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Capturing the Mainstream: Publisher-Based and Subject-Based Approval Plans in Academic Libraries.
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Schmidt, Karen A. – College and Research Libraries, 1986
A comparison of subject- and publisher-based book approval plans for academic libraries found publisher-based plans to be more successful for purchasing domestic publications, and subject-based plans for international ones. Library collections, organization, and vagaries of the publishing industry form the basis for selecting the plan which is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
The 1986 College Library Standards: Application and Utilization.
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Walch, David B. – College and Research Libraries, 1993
The 1975 and 1986 versions of the ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) College Library Standards are compared, and results of a survey designed to determine their usefulness are reported. Findings indicated that standards are used, although they are in need of revision to address quantitative measurement, nonprint formats, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Library Personnel
End-User Training in the Use of a Small Swedish Database.
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Fjallbrant, Nancy; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1983
Describes how group of end users (engineering undergraduates) at Chalmers University of Technology were trained to perform interactive online searching on BYGGDOK, a small, specialized Scandinavian database. Goals and objectives of the instruction, teaching methods, evaluation, and comparison of searching between end users and intermediaries are…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Engineering Education