What is the difference between experimental and control libraries?
Staff at experimental libraries relocated print journals to remote storage. For example, UC Santa Barbara sent 44 journal back runs to remote storage and gathered usage data whenever a user requested one of these print journals be temporarily returned from storage. Staff at control libraries did not relocate selected print journals to remote storage, and for purposes of the study, recorded the use of the journals on the shelf. For example, the UC Riverside campus selected approximately 140 print journals for which an electronic version was available. At UC Riverside, staff gathered usage data for each of these journals during the yearlong study.
