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Peer reviewedDurfee, Linda J. – Library Quarterly, 1986
This study, which focused on the extent to which Lake Forest College (Illinois) students were aware of library reference services, used interviews and a revised version of a survey used elsewhere. Findings showed student awareness to be relatively high, and that the methodology would work well in other undergraduate settings. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Library Surveys
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1977
At the request of the Pennsylvania State University Library, the Office of Management Studies surveyed Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members requesting information and documentation illustrating the organization, nature, and level of the library instruction function at their institutions. A review of the responses from 64 of the 94 ARL…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Organization, Centralization, Decentralization
Lyle, Jack W. – 1987
This study examines publicity actions designed to draw people into academic libraries for the specific purpose of visiting U.S. government documents collections. Data were obtained through interviews with the documents librarians at 12 academic libraries selected as having active documents programs on the basis of their responses to a brief…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographies, Government Publications, Higher Education
Donegan, Patricia Morris – 1986
In order to provide an updated picture of Texas community and junior college library instruction programs and practices, this study gathered information describing library instruction practices during the 1985-86 academic year. Data were collected by means of a survey designed to elicit the following information: (1) name and address; (2) group…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Colleges, Financial Support, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedBlazek, Ron – Reference Librarian, 1984
This study compares attitudes of top level academic library managers with those of middle managers toward the provision of bibliographic instruction. Highlights include hypotheses and research questions; review of literature (doctoral dissertations, journal articles, reports, guidelines); methodology (design, population and sample, data…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedNielsen, Brian – Information Technology and Libraries, 1986
This review of the overall findings of the "Educating the Online Catalog User" project at Northwestern University Library focuses on methods of data collection used in evaluating online catalog performance and user performance. The rationale and methodology of transaction log monitoring and new directions for technical development are…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Catalogs
