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PDF pending restorationJohnson, Catherine J. – 1974
Using a survey to identify the classification systems employed in Illinois public community college instructional materials centers, this study considered three questions: Was there a trend developing in the use of the Library of Congress (LC) system? What factors influenced this trend? Was this trend more evident in large centers than in small…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, College Libraries, Learning Resources Centers
Download full textBickle, Craig – 1996
This study examines whether a recommended list of videos and a video display in a community college library cause the circulation of these items to increase, as previous research has shown. During a 10-week pretest period, the circulation of a sample of the videos in the 800s section of the Educational Resources Center at the Columbus State…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Higher Education, Learning Resources Centers
Savich, Chanelle McMillan – 1993
This paper describes a study designed to determine the status of the vertical file in public high school libraries in one Illinois county. The purpose of the study was to examine how vertical files were maintained, promoted, and used in the libraries. The data were collected via telephone and on-site interviews. All 22 library media centers in…
Descriptors: High Schools, Learning Resources Centers, Librarian Attitudes, Library Collections
Novak, Paula McKinnis – 1978
This survey was undertaken to determine whether selected Southern Illinois secondary public school media centers possess the base quantitative resource collection recommended by the 1975 ALA/AECT guidelines. Data analysis reveals that less than 50% of the surveyed school media centers met the ALA/AECT guidelines for numbers of books, filmstrips,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies, Books, Data Analysis
Kugel, Patricia M. – 1990
This descriptive study investigated the numbers of unique and overlap titles in selected elementary schools which may influence resource-sharing decision making. A convenience sample of seven elementary schools in DeKalb County, Georgia, using the Follett Software Company's "Circulation Plus" system was used. Each school printed a shelf list…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Data Collection, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
Markes, Mary J. – 1991
Designed to provide guidance to elementary or middle school library media specialists in the selection of periodicals that will support a school's multicultural goals and objectives, this study developed a checklist and used it to analyze the treatment given to children and adults of various racial and ethnic groups in 15 of the most popular…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Childrens Literature, Cultural Pluralism, Data Collection
Partridge, Dorothy J. – 1994
The purpose of this study was to identify the types of library services and materials that are provided to extended in-school suspension schools (n=47) in Georgia. A 20-item questionnaire was designed to gather data to answer the following research questions: (1) Is the extended in-school suspension school large enough to have a library media…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, In School Suspension
