Obsolescence or Resurgence The Monograph in the Academy

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Obsolescence or Resurgence?The Monograph in the
Academy

• Carol Ann Hughes
• Questia Media

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Obsolescence

• Decline over time in utility?
• Decline over time in validity?
• Phenomenon of replacement?

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Online Books Evaluation Project

• Use Varies by Task
• 50 or less of work used
• Delve and Skim
• Extract and Exclude

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Online Books Evaluation Project cont.

• Use Varies by Task
• Latent Competition for Titles
• Rapid Growth in Adoption

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Online Books Evaluation Project cont.

• Online Monographs
• Not Linear
• Not Superseded
• Not a Replacement

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Put the Collections Within Reach
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