What did Rider do? An inquiry into the methodology of Fremont Rider's The Scholar and the...

Reexamines Fremont Rider's book `The Scholar and the Future of the Research Library' and analyzes the validity of his conclusions. Contradictions and inconsistencies to his conclusions; Nature of exponential growth; Rider's conclusion method; Arguments on library growth; Inability to determine grow...

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Publicado en:Libraries & Culture Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 297 - 326
Autor principal: Molyneux, Robert E.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Texas Press Summer94
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Sumario:Reexamines Fremont Rider's book `The Scholar and the Future of the Research Library' and analyzes the validity of his conclusions. Contradictions and inconsistencies to his conclusions; Nature of exponential growth; Rider's conclusion method; Arguments on library growth; Inability to determine growth pattern; Mathematical errors in his work.