January 27, 2006
Book by Book, College Libraries Pool Their Collected Wisdom
Until recently, whenever a university press published a monograph, Mark R. Watson felt compelled to buy it. It seemed logical that an academic library should support research published by other universities, says Mr. Watson, associate librarian for collections and access at the University of Oregon.
It was an expensive habit in recent years, with some monographs costing more than $100 and the university annually purchasing more than 20,000 of them. Even so, he explains, "in the past it
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