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A survey in 1979 of 119 major academic business libraries (89 responding or 75%, with 86 usable responses) showed that28 (33%) actively collect business/economic working papers. Of the 28, 9 (32%) select only single numbers of working paper series; 7 (25%) collect complete runs; and 12 (43%) use both methods.                    (Source)

        Ibid…. showed that, of the 28 major academic business libraries collecting working papers, the selection criteria used were reputation of institution (20 libraries); faculty/patron request (18); available as gift (17); available through exchange (9); and reputation of the author (7).                      (Source)

A 1979 survey of faculty members and graduate students at the School of Management at Purdue and the School of Commerce at the University of Illinois, Urbana (sample size: 567; responding: 213) showed that85.5% used working papers from institutions other than their own.                         (Source)

        Ibid…. showed that, of the faculty responding, 39 at Purdue (90.7%) and 57 at Illinois (72.2%) felt that the library should collect working papers. The majority of both faculties (59% at Illinois; 74% at Purdue) felt the library should collect all papers in a series rather than selected papers.                    (Source)

        Ibid…. showed that, of the faculty responding, 23 at Illinois (28.4%) and 17 at Purdue (44.7%) felt that working papers had lasting research value rather than current awareness value only. This compared to 53% of the responding librarians in major academic business libraries who felt that working papers had lasting research value.                 (Source)

Dr. David Kohl

 "Libraries in the digital age are experiencing the most profound transformation since ancient Mesopotamian scribes first began gathering and organizing cuneiform tablets."

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