id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-14363 Sweetland, James H. Time Required for Shelf Reading — A Case Study (Research Note) 1988-01-01 4 .pdf application/pdf 2383 135 67 6 Since formal inventories involve a form of shelf reading, however, some studies related to these do provide information. 11 Purdue reports a full search of the entire library took 3 staff 3 weeks, a rate of 10 books per person- hour.12 Normally, however, shelf reading is not an inventory and is intended to prevent the obvious costs of searching. cache/crl-14363.pdf txt/crl-14363.txt