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Kranich, Nancy C.; And Others – 1984
With grants from the Council on Library Resources (CLR) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), New York University (NYU) Libraries conducted a study to assess user reactions to their online catalog, Bobcat (Bobst Library Computerized Catalog). In order to evaluate the effectiveness of NYU's catalog, to describe users' attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Automation, Library Catalogs
Lawrence, Gary S.; Matthews, Joseph R. – 1984
In 1981 and 1982, a group of 5 organizations conducted a coordinated study of public online catalog users and nonusers in 31 research, academic, community college, public, and governmental libraries with 17 different online catalogs. It was found that: (1) the most important user characteristic linked with success and satisfaction in using online…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Library Automation
