Libcitations, worldcat, cultural impact, and fame

Volume: 69, Issue: 12, Pages: 1502 - 1512
Published: Aug 5, 2018
Abstract
Just as citations to a book can be counted, so can that book's libcitations—the number of libraries in a consortium that hold it. These holdings counts per title can be obtained from the consortium's union catalog, such as OCLC's WorldCat. Librarians seeking to serve their customers well must be attuned to various kinds of merit in books. The result in WorldCat is a great variation in the libcitations particular books receive. The higher a...
Paper Details
Title
Libcitations, worldcat, cultural impact, and fame
Published Date
Aug 5, 2018
Volume
69
Issue
12
Pages
1502 - 1512
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