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Download full textClark, Philip M. – 1983
Based on the concept that library use measurement should have as its basic starting point the individual patron, a method of data collection and analysis has been developed that explores individual patterns of borrowing over time. The method accounts for the number of visits on which borrowing takes place, number of items borrowed per visit, and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Library Circulation, Library Planning
Peer reviewedHoule, Rachel; Montmarquette, Claude – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Provides a model for measuring the influence of book quantity and quality, personnel, organization, physical facilities, and user characteristics on loans by 700 Quebec primary and secondary school libraries in 1978-79. Links library output (loans) to inputs (personnel, books) in a production function framework. Includes policy recommendation for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Library Circulation, Library Collections
Peer reviewedHippenhammer, Craighton – Top of the News, 1986
Reports on output measures that can give children's librarians additional information to better control collections and make better selection and weeding decisions. Statistical comparisons utilizing circulation data (comparing circulation year to year, circulation to patrons served, circulation to number of materials owned) and availability of…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development, Library Collections
Peer reviewedBard, Therese Bissen; Leide, John E. – Library and Information Science Research, 1985
Library circulation records for five years in one Hawaiian elementary school were analyzed to discover patterns according to sex and grade level; identify titles, subjects, and types of books circulated; and determine circulation of Hawaiiana and books about Asia. Bibliography of 129 titles mentioned in text is included. (11 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Graphs, Hypothesis Testing
Peer reviewedWatson, Jerry; And Others – Catholic Library World, 1985
To measure effect of posters on children's selection of books from display table, two displays (one with poster) were placed in visible area of one public library and five elementary school media centers. Children selected 10% (public library) and 27% (media center libraries) more books from poster table. (14 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Display Aids, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedBernstein, Judith R. – College and Research Libraries, 1986
Describes survey of 500 academic business libraries undertaken to gather information on practices in acquisition, use, retention, and storage of domestic and foreign corporate annual reports, and policies related to their circulation and cataloging. Options for libraries collecting these materials are proposed. Institutions in subset are listed.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Business, Cataloging
