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The WLN Conspectus

Sally Loken (Coordinator of Collection Assessment Services for WLN, Lacey, Washington)

Collection Building

ISSN: 0160-4953

Article publication date: 1 February 1994

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Abstract

Conspectus can mean, in some instances, either a survey, overview, or outline of the subjects in a collection. However, conspectus is also a method—the method of using the outline as the structure for systematic assessment of a library collection. Libraries use both the outline and the method to describe their collections and collection goals, using common definitions.

Citation

Loken, S. (1994), "The WLN Conspectus", Collection Building, Vol. 13 No. 2/3, pp. 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023370

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1994, MCB UP Limited

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