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Download full textLora, Michael W. – 1991
A preservation census was conducted of selected Dewey ranges of the volumes located in the mezzanine area of the Social Science Department of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library main branch. This collection is housed in a non-circulating, semi-supervised stack area and includes approximately 500 volumes in the fields of bibliography and rare…
Descriptors: Archives, History, Library Collection Development, Library Collections
Pearson, Sally – 1990
The purpose of this research was to look at the currency of the collection of a small public library and to determine the relationship between the amount of usage of the collection and the currency of publications in the collection. A 10% systematic sample was taken of the circulating nonfiction adult shelf list of the Franklin Public Library…
Descriptors: Correlation, Graphs, Intellectual Disciplines, Library Circulation
Hampton, Karen – 1993
The purpose of this study was: (1) to examine the opinions of a selected group of public and private high school students regarding their perceptions of the level of accessibility to their school libraries (accessibility defined as times when students think they were allowed to be in the library); (2) to determine whether or not students feel the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, High Schools, Learning Resources Centers
White, Gary W. – 1991
A survey was conducted in those academic and research libraries that are involved in the OhioLINK project to determine their use of approval plans and their budgetary patterns. Written questionnaires were used to collect data in order to examine approval plan use, approval plan and firm order budgeting, and vendor use. Analyses of the responses…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Byrne, Cornelia – 1992
In this age of limited resources, municipal courts scrutinize their library budgets with a view to maintaining adequate legal information sources and services at the lowest possible cost. Some courts relying on the authority of the Ohio Revised Code Section 2303.201 assess additional court costs to fund the acquisition and maintenance of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Court Judges, Law Libraries, Library Collection Development
Kiser, Joyce M. – 1994
As the price of scientific publications soars to Olympian heights, it becomes imperative to base selection decisions on reliable measures for potential use of the prospective titles. A systematic examination of interlibrary loan (ILL) requests should yield hard facts as to the nature of requests and areas of specialization most dependent upon…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Cost Effectiveness, Interlibrary Loans, Library Acquisition
