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Phan, Tai; Hardesty, Laura; Hug, Jamie – National Center for Education Statistics, 2014
This report presents tabulations for the 2012 Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) conducted by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the Institute of Education Sciences. The 2012 ALS population included postsecondary institutions with all of the following: total library expenditures that exceed…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, National Surveys, Library Services, Library Materials
Becker, Samantha; Crandall, Michael D.; Fisher, Karen E.; Kinney, Bo; Landry, Carol; Rocha, Anita – Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2010
Over the past decade and a half, free access to computers and the Internet in U.S. public libraries evolved from a rare commodity into a core service. Now, people from all walks of life rely on this service every day to look for jobs, find health care, and read the latest news. As the nation struggled through a historic recession, nearly one-third…
Descriptors: Library Services, Public Libraries, Access to Computers, Disadvantaged
Butler, John T.; Armson, Rossana; Caron, Anne Hoffman; Stemper, James A. – 2002
This paper reports on an evaluation of InfoPoint, a centrally-managed, professionally staffed reference service available at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus Library through a variety of communication modes, including a World Wide Web form, direct e-mail, and chat and collaborative browsing. Over 400 InfoPoint users were sent a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education