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THERE are few libraries of scientific books, whether they be those of universities or other institutions or of private individuals, which have not been compelled during the last few years to cut down their expenditure upon periodicals. The loss is a loss to the library, to the scientific worker, and to the publisher, and has increased on the library shelves the much detested ‘broken series’. Really the outcry on behalf of continuing old established series of periodicals may be more sentimental than rational; it is impracticable and impossible for any institution to continue all the old series and add all the new, and there is no sufficient reason why an old periodical should be continued if it has degenerated in quality or if it can be replaced by one better suited to the needs of the users of the library. Co-operation between libraries will often solve the problem of retaining the fullest possible range by avoiding duplication of the least necessary series.
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R., J. Prices of Scientific Books. Nature 133, 473–475 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133473a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/133473a0