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Peer reviewedAustralian Academic & Research Libraries, 1997
The Australian and New Zealand academic library statistics for 1996 provide data on overall staffing, services, collections. expenditures, and population in 43 Australian and 7 New Zealand academic library systems. Includes amendments to the 1995 statistics. (PEN)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
The three papers in this collection on library statistics were presented at the 1984 IFLA general conference. In "The Management Use of Library Statistics," Geoffrey G. Allen of the Western Australian Institute of Technology discusses current uses and misuses of library statistics and illustrates some practical applications of statistics…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, International Organizations, Library Administration
Peer reviewedExon, F. C. A.; Punch, Keith F. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1997
This study tested assumptions about self-sufficiency of academic library collections and the paradigm shift to providing access to information stored elsewhere. Inter-library borrowing statistics of Australian libraries were correlated with collection size. The study concluded that collection self-sufficiency is a fallacy and that the information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCastonguay, Russell – Government Information Quarterly, 1987
Describes a survey which examined local government documentation in academic and public libraries of Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The results, which provide current data on document management and maintenance practices, are compared with the results of four previous studies. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Policy, Archives, Cataloging
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1986
Papers on statistics which were presented at the 1986 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Library Data Collection in Brazil (Nice Menezes de Figueiredo, Brazil); (2) "Fact-Finding on Statistics and Reference Tools in Japan" (Yuriko Sugimoto, Chihomi Oka, Ikuko Mayumi, and Keiko Kurata,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Download full textBundy, Alan – 2000
This paper provides an overview of library statistics as they relate to the value of library services. The first section reviews the Australian national think tank on library statistics, held in 1990. The second section examines the overall state of library statistics in Australia, focusing on deficiencies related to the lack of a central…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Services, Library Statistics, Measurement Techniques
