WilsonWeb's Library & Information Science gets 24 records for the search: floating collections and circulation
Title: Does It Matter Where the Books Are Shelved (Floating Collections)
Personal Author: Bray, Honore; Langstaff, Gloria
Journal Name: PNLA Quarterly
Source: PNLA Quarterly v. 72 no. 1 (Fall 2007) p. 19, 26
Publication Year: 2007
Subject(s): Cooperation/Montana; Interlibrary loans/Montana
ISSN: 0030-8188
and an earlier report:
AUTHOR: CHARLOTTE GLOVER; GLORIA LANGSTAFF
TITLE: Floating Collections Within a Consortium: Or, Does It Matter Where the Materials Are Shelved? SOURCE: PNLA Quarterly 71 no1 12-13 Fall 2006
Ebsco's Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts gets very similar results with the search: floating collections (5 hits). Note that this database has no full text; compare Academic Search Premier which lets you "Select a field" TX all text in its advanced search; and gets 15 hits for: "floating collection*" and (library or libraries).