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Mar 13, 2019
03/19
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Kunz, Werner, 1922-
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81 p. ; 21 cm
Topics: Information services -- Use studies, Library use studies
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Mar 25, 2011
03/11
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Kindleberger, Charles Poor, 1910-2003
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A draft paper for the International Economic Association 1975 conference on "The organization and retrieval of economic knowledge."
Topics: Library use studies, Economists
The results of a project designed to perform a technical audit and a user audit of the Shared Cataloging Support Sub-System of the New England Library Information Network (NELINET) are summarized in a two volume report. This portion, Volume II contains various tabulations of collected data; Volume I (LI 004 445) contains the narrative text. Various quantitative and qualitative data were obtained by interviews and questionnaires from the staffs of twenty academic libraries in New England. The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Use Studies
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Jun 24, 2020
06/20
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Chowdhury, G. G. (Gobinda G.)
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xvi, 208 p. : 24 cm
Topics: Information behavior, Information services -- Use studies, Online information services -- Use...
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xii, 208 p. 22 cm
Topics: Libraries -- Evaluation, Library use studies
Bound with: L'uso pubblico delle biblioteca "Melchiotte Delfico" di Teramo / Luigi Savorini
Topics: Biblioteca "Melchiorre Delfico", Library use studies
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114 p. : 28 cm
Topic: Academic libraries -- United States -- Use studies
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Jan 30, 2020
01/20
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San Francisco Public Library. Friends
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volumes ; 28 cm
Topics: San Francisco Public Library -- Use studies, San Francisco Public Library, Public libraries --...
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Oct 26, 2020
10/20
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Diamond, Tom
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142 pages : 28 cm
Topics: Library use studies -- United States, Library surveys -- United States, Bibliothèques --...
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Dec 5, 2019
12/19
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Troll Covey, Denise
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vi, 93 pages ; 28 cm
Topics: Libraries -- Self-evaluation, Library use studies, Electronic information resources -- Use studies,...
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vii, 70 p. ; 23 cm
Topics: Collection management (Libraries), Library use studies, Needs assessment
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Feb 21, 2014
02/14
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John Carlo Bertot
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Topics: Library information networks -- United States -- Use studies -- Handbooks, manuals, etc., Public...
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xvi, 255 p. ; 23 cm
Topics: Online library catalogs -- Use studies, Library catalogs -- Use studies, Online bibliographic...
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Nov 21, 2019
11/19
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Kim, Choong Han, 1923-
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xiii, 370 pages : 23 cm
Topics: USA, United States Public libraries Use Surveys, Library use studies -- United States, Public...
A data-gathering project using elements of Participatory Action Research was conducted at the Auraria Library, which serves the University of Colorado Denver, the Metropolitan State College of Denver and the Community College of Denver. The project was administered in order to shape a plan to develop a Learning Commons environment at the library. The researcher thought that the needs on a campus with many non-traditional, commuter students might differ from the needs of a more traditional...
Topics: auraria library, information commons, library use studies, libraries and students, library...
Source: College & Research Libraries; May2012, Vol. 73 Issue 3, p217-231, 15p
This paper hypothesizes (1) the softer the subject, or (2) the purer the subject, or (3) the more a subject can be characterized as life-oriented, the greater the number of books that will be charged. Interaction and higher order (polynomial) combinations between the three characteristics are also hypothesized. A scale value for each characteristic of 60 academic subjects is determined by a survey of faculty at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Correlation and multiple regression are...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Libraries, Library Research, Library Surveys, Use Studies
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Oct 27, 2020
10/20
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Daiute, Robert James
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xi, 368 p. 26 cm
Topics: Library use studies, Public services (Libraries), Sampling (Statistics), Libraries -- Automation
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Oct 26, 2018
10/18
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xiii, 272 pages ; 24 cm
Topics: Academic libraries -- Administration, Academic libraries -- Use studies, Library materials -- Use...
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111 pages ; 28 cm
Topics: Academic libraries -- United States -- Use studies -- Methodology, Academic libraries, United States
The literature on program evaluation contains numerous suggestions that evaluative information is frequently underutilized or inappropriately utilized by administrators. This paper reviews the literature on utilization with a view toward identifying workable strategies for optimizing appropriate use. Specific recommendations to evaluators include the following: (1) concentrate evaluation efforts on the highest priority information needs of specific administrators, even if these needs require...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Change Strategies, Evaluators, Information Utilization, Program Evaluation, Use...
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Dec 16, 2019
12/19
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Junion-Metz, Gail, 1947-
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xii, 263 pages ; 28 cm +
Topics: Children's libraries -- Forms, Young adults' libraries -- Forms, Children's libraries -- Use...
