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Books? In a Library? Introducing our Casual Reading Collection
Brandon Patterson, MSI, MA
Associate Librarian, Technology Engagement
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
University of Utah
Contributing Authors:
Donna Baluchi, Christy Jarvis and Olivia Kavapalu
Spencer. S. Eccles Library, University of Utah
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Editor’s note: This article is based on a poster presented at the 2023 Medical Library Association Conference.
In 2013, the Eccles Health Sciences Library took a bold approach and deaccessioned 90% of its existing print collection. The shelves that once held hundreds of academic textbooks and journals now stood empty. This decision transformed the space in our library. We were now a library without stacks...
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The past decade has seen a proliferation of research and publication related to laboratory science and psychiatry. Those advances are now captured in this revised second edition of Laboratory ...
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