Will Fiction Classification Schemes Increase Use?.

Baker, Sharon L.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Will Fiction Classification Schemes Increase Use?

Baker, Sharon L.

RQ, v27 n3 p366-76 Spr 1988

A study of genre fiction classification used circulation data and a patron questionnaire to test whether physically separating fiction into categories will increase use; marking spines with category labels will increase use; use of classified fiction will increase with library size; and classification will increase the number of different books that circulate. (11 references) (MES)

Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Classification, Fiction, Library Circulation, Library Research, Literary Genres, Public Libraries, Reading Material Selection, Research Needs, Tables (Data), User Needs (Information)

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