A survey of faculty at the University of Minnesota relating to use of the Audiovisual Library Service (AVS) was undertaken to assess familiarity with the reorganization of media services and to evaluate knowledge about the potential use of the service. Completed questionnaires were received from 1,843 (54 percent) of the university faculty. Approximately 25 percent of the respondents requested special consultation about the service, suggested as being perhaps the most consequential finding of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiovisual Aids, College Faculty, Library Services, Library Surveys, Use Studies
This study is a survey of the town of Springfield, Vermont and an evaluation of its library resources and services developed as Phase II of the Institute on Developing Dynamic Public Library Services Responsive to Community Needs. Long range plans were developed to meet discovered community needs and techniques learned from participation in the Institute were taught to other Vermont library staff members. Demographic data came from the U.S. Census of Population, 1970, Vermont, while population...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Characteristics, Community Needs, Library Services, Public Libraries, Use...
In order to structure an effective campaign aimed at increasing the usage of the public libraries in Essex County, New Jersey, this research project was undertaken to determine the consumer attitudes toward various aspects of public library services. These aspects include: extent of public library usage; awareness of library services offered, library services used, suggestions for improvement of library services, evaluation of library facilities, and profile of the library user. Cost...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Attitudes, Evaluation, Library Services, Public Libraries, Surveys, Use...
The service that librarians provide to their library patrons is focused upon in the proceedings of this meeting. Daniel Melcher discusses acquisitions as they relate to user service, and then answers questions. The text of a skit depicting interaction between users, librarians and the card catalog is presented. Also included are the questions and answers from a panel forum of library users. Edward N. Howard summarizes the entire program in the form of a reaction statement from a fictitious...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Librarians, Library Acquisition, Library Catalogs, Library Services, Skits, Use...
A description and analysis of numerous management problems pertaining to the substantial annual expenditures of the Government for computer software products together with recommendations to executive branch agencies for strengthening management practices are presented in this report. Appendix I provides an overview of the growth in use of (ADP) Automatic Data Processing systems and the evolution of computer software as a separate marketable product. Appendix II discusses the Federal management...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Computer Programs, Data Processing, Federal Government, Information Systems, Use...
During the spring semester of 1975, a survey was taken of the faculty and graduate student users of the Geoscience Department Library at Purdue. This document supplies details concerning the data collection; it also summarizes conclusions and recommendations about the adequacy of services and the need for alterations and improvements. (EMH)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiovisual Centers, College Libraries, Library Services, Library Surveys, Use Studies
A survey collected recorded library circulation statistics for 241 four-year liberal arts colleges and universities. While the survey identified several libraries with comparatively high circulation averages, it also indicated that for a great many institutions the per student rate of circulation books remains about the same as it was over 35 years ago. (Author/NR)
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Libraries, Library Circulation, Library Surveys, Statistical Data, Use Studies
To assist the Governor's Task Force to study library services in Maine, Arthur D. Little, Inc. was retained to identify the attitudes of the general public toward libraries and how these attitudes affect library use. A series of four panel discussions was conducted; a survey of the general public was made; data was orally presented; and a workshop session with the Task Force was held to aid them in drawing action-oriented alternatives based on the findings. The twenty-six communities surveyed...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Attitudes, Library Role, Library Services, Public Libraries, Surveys, Use Studies
A survey of 30 advertising agency researchers sought to determine (1) whether there are differences between agency researchers' perception of who benefits most from copy research and who should benefit most, and (2) whether there are differences between their perception of how copy research is used and how it should be used. Consistent with earlier studies, the results of the survey indicated that advertising creators still benefit the least from copy research when in fact they should benefit...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Advertising, Creative Expression, Mass Media Effects, Media Research, Use Studies
San Francisco Public Library
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Sep 8, 2014
09/14
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David Binder Research; San Francisco Public Library
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"August, 1994"
Topics: San Francisco Public Library, Public libraries, Library use studies, Public services (Libraries)
"January 24, 1994"--P. [1]
Topics: San Francisco Public Library, Public libraries, Library use studies, Public services (Libraries)
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xxvii, 297 p. : 22 cm
Topics: Electronic journals -- Use studies, Libraries -- Special collections -- Electronic journals,...
The values of an information service depend primarily upon two things: they either save time or they increase the literature coverage. This study attempts to measure these factors from data gathered by a questionnaire which was sent to a selected group of industrial chemists. Thus the habits of a statistically meaningful sample of industrial chemists in their use of information services were explored and a crude model for at least a semiquantitative determination of the cost-effectiveness of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Chemistry, Cost Effectiveness, Economics, Information Services, Information Systems,...
Bridging the gap between the research resources and field personnel becomes an increasingly important problem. This study investigated the impact of the Research Utilization Project (RUP) on public elementary schools in the District of Columbia. In the 16 schools selected by a multistage stratified sampling method, the total number of information searches and the degree of principals' satisfaction with RUP products and services were evaluated. The results showed: 1) the number of searches...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Program Evaluation, Projects, Questionnaires, Surveys, Use Studies, Robinson, Erika L.
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Aug 5, 2020
08/20
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Mancall, Jacqueline C., 1932-
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145 pages ; 25 cm
Topics: Libraries and students -- United States, Library use studies -- United States, Libraries and...
It is the plan of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science that the user of information will be the beneficiary of all its work. Thus, in order to gain a better understanding of the user's needs for information, the Commission developed a series of regional hearings. The regional hearings are to: (1) provide an opportunity for people from all sectors of society to place their viewpoints on libraries and information science and service before the Commission, (2) foster an...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Information Needs, Information Services, Information Systems, Libraries, Library...
