id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-12880 Opello, Olivia; Murdock, Lindsay Acquisitions Overkill in Science Collections--and an Alternative 1976-09-01 5 .pdf application/pdf 2588 147 61 A study of circula- tion records of books purchased be- tween July 1971 and June 1973 also supports other findings that after initial interest the circulation of the majority of new books drops close to zero. However, to achieve this goal, libraries buy, process, and use up shelf space with a multitude of other books that are not wanted. cache/crl-12880.pdf txt/crl-12880.txt