with at least some aspects of the quality-driven philosophy.
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U2 - 10.1300/J105v10n03_03
DO - 10.1300/J105v10n03_03
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77950429366
SN - 0146-2679
VL - 10
SP - 27
EP - 42
JO - Collection Management
JF - Collection Management
IS - 3-4
ER -