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Use of Scientific Periodicals
Use of Scientific Periodicals
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To obtain some data for this planning operation it was decided to analyse the issue records of serial publications of the Science Museum Library, which at present has the largest collection of scientific literature in the United Kingdom. The Science Museum Library is actually within the buildings of the Imperial College of Science and Technology (South Kensington, London, S.W.7)
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3. The Science Museum Library does not lend reference publications such as abstract publications, and during 1956 the 1940 onwards volumes of 72 periodicals were on a non-loanable list.
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The analysis by serial shelf marks showed that, in ah, 7064 serials were used. The following details of the number of serials used are available: Number of serials borrowed by the local stabs Number of serials borrowed by others Number of serials used in the reading room Total number of serials used by all types of users where publication date was 1950 or afterwards Total number of serials used by all types of users where publication date was 1949 or earlier 1,063 5,632 3,518 4,753 4,058 From the general point of view the most interesting figures relate to the loan issues to external organizations.
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Current holdings in BUCOP .1 2 15 2 6 8 Current holdings in BUCOP 4 5 1 2 1 2 External organizations will naturally only borrow from the Science Museum Library scientific literature which they do not hold themselves, or which they cannot obtain from some more accessible collection. Thus the external loan demand on the library is, in general, only a residual demand, although many bodies may make a habit of always applying to this library first.
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TABLE VII Requisitions per title 100 or more 50-99 4~49 30-39 20-29 10-19 5- 9 4 3 2 Titles 60 193 92 136 229 541 714 283 403 791 2,190 An analysis of the serial titles used showed that 2769 of them were not current according to the Hand List of Short Titles of Current Periodicals in the Science Library, Eighth Edition' 1956. This list contains references to 9120 serial publications, and 4821 of these were not used at all during 1956.
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The average period of loan of a serial publication lent by the Science Museum Library is about 23 calendar days. Hence, a volume which is lent on an average once per year should be available on demand for 94~O of the time.
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Analytical Chemistry Angewandte Chemie Annalen der Physik Annales de physique Annals, New York Academy of Sciences Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry Bell System Technical Journal Berichte deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft Bulletin, Academic des Sciences de l'U.R.S.S. (Izvestiya)
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ten or more times per decade 1940-49 194~49 194~49 1940-49 1930-49 1930-49 193~39 194(}49 1940-49 1940-49 194~49 1940-49 1930-49 1940-49 191~49 1940~9 193~49 194~49 1930-49 190~39 190~09, 1920-39* 1940-49 1920-39 1920-29 1940-49 1930-39 1930-49 193~39 1940-49 1930-39 1940-49 194~49 1940-49 Title Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 1947 Acta Physiologica Scandinavica Supplementa, 1940 Agronomy journal, 1932 Air Conditioning, Heating, and Ventilating, 1929 Aircraft Engineering, 1929 American Dyestuff Reporter, 1925 American Mineralogist, 1916 American Naturalist, 1868 American Journal of Botany, 1924 American Journal of Hygiene, 1938 American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health, 1932 American Journal of Physics, 1933 American Journal of Physiology, 1898 American Journal of Roentgenology Radium Therapy and Nuclear Medicine, 1930 American Journal of Science, 1818 American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1936 Analyst (London)
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, 1835 Comptes rendus des seances, societe de biologic, 1917 Comptes rendus des travaux, laboratoire Carlsberg, 1878 Contributionsfrom Boyce Thompson Institute, 1929 Current Science, 1932 Discussions, Faraday Society, 1947 Ecology, 1920 Economic Geology, 1906 Electrical Engineering, 1934 Electricaliournal, 1878 Electrical Review, London, 1872 Electronics, 1933 Electronic Engineering, 1928 Endocrinology, 1918 * Indicates title appearing also in Appendix A
