This article discusses some of the problems likely to be experienced by university libraries over the next decade in the provision of books for undergraduate reading; it examines the reasons for having short loan collections and describes the administration of one such collection; finally it raises some questions that ought to be the subject of discussion between library and academic staff.
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Crampin, A., and Armitage, P.The pressure of numbers; speculations for the seventies. Higher education review, 2 (2) Spring 1970, 5-14.
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SCONUL information bulletin dated 20 November, I970.
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Note, for example, the number of current periodical titles in sociology in successive editions of "Ulrich":
See also Bowyer, T.H.Considerations on book provision for undergraduates in British university libraries. J. Docum., 19 (4) December 1963, 151-167.
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The question is discussed in McPherson , A., The Dainton report—a Scottish dissent. Universities Quarterly, 22 (3) June 1968, 245-273 ; and " Swing from science" or retreat from reason? Universities Quarterly , 24 (I) Winter 1969, 29-43.
