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Citation patterns in the health sciences: implications for serials/monographic fund allocation

A J Burdick1, A Butler, M G Sullivan

  • 1University of Missouri-Kansas City Health Sciences Library 64116.

Bulletin of the Medical Library Association
|January 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Libraries should align collection development budgets with actual usage. An 88:12 ratio of serials to monographs better reflects internal medicine literature use than current spending.

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Area of Science:

  • Library and Information Science
  • Medical Librarianship
  • Scholarly Communication

Background:

  • Collection development in health sciences libraries involves balancing serials and monographs.
  • Current acquisition practices may not accurately reflect the usage patterns of internal medicine literature.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine optimal serial-to-monograph ratios for collection development.
  • To compare citation frequency with current library acquisition practices.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of citation frequencies in internal medicine literature.
  • Observational study of physician citation practices during internal medicine rounds.
  • Comparison with health sciences library acquisition budget allocations.

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Main Results:

  • Internal medicine literature citations averaged 88% serials and 12% monographs.
  • Physician citations during rounds showed 89.5% serials and 10.5% monographs.
  • Health sciences libraries allocated 79% to serials and 21% to monographs.

Conclusions:

  • Current library acquisition budgets for serials and monographs do not align with actual usage in internal medicine.
  • An 88:12 acquisitions budget ratio is recommended to better reflect literature use.