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Download full textDempsey, Lorcan; Malpas, Constance; Lavoie, Brian – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2014
This article takes a broad view of the evolution of collecting behaviors in a network environment and suggests some future directions based on various simple models. The authors look at the changing dynamics of print collections, at the greater engagement with research and learning behaviors, and at trends in scholarly communication. The goal is…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Library Services, Users (Information), Library Networks
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
Direct linkTaylor, Rhonda Harris; Patterson, Lotsee – Acquisitions Librarian, 2004
This construct for collection development as it relates to Native American resources utilizes Thomas Mann's "Library Research Methods" (1993) concepts of the Traditional Model, the Actual-Practice Model, and the Principle of Least Effort to organize recommendations for both strategies and resources. The three-pronged hierarchical approach to…
Descriptors: Library Research, Research Methodology, American Indians, Library Services
Peer reviewedCanadian Library Journal, 1985
Step-by-step description of the community analysis and survey project undertaken by Grande Prairie Public Library (Alberta, Canada) includes discussion of use of American Library Association's "Planning Process for Public Libraries" as a guideline for designing staff, citizen, and user surveys. Statement of revenue and expenses (1982) is…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Surveys, Foreign Countries, Library Administration
Green, Stephen; And Others – 1985
This final report is a product of a Preservation Planning Program (PPP) self-study conducted by the Colorado State University Library (CSUL) working with the Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) Office of Management Studies (OMS). Designed to put self-help tools into the hands of library staff responsible for developing plans and procedures…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Emergency Programs, Higher Education, Library Administration
Cook, Donald C.; And Others – 1985
This final report is a product of a Preservation Planning Program (PPP) self-study conducted by the State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, working with the Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) Office of Management Studies (OMS). The PPP is designed to put self-help tools into the hands of library staff responsible for developing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Emergency Programs, Higher Education, Library Administration
