The University of California Libraries: A Plan for Development (1977)

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168 The University of California Libraries Table 31 Estimated Number of Volumes in the University of California Libraries That Would Be Discarded Under the Weeding Alternative 1977-1988 Year Cumulative Number of Volumes Weeded 1977/78 2,495,000 1978/79 2,769,000 1979/80 3,147,000 1980/81 3,506,000 1981/82 3,926,000 1982/83 4,277,000 1983/84 4,606,000 1984/85 4,932,000 1985/86 5,258,000 1986/87 5,518,000 1987/88 5,758,000
X. Housing 169 Third! (There is a happy ending--the Folio was recovered some 280 years later, although at a fairly substantial price.) Most librarians of any experience can relate similar if less dramatic examples. In order to avoid the likelihood of intellectual tragedies, then, it appears essential that all items selected for discard be reviewed, preferably by "an intelligent, humane, book-loving librarian" who has at least "a touch of the Alexandrian tradition." 3 The cost of this review is estimated at $.70 per volume, 4 so the total processing cost of each volume considered for weeding becomes $1.70. For the 5,758,000 volumes involved, this amounts to $9,788,000. It was assumed, somewhat conservatively, that perhaps 20 percent of the items considered for weeding would be retained, so the predicted number of volumes to be discarded becomes 4,606,400. The volumes not discarded will of course add to the amount of additional construction needed on campus, and this raises the total cost of the weeding alternative to $56,384,000. This is still a substantial savings over the "base case"--an estimated $33,046,000--but as noted below there appear to be even more economical and attractive alternatives that do not involve the risks inherent in weeding. The weeding alternative is therefore not recommended. Differential Housing. The final approach to be considered is a differentiated approach to shelving of the materials. Fussler and Simon note that "it has long been assumed in American university libraries that all books not actually in use should be immediately available and shelved with all other books on the subject," but that this "presumed necessity for the immediate availability of books may deserve closer examination when the cost of providing it is compared with possible alternatives." 5 3 Ray L. Hefner, quoted in Robin Wilson, "Must We Burn Our Books?", p. 24. 4 Based on calculations in Lee Ash, Yale's Selective Book Retirement Program, Shoestring Press, 1963, pp. 48-49. 5 Herman H. Fussler and Julian L. Simon, Patterns in the Use of Books in Large Research Libraries, University of Chicago Press, 1969, pp. 1-2.
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A PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT Office of th
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CHAPTER I THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS LI
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I. The University and Its Libraries
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CHAPTER III THE NEED FOR A NEW APPR
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CHAPTER IV A UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SYS
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