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Creaghe, Norma S.; And Others – 1982
This proposal suggests library inventory procedures to meet the need for improved security in the California State University libraries and to preserve the integrity of the collections at the 19 campuses. There is a need for a reliable method of inventory for the collection as a whole, in order to determine significant changes in the collection…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Efficiency, Facility Inventory, Higher Education
Westerman, Mel – 1985
The greater organizational complexity of libraries and information centers in recent years has given rise to more complex problems for managers. To facilitate solutions, operations research (OR) techniques have been developed that consider the quantitative dimensions of problems along with their political and organizational aspects. Eight standard…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Information Centers, Library Administration, Management Systems
Peer reviewedMcClure, Charles; And Others – Public Libraries, 1986
Discusses areas needing revision in the manual "Output Measures for Public Libraries," i.e., measurement objectives, research skills of output measures users, management versus research contexts, relating inputs to outputs, problems in data collection, user versus library performance, sample sizes, interpretation of output measure…
Descriptors: Guides, Input Output Analysis, Library Administration, Library Services
Peer reviewedStrain, Paula M. – Special Libraries, 1982
Discusses the collection by library managers of demand and use data from their own libraries on a regular basis as a means of answering management questions pertaining to the "cost" of information, staff productivity, and levels of service. Examples of statistical records and recommendations for collecting data are presented. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Costs, Data Collection, Library Administration, Library Personnel
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
A description of the structure and approach of a workshop held to identify and explore important issues relating to the future of Japanese collections in academic and research libraries is provided, as well as eight papers presented at the workshop together with written reactions to the papers by other workshop participants. Topics covered…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
Papers on information technology which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Technology in the Public Library: The Impact on our Community" (Kenneth E. Dowlin, United States); (2) "Software Evaluation: Sources and Resources in the United Kingdom" (Stephen…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Information Science
Peer reviewedMcGrath, William E. – Library Quarterly, 1993
Argues that perception studies and ranking are lacking in validity and reliability because of small sample size, simplistic statistical analyses, and the evaluation of quality by educators. It is asserted that quality control is more valid when evaluated by the customers of education, i.e., the students. (11 references) (EA)
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods, Graduate Students, Higher Education
