In 2005, book purchasing at the University of Sheffield increased dramatically in preparation for the opening of the Information Commons, a new learning and research centre. This increase in book purchasing coincided with a restructuring of what was then known as Bibliographic Services and the retirement of a number of metadata specialists. In order to avoid a backlog of items waiting to be catalogued and classified, the decision was taken to move towards the purchase of shelf-ready items.
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