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Table 1. Top Ten journals from Which the Library Lit.--The Best of
Series (1970-1990) Drew Articles
Number of
articles drawn
Journal from this journal
Library Journal 77
Wilson Library Bulletin 39
School Library Journal 38
American binaries 26
College & Research Libraries 26
Collection Building 14
Special Libraries 13
Top of the News 13
Journal of Library History (Libraries & Culture) 11
Journal of Academic Librarianship 10
Total 267
Table 2. Frequency Distribution of Journals Represented in Library
Lit.--The Best of Series (1970-1990) According to the Number of
Previously Printed Articles Drawn from Individual Journals
Number of
journals
from which Percent of
this many journals
articles with this
Number of articles were drawn many articles
20 or more articles 5 2.96
Between 10 and 19 articles 5 2.96
Between 5 and 9 articles 20 11.83
Three or four articles 28 16.57
Two articles 23 13.61
One article 88 52.07
Total 169 100
Exact
number Percent of
of articles articles
represented represented
by percent by percent
Number of articles of journals of journals
20 or more articles 206 32.54
Between 10 and 19 articles 61 9.64
Between 5 and 9 articles 134 21.17
Three or four articles 98 15.48
Two articles 46 7.27
One article 88 13.90
Total 633 100
Table 3. Top Ten journals from Which the Alternative Library
Literature Series (1982-2001) Drew Articles
Number of articles
Journal drawn from this journal
Collection Building 23
Counterpoise 22
Progressive Librarian 22
Women Library Workers (WLW) Journal 18
Librarians' Guild Communicator 16
Librarians at Liberty 10
The Unabashed Librarian 10
Journal of Youth Services in Libraries 9
Public Library Quarterly 9
Social Responsibilities Round Table 9
(SRRT) Newsletter/Resolutions
Total 148
Table 4. Frequency Distribution of Journals Represented in the
Alternative Library Literature Series (1982-2001) According to the
Number of Previously Printed Articles Drawn from Individual Journals
Number of
journals
from which Percent of
this many journals
articles with this
Number of articles were drawn many articles
20 or more articles 3 1.25
Between 10 and 19 articles 4 1.67
Between 5 and 9 articles 20 8.33
Three or four articles 30 12.50
Two articles 21 8.75
One article 162 67.50
Total 240 100
Exact
number Percent of
of articles articles
represented represented
by percent by percent
Number of articles of journals of journals
20 or more articles 67 11.92
Between 10 and 19 articles 54 9.61
Between 5 and 9 articles 133 23.67
Three or four articles 104 18.51
Two articles 42 7.47
One article 162 28.83
Total 562 100 *
* Due to rounding.
Table 5. Comparison of the Frequency with Which Specific Journals Are
Represented in Library Lit.--The Best of Series (1970-1990) and the
Alternative Library Literature Series (1982-2001)
Number of articles
Number of articles drawn from this
drawn from this journal that appear
journal that appear in in the Alternative
Library Lit.--The Best Library Literature
Journal of series (1970-1990) series (1982-2001)
Library Journal 77 1
Wilson Library Bulletin 39 2
School Library, journal 38 1
American Libraries 26 1
College & Research 26 1
Libraries
Collection Building 14 23
Special Libraries 13 1
Top of the Nevis 13 0
Journal of Library
History (Libraries & 11 2
Culture)
Journal of Academic
Librarianship 10 0
Table 6. Relationship between Prestigious journals as Determined by
Directors of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Institutions and
the Frequency with Which Those Journals Appear in Library Lit.--The
Best of Series (1970-1990) and the Alternative Library Literature
Series (1982-2001)
Number of articles
drawn from this
journal that
Journal (drawn from the first appear in Library
20 journals listed in Table 1 Lit.--The Best of
of Kohl & Davis, 1985) series (1970-1990)
College & Research Libraries 26
Library Quarterly 6
Journal of Academic Librarianship 10
Library Resources &Technical Services 4
Library Trends 1
Information Technology & Libraries
(Journal of Library Automation) 5
Journal of the American Society for
Information Science 4
Library Journal 77
American Libraries 26
RQ 7
Special Libraries 13
Wilson Library Bulletin 39
Library & Information Science Research 1
Journal of Library History
(Libraries & Culture) 11
Journal of Education for Librarianship 7
Collection Management 0
Library of Congress Quarterly Journal 3
Drexel Library Quarterly 3
Harvard Library Bulletin 0
Microform Review 1
Total (% of all reprinted
articles in series) 244 (38.55)
Number of articles
drawn from this
journal that appear
Journal (drawn from the first in the Alternative
20 journals listed in Table 1 Library Literature
of Kohl & Davis, 1985) series (1982-2001)
College & Research Libraries 1
Library Quarterly 3
Journal of Academic Librarianship 0
Library Resources &Technical Services 0
Library Trends 3
Information Technology & Libraries
(Journal of Library Automation) 1
Journal of the American Society for
Information Science l
Library Journal 1
American Libraries 1
RQ 4
Special Libraries 1
Wilson Library Bulletin 2
Library & Information Science Research 1
Journal of Library History
(Libraries & Culture) 2
Journal of Education for Librarianship 1
Collection Management 0
Library of Congress Quarterly Journal 0
Drexel Library Quarterly 0
Harvard Library Bulletin 0
Microform Review 0
Total (% of all reprinted
articles in series) 22 (3.91)
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