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Nicholson, Scott – Library Quarterly, 2005
Archaeologists have used material artifacts found in a physical space to gain an understanding about the people who occupied that space. Likewise, as users wander through a digital library, they leave behind data-based artifacts of their activity in the virtual space. Digital library archaeologists can gather these artifacts and employ inductive…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Archaeology, Library Services, Human Body
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Smyth, Joanne B.; MacKenzie, James C. – Public Services Quarterly, 2006
This study uses virtual reference transcripts for which patrons completed exit surveys to seek any correlations between user and librarian satisfaction within virtual reference transactions. By analyzing transcripts with a focus on three elements-technology performance, preferred reference practices, and the demonstrated communication levels of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reference Services, Electronic Libraries, Computer Mediated Communication
Brawner, Lee B.; Beck, Donald K., Jr. – 1996
This book guides library administrators through stages of long-range needs assessment, particularly taking what they know about their user community, library services, performance standards, and anticipated resources, and using that knowledge to determine space and building needs. Tips, explanations, and hands-on planning tools come through…
Descriptors: Building Plans, Community Attitudes, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods