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CONDUCTING THE COUNTS AND MEASURES
Below are listed basic considerations and general instructions for conducting the recommended and optional counts and measures for Intellectual Units Held, Physical Space Occupied, and Digital Space Occupied. A corresponding table for each of the three counts and measures is provided in Appendix B.
Intellectual Units Held (Table 1)
Conducting a count of Intellectual Units Held requires taking into consideration the following three characteristics of the collection material: Type, Discoverability, and How Managed.
For the Recommended Counts: Consider only collection material that is Discoverable. Then consider Type and How Managed.
1. Categorize “online descriptions” as representing one of the following types of collection material:
2. Further characterize “online descriptions” according to how the collection material they represent is managed:
For the Optional Counts: Consider only collection material that is not yet Discoverable. Then consider Type.
1. Categorize “not yet online” descriptions as representing one of the following types of collection material:
Physical Space Occupied (Table 2)
Conducting a measure of Physical Space Occupied requires taking into consideration the following two characteristics of the collection material: Type and Discoverability.
For the Recommended Measures: Consider Type only.
1. Categorize all collection material occupying physical space as one of the following:
For the Optional Measures: Consider Type and Discoverability.
1. Categorize collection material occupying physical space as one of the following:
2. Additionally, characterize collection material occupying physical space as one of the following:
Digital Space Occupied (Table 3)
Conducting a measure of Digital Space Occupied requires taking into consideration the following three characteristics of the collection material: Type, Origination, and Discoverability.
For the Recommended Counts: Consider Origination and Discoverability only.
1. Categorize all files to be counted as one of the following:
2. Additionally, characterize all files to be counted as one of the following:
For the Optional Counts: Consider Type, Origination, and Discoverability.
1. Categorize all files to be counted as representing one of the following types of collection material:
2. Additionally, categorize all files to be counted as one of the following:
3. Further, characterize all files to be counted as one of the following:
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