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Yeah, the algorithm probably needs adjustment and flexibility. As long as a book is available within reasonable time via inter-library loan, the library system
by a3n 10y ago
Yeah, the algorithm probably needs adjustment and flexibility.
As long as a book is available within reasonable time via inter-library loan, the library system hasn't lost the book. The algorithm (or more generally, "the practice") probably needs a "consolidate" outcome in addition to "drop."
- brudgers 10y agoInter-library loan is a distributed peer to peer system. There's no reason to believe that other libraries won't cull the same book...and culling from one library could be considered empirical evidence that it might be culled from other libraries.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> As long as a book is available within reasonable time via inter-library loan, the library system hasn't lost the book. That's not entirely true, as there is a significant difference between having a book browsable on the shelf and havingnit borrowable with substantial latency via ILL, so there is a loss even if there is still some access available.