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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Nov
Pages: 11
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A Critical Examination of the Assessment Analysis Capabilities of OCLC ACAS
Lyons, Lucy E.
Journal of Academic Librarianship, v31 n6 p506-516 Nov 2005
Over 500 libraries have employed OCLC's iCAS and its successor Automated Collection Assessment and Analysis Services (ACAS) as bibliometric tools to evaluate monograph collections. This examination of ACAS reveals both its methodological limitations and its feasibility as an indicator of collecting patterns. The results can be used to maximize the assessment capabilities of ACAS.
Descriptors: Library Materials, Library Science, Publications, Library Automation, Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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