This paper begins to lay out the relationship between user-design and traditional ISD models by explicating the specifics of the practice of both. A discussion of the similarities and differences between the two constructs is followed by a more direct comparison of the processes involved in ISD and user-design. The challenges associated with user-design for the traditional ISD practitioner closes out the paper. (Contains 2 tables.)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Use Studies, Instructional Design, Human Resources, Users (Information),...
Facsimile is an electro-mechanical system for transmitting and receiving images. Libraries began to take an active interest in using facsimile equipment in the latter part of the 1960s. Since that time, telefacsimile has been used by libraries primarily as a method of reducing document delivery time between cooperating interlending institutions. This bibliography focuses on the use of telefacsimile equipment within libraries. Also included are selected documents relating to business use or...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Facsimile Transmission, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Interlibrary...
Ten percent of the registered voters of Camarillo, California were surveyed by questionnaire to determine what personal factors were correlated with knowledge of library services and facilities. Thirty per cent (357) of the returns were tabulated, with findings that knowledge about the library and use of it were highly related, and that occupation and distance from the library were related to knowledge about the library. There was no relationship found between library knowledge and age, sex,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, County Libraries, Library Surveys, Public Libraries, Use Studies, Benjamin, Aleta...
The report of the Five Associated University Libraries (FAUL) Access Committee describes procedures for increasing ease of access to FAUL holdings by its user populations, as developed within the two-year period from 1968-1970. Brief descriptions of the activities of the Committee covering: in-person borrowing privileges, circulation system studies and I.D. card standardization, intra-FAUL loan studies, experimental document delivery system, reference services studies, FAUL handbook...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Libraries, Libraries, Library Networks, Library Services, Library Surveys,...
San Francisco Public Library
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Sep 8, 2014
09/14
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San Francisco Public Library. Friends; Engmann, Douglas; Smulyan, Marilyn
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v. ; 28 cm
Topics: San Francisco Public Library, Public libraries, Library surveys, Library use studies, Information...
The Vigo County Public Library studied patron use of the card catalog by reviewing nearly 300 questionnaires completed by student and adult users. The results indicate that the catalog is used equally to find author, title, and subject -- with the latter a bit more prevalent. Most users did not find the filing difficult, and preferred use of the catalog to browsing or asking the librarian for assistance. Fifty-one percent found the information in the catalog adequate, and 76% use the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Catalogs, Library Surveys, Public Libraries, Questionnaires, Use Studies, McDonough,...
San Francisco Public Library
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Sep 8, 2014
09/14
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San Francisco Public Library. Friends; Engmann, Douglas; Smulyan, Marilyn
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v. ; 28 cm
Topics: San Francisco Public Library, Public libraries, Library surveys, Library use studies, Information...
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Jan 21, 2021
01/21
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Dougherty, Richard M
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xii, 180 p. 22 cm
Topics: Academic libraries -- United States, Universities and colleges -- United States -- Faculty, Library...
It is the plan of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science that the user of information will be the beneficiary of all its work. Thus, in order to gain a better understanding of the user's needs for information, the Commission developed a series of regional hearings. The regional hearings are to: (1) provide an opportunity for people from all sectors of society to place their viewpoints on libraries and information science and service before the Commission, (2) foster an...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Hearings, Information Needs, Information Services, Information Systems, Libraries,...
In order to assess the competence of library users at Bergen Community College (Paramus, New Jersey), a survey of the student body was conducted which revealed that more than half of the students used the library as a resource center and that approximately 64 percent of students had been exposed to a library orientation program in their English classes. Despite this finding, librarians continued to observe that students were deficient in research skills. It was recommended that an innovative...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Libraries, Community Colleges, Library Services, Library Skills, Research...
An investigation into high level event monitoring within the scope of a well-known multimedia application, HyperCard--a program on the Macintosh computer, is carried out. A monitoring system is defined as a system which automatically monitors usage of some activity and gathers statistics based on what is has observed. Monitor systems can give the authors of a program or system accurate statistics on how their product is being used. An attempt is made to gather and process user's actions at a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Multimedia Materials, Statistical Analysis,...
This report describes recent efforts to modify, test, and evaluate an experimental online database consisting of 15 vendor-supplied, controlled subject vocabularies or thesauri. The experimental database, called the Vocabulary Switching System (VSS), is designed to enhance search strategies and ultimately retrieval performance for users of online bibliographic databases by integrating vocabularies into common VSS files, thereby allowing the user access to about 315,000 possible search terms....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Search Strategies, Subject Index...
This report is a part of Phase I of the Detroit Metropolitan Library Project and contains suggestions for methods and procedures for Phases II and III of the Project in which patron use and costs of patron services at the Main Library are to be measured. The report includes recommendations for new instruments for measuring patron use and appropriate changes in financial record keeping which should facilitate the determination of true costs of patron services. The recommendations are made in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Library Research, Library Services, Metropolitan Areas, Public Libraries, Research...
