Catching leopards in the library; or, of panthers and posterity

<p>Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to show the value of measuring usage of cultural heritage materials held by libraries.</p><p>Design/methodology/approach: The paper studies how best to record usage patterns of cultural heritage material.</p><p>Findings: Digitiza...

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Main Author: Heaney, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Emerald 2011
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description <p>Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to show the value of measuring usage of cultural heritage materials held by libraries.</p><p>Design/methodology/approach: The paper studies how best to record usage patterns of cultural heritage material.</p><p>Findings: Digitization has been found to make the measurement of usage collections more useful. Experience so far has been that where older material is concerned, digitisation of the content does not mean that people neglect the physical volumes - instead, it tends to increase usage.</p><p>Originality/value: The paper looks at the complex issue of older material consisting of numerous volumes, and how best to record usage of such material.</p>
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spelling oxford-uuid:1db26673-d8fa-48ff-beab-37db67b5857e2022-03-26T11:12:19ZCatching leopards in the library; or, of panthers and posterityJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:1db26673-d8fa-48ff-beab-37db67b5857eLibrary & information scienceEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetEmerald2011Heaney, M<p>Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to show the value of measuring usage of cultural heritage materials held by libraries.</p><p>Design/methodology/approach: The paper studies how best to record usage patterns of cultural heritage material.</p><p>Findings: Digitization has been found to make the measurement of usage collections more useful. Experience so far has been that where older material is concerned, digitisation of the content does not mean that people neglect the physical volumes - instead, it tends to increase usage.</p><p>Originality/value: The paper looks at the complex issue of older material consisting of numerous volumes, and how best to record usage of such material.</p>
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Heaney, M
Catching leopards in the library; or, of panthers and posterity
title Catching leopards in the library; or, of panthers and posterity
title_full Catching leopards in the library; or, of panthers and posterity
title_fullStr Catching leopards in the library; or, of panthers and posterity
title_full_unstemmed Catching leopards in the library; or, of panthers and posterity
title_short Catching leopards in the library; or, of panthers and posterity
title_sort catching leopards in the library or of panthers and posterity
topic Library & information science
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