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1926 Ingenieur Archiu, 193(}44; 1949Instrument Practice, 1946 Instruments and Automation, 1928 Iron Age, 1922 Iron and Coal Trades Ret iew, 1900 Iron and Steel, 1928 Iron and Steel Engineer, 1924 Journal, Acoustical Society of America, 1929 Journal, American Ceramic Society, 1918 Journal, American Chemical Society, 1879 Journal, American Concrete Institute, 1929 Journal, American Leather Chemists Association, 1924 Journal, American Medical Association, 1930 Journal, American Oil Chemists' Society, 1935 Journal, American Pharmaceutical Association, Scientific Edition, 1929 Journal, American Statistical Association, 1947 Journal, American Water Works Association, 1924 Journal, Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, 1920 Journal, British Institution of Radio Engineers, 1939 Journal, Chemical Society, 1849 Journal, Councilfor Industrial and Scientific Research, Australia, 1927-48 f ourna l, Frank lin Institute, 1920 Journal, Indian Chemical Society, 1924 Journal, Institute of Fuel, 1926 Journal, Institute of Metals, 1909 Journal, Institute of Petroleum, 1915 Journal, Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, 1933 Journal, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1939 Journal, Iron and Steel Institute, 1871 Journal, Oil and Colour Chemists' Association, 1918 Journal, Optical Society of America, 1922 Journal, Royal Aeronautical Society, 1897 Journal, Royal Statistical Society Series B Methodological, 1936 Journal, Scientific Research Institute (Tokyo)
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3 Journal of Colloid Science, 1946 . f ourna l of Comparative Neuro logy, 1891 Journal of Dairy Research, 1932 Journal of Dairy Science, 1929 Journal of Economic Entomology, 1908 Journal of Experimental Biology, 1923 Journal of Experimental Zoology, 1904 Journal of General Physiology, 1919 Journal of Geology, 1893 Journal of Hygiene, 1901 Journal of Immunology, 1940 Journal of Industrial Hygiene, 1929-49 Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, 1936 Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1937 Journal of Mathematics and Physics, 1922 journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, 1893 journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 1936 Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1896 Journal of Physiology, 1878 Journal of Polymer Science, 1946 Journal of Research, National Bureau of Standards (`U.S.A.)
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, 1870 Naturwissenschaften, 1927-44; 1948New England Journal of Medicine, 1938 New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology, 1918 Non-Destructive Testing, 1943 Nucleonics, 1947 Oil and Gas Journal, 1926 Paint Manufacture, 1931 Paint, Oil and Chemical Review, 1934 Paper Industry, 1932 Paper Trade four'`al, 1924 Petroleum Engineer, 1932 Petroleum Refiner, 1925 Pharmaceutica Acta Helvetiae, 1936 Philips Research Reports, 1945 Philips Technical Review, 1936 Philosophical Magazine, 1789 Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society A, 1667 Philosophy of Science, 1934 Photographic Journal, 1854 Physica, 1933 Physical Review, 1894 Physikalische Zeitschrift, 1899-1945 Physiological Reviews, 1933 Phytopathology, 1911 Plant Physiology, 1927 Planta, 1926 Plating, 1934 Poultry Science, 1933 Power, 1892 Power Engineering, 1936 Proceedings, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1846 Proceedings, American Electroplaters Society, 1947 Proceedings, American Gas Association, 1923 Proceedings, American Philosophical Society, 1840 Proceedings, American Society for Horticultural Science, 1949 Proceedings, American Societyfor Testing Materials, 1923 Proceedings, Cambridge Philosophical Society, 1925 Proceedings, Geologists Association, 1865 Proceedings, Helmi? ~thological Society of Washington, 1934 Proceedings, Highway Research Board, U.S.A., 1929 Proceedings, Indian Academy of Sciences, 1935 Proceedings, Institute of Radio Engineers (New York)
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Bureau of Mines, 1920 Reports and Memoranda, Aeronautical Research Council, 1909Review of Scientific Instruments, 1930 Reviews of Morlern Physics, 1929 Revue Scie'~tifique, 1863 Rock Products, 1931 Rubber Chemistry and Technology, 1932 SAE.iournal, 1924 Science (U.S.) , 1883 Soap and Chemical Specialities, 1932 Soil Science, 1916 Stai'' Technology, 1927 Steel Processing, 1926 Structural Engineer, 1930 TAPPI, 1920 Transactions, American Electrochemical Society, 1909-49 Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 1922 Transactions, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1885-1951 Transactions, American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1873-1949 Transactions, American Microscopical Society, 1924 Transactions, American Society for Metals, 1925 Transactions, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1897 Transactions, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1897 Transactions, British Ceramic Society 1902 Transactions, British Mycological Society, 1897 Transactions, Faraday Society, 1905 Transactions, Illuminating Engineering Society, 1936 Transactions, Institute of Metal Finishing, 1926 Transactions, Insliturion of Chemical Engineers, 1923 Transactions, Institurio?
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,.~. Years for which periodical was borrowed ten or more times per decade 1920-39*
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