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Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1984
This final report completes a self-study begun in August 1983 by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Academic Affairs Library to provide an opportunity for staff to lay the groundwork for services within a new facility. Broad areas identified for study were: effectiveness of services to users, coordination of public services throughout…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Needs, Information Services
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1984
This self-study by Temple University Libraries involved the efforts of 33 library staff members--9 on the study team, and 24 on 4 task forces--over a period of 12 months. Task forces were organized according to four issues: Organization of Public Services, Staffing and Management, Public Service and Technology, and Library Users and Their Changing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Needs, Information Services
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1984
This self-study by the public services staff of Brown University Library provided an opportunity for them to examine past, present, and future operations. The study was conducted by 33 volunteers from the library staff, who were organized into 1 study team and 5 task forces; they worked more than 14 months to develop the recommendations and plans…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Services, Library Administration
Kaufman, Paula; And Others – 1984
This self-study was initiated at the Columbia University Libraries (CUL) to establish the foundations and appropriate mechanisms for the future planning, development, and implementation of public services at CUL. Following completion of an inventory and an interim report, which include background data on CUL, Columbia University, research…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Automation
Olsen, Jan Kennedy; And Others – 1985
This paper reports a self-study undertaken at Cornell University's Albert R. Mann Library to explore appropriate public services for an agricultural research faculty. The study took place over a 22-month period and involved a literature review, development of a questionnaire, administration of the questionnaire, an experimental period of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Agriculture, Higher Education, Library Administration
Link, Terry