Print Management at “Mega-scale”: A Regional Perspective on Print Book Collections in North America Brian Lavoie Research Scientist Constance Malpas Program Officer JD Shipengrover Senior Web & User Interface Designer OCLC Research A publication of OCLC Research Print Management at “Mega-scale”: A Regional Perspective on Print Book Collections in North America Brian Lavoie, Constance Malpas, and JD Shipengrover, for OCLC Research © 2012 OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Reuse of this document is permitted as long as it is consistent with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 (USA) license (CC-BY-NC-SA): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. July 2012 OCLC Research Dublin, Ohio 43017 USA www.oclc.org ISBN: 1-55653-450-7 (13-digit) 978-1-55653-450-8 OCLC (WorldCat): 799083301 Please direct correspondence to: Brian Lavoie Research Scientist
[email protected] Suggested citation: Lavoie, Brian, Constance Malpas and JD Shipengrover. 2012. Print Management at “Mega- scale”: A Regional Perspective on Print Book Collections in North America. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Research. http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2012/2012-05.pdf. Print Management at “Mega-Scale”: A Regional Perspective on Print Book Collections in North America Contents Acknowledgements ........................................................................................ 6 Introduction ................................................................................................ 7 Context ....................................................................................................