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What Is Library "Use"? Facets of Concept and a Typology of Its Application in the Literature of Library and Information Science
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Fleming-May, Rachel A. – Library Quarterly, 2011
The "use" of library resources and services is frequently presented in library and information science (LIS) literature as a primitive concept: an idea that need not be defined when it is being measured as an operational variable in empirical research. This project considered representations of library "use" through the…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Classification, Periodicals, Information Science
The Nature of Relevance in Information Retrieval: An Empirical Study.
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Park, Taemin Kim – Library Quarterly, 1993
Reports on a study of user-based relevance interpretations which considered the nature of users' thought processes in evaluating bibliographic citations produced by a document retrieval system. Factors found to be important include an individual's subject knowledge, professional training, educational background, anticipated usage of documents,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Models, Naturalistic Observation, Online Searching
A Study of the Organizational Commitment of High School Library Media Specialists in Ohio.
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Rubin, Richard; Buttlar, Lois – Library Quarterly, 1992
Reviews results of a study that was conducted to determine the level of organizational commitment of high school library media specialists in Ohio and to identify factors likely to produce or impede its development. Use of the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire and the Media Specialists Questionnaire is described. (27 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Demography, Discriminant Analysis, Employee Attitudes