Koleksiyon y netiminde dün verme istatistiklerinin kullan m : Hacettepe üniversitesi rne i = Use of circulation statistics in collection management: a case study of Hacettepe University

Bu al mada Türkiye'deki en büyük kitap koleksiyonlar ndan bir tanesine sahip olan ve ok farkl türde fakültelere hizmet veren Hacettepe üniversitesi Kütüphanelerinin kitap koleksiyonu incelenmektedir. al man n amac , dün verme istatistiklerine dayal olarak ger ekle tirilen koleksiyon analizi al malar n n, kütüphanelerin kendi koleksiyonlar n yak ndan tan malar na, yeni kaynak se imi ya da mevcut kaynaklar n ay klanmas konular nda karar alma süre lerine nas l yard mc olabilece ini g stermektir. Bu ba lamda Hacettepe üniversitesi Kütüphaneleri kullan c lar taraf ndan en s k talep edilen kitaplar saptanm ve dün verme istatistiklerine dayal olarak koleksiyon analiz edilmi tir. Ara t rmada Kongre Kütüphanesi (LC) S n flama Sistemine dayal olarak konu alanlar aras nda kullan m farkl l bulunup bulunmad da test edilmektedir. Ara t rman n bulgular , ortalama dün verme say lar bak m ndan Dil ve Edebiyat alan ile Güzel Sanatlar alan aras nda hemen hemen yedi katl k bir farkl l k oldu unu ortaya koymaktad r. / In this study, Hacettepe University Libraries, which provide services for various types of faculties having one of the largest book collections in Turkey, were investigated in terms of their book collection. The aim of the study is to help the decision makers to understand their own collection in a better way, to support the decision making process for selecting new materials or weeding existing ones in the light of circulation statistics. In this context, the most frequently requested books by Hacettepe University Libraries' users were determined and the collection analysis was built on the circulation statistics. The usage differences among the subject fields based on Library of Congress (LC) classes were also examined in this study by analyzing the circulation statistics. Findings showed that there was almost seven‐fold difference between the average number of total circulation in the classes of Language & Literature and Fine Arts.