Status : Verified
| Personal Name | Acuña, Patrice Yvannah B. |
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| Resource Title | An assessment of the frequency of book loss between open and closed stack systems in selected University of the Philippines libraries : a follow-up study |
| Date Issued | May 2015 |
| Abstract | Book loss has always been a problem libraries face. Geared by the latest technology for libraries, book loss can be minimized if not completely eradicated. Given the recommendations to minimize book loss indicated in a study conducted 14 years ago on the prevalence of book loss on both stack systems and the changes in security, policies, and practices carried out by the libraries, the study aims to find out whether these recommendations were implemented by the libraries utilized in the previous study and if there were any effects on the number of losses in both stack systems. The four libraries located in the University of the Philippines Diliman: Main Library Social Sciences Section and College of Engineering Library I, for the open stack libraries, and the Filipiniana Sections of the Main Library and School of Economics, who implement the closed stack arrangement, are the institutions used by this study. Official inventory records from 2001 to present were requested from the libraries. Interviews were al |
| Degree Course | Bachelor of Library and Information Science |
| Language | Filipino |
| Keyword | Book loss; Book thefts; Mutilation; Defacement; Closed stack systems; Open stack systems |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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