Copyright (c) 2010 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise Recent documents in Ken Wise en-us Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:21:42 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/14 http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/14 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:40:27 PST The allocation of an academic library's acquisitions funds should contribute to the achievement of the library's goals and objectives. The availability of diverse materials and the varying demands of user needs in a variety of subject disciplines may represent a set of conflicting, incommensurate goals. Lexicographic linear goal programming offers an appropriate allocation methodology for determining an optimal solution with conflicting goals. This article applies this methodology to 90 funds representing books and periodicals in 45 subject disciplines at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT). The model's goals incorporate several categories of budget constraints and user needs. The application of this formula resulted in the successful distribution of $3.5 million while taking into consideration ten goals or variables ranging from circulation to number of faculty and students. It also builds in accommodations for political factors and pressures, a unique feature in allocation formulas. Ken Wise Collection Management http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/13 http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/13 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:32:39 PST Librarians may use attribute sampling to estimate the maximum portion of a population having an attribute of interest. Advantages of the technique are that the user may examine a very small portion of the population and make an estimate with very low but measurable risk of misstatement. Ken Wise Collection Management http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/12 http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/12 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:50:44 PDT Ken Wise Great Smoky Mountains http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/11 http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/11 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:48:32 PDT Ken Wise Great Smoky Mountains http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/10 http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/10 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:45:17 PDT Ken Wise http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/9 http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/9 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:43:50 PDT Ken Wise Great Smoky Mountains http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/8 http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/8 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:38:53 PDT Ken Wise Great Smoky Mountains http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/7 http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/7 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:35:28 PDT Ken Wise Great Smoky Mountains http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/6 http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/6 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:26:29 PDT Ken Wise Great Smoky Mountains http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/5 http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/5 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:09:09 PDT Ken Wise Attribute Sampling http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/4 http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/4 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:04:00 PDT Ken Wise Attribute Sampling http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/3 http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/3 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:51:57 PDT Ken Wise Great Smoky Mountains http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/2 http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/2 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:43:24 PDT Ken Wise Goal Programming http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/1 http://works.bepress.com/ken_wise/1 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:26:12 PDT Ken Wise Great Smoky Mountains