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crl-13835	Desmarais, Norman	Losses in a Theological Library (Research Note)	1982-09-01	3	.pdf	application/pdf	1901	97	63	College and Research Libraries Research Notes CONTENTS Norman Desmarais ModMekkawi NORMAN DESMARAIS 393 396 COllEGE & RESEARCH liBRARIES Losses in a Theological Library The ARL Library Index as a Decision-Making Tool Losses in a Theological Library Librarians often assume that the greatest number of book losses occur in medical and legal libraries. In ad- dition to this partial inventory, the staff con- ducted a book census (counting every book and bound periodical) to determine the exact size of the collection, and to serve as a basis I 393 394 I College & Research Libraries • September 1982 for the efficient establishment of loss rate in the future.	cache/crl-13835.pdf	txt/crl-13835.txt