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Abstract The religious studies librarians at Brigham Young University (BYU) began a book display research project to examine the circulation rates of religious studies titles placed on display and to specifically evaluate the impact of religious fiction on that display in an academic library. Student employees were tasked with curating the displays over several years and maintaining a spreadsheet with the titles displayed and resulting checkout rates. Religious fiction (from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint tradition) circulated over 80% the first three years, higher than the religious nonfiction on display and the same genre in the stacks. In the final year of study when almost no fiction was displayed and a higher quantity of items were placed on the shelves, the display circulation rates fell sharply. All books on the display circulated better when there was a portion of both nonfiction and fiction and when the shelves held fewer items. The data clearly showed that religious fiction is an important genre to display in an academic library.
杨百翰大学(Brigham Young University, BYU)的宗教研究图书馆员开始了一项图书展示研究项目,旨在调查某学术图书馆中宗教研究图书的发行量,并具体评估宗教小说对图书展示的影响。学生员工的任务是在几年的时间里策划展览,并维护一个电子表格,其中包含显示的标题和由此产生的结帐率。宗教小说(来自耶稣基督后期圣徒教会传统)在头三年的发行量超过80%,高于展出的宗教非小说类书籍和书架上的同类型书籍。在研究的最后一年,几乎没有小说被展示,而架子上的物品数量更多,展示流通率急剧下降。当非虚构类和虚构类都有一部分时,以及书架上的书较少时,所有的书都能更好地流通。数据清楚地表明,宗教小说是一个重要的体裁,在学术图书馆展出。
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Religious & Theological Information is an essential resource for bibliographers, librarians, and scholars interested in the literature of religion and theology. Both international and pluralistic in scope, this peer-reviewed journal encourages the publication of research and scholarship in the field of library and information studies as it relates to religious studies and related fields, including philosophy, ethnic studies, anthropology, sociology, and historical approaches to religion. By "information" we refer to both print and electronic, and both published and unpublished information.