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Olsen, Thomas H. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1985
Microfiche equipment and software were supplied to targeted junior and senior high school media centers and use of the total magazine collection was measured. Data on the third year of the project indicate the microfiche collection led to an 18 percent rise in number of successfully filled requests for magazines. (CDD)
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Learning Resources Centers, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development
Nicklin, Julie L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1992
Financial pressures brought on by economic recession and increasing costs of academic materials are causing academic libraries to cancel journal subscriptions, reduce book orders, neglect book preservation, cut staff positions, and reduce general services while seeking new revenue sources. Examples of libraries cutting back include those at…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Economic Factors, Financial Exigency, Financial Support
Download full textOuellette, Janice A.; Anttila, Faith E. – 1985
This narrative description summarizes the planning and implementation of a periodical use survey conducted during fall 1985 and spring 1986 to determine who uses the Fitchburg State College Library periodical holdings and which periodicals are used. Relevant literature is discussed, the purpose of the survey is explained, and survey procedures are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, College Students, Higher Education
Cubberley, Carol W. – 1985
This report describes a study of the use of science and technology books and journals in an academic library which was conducted to ascertain whether journal use can be predicted by book circulation figures. The study background and significance are discussed, terms are defined, study limitations are considered, and basic assumptions are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Higher Education, Library Circulation
Peer reviewedCullars, John – College and Research Libraries, 1988
This study examined the nature and chronological spread of references used by English-speaking scholars writing monographs on foreign literary topics, and compared the findings to an earlier study of the monographic literature of English and American literature and the humanities journal literature. Implications for research library collections…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Comparative Analysis, Foreign Language Books, Foreign Language Periodicals
Murray, William; And Others – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1985
Describes the use of collection mapping to assess media collections of Aurora, Colorado, Public Schools. Case studies of elementary, middle, and high school media centers describe materials selection and weeding and identify philosophies that library collections should support school curriculum, and teacher-library media specialist cooperation in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
