Year: 1997
Type: article
Abstract: A library science graduate school course challenged the author to use an established bibliometric analysis technique to study the use of an information service setting. The author used the technique resulting in Richard Trueswell's "80/20 Rule" to see if 80 percent of the use involves only 20 percent of the collection at the UW–Milwaukee Archives. The author discovered that, indeed, the relevant findings at the repository were almost a perfect 80/20, just as Trueswell had found in library collections. The findings at the UW-Milwaukee Archives hold implications for other institutions about appraisal, reappraisal, deaccessioning, and other areas of archival practice. The author concludes by challenging archivists to define the use of their institution's holdings and to consider adjusting their approach to the collection accordingly.
Source: Archival issues
Author: William J. Jackson
Institution: Harley-Davidson (United States)
Language: English
Subfield: Conservation
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W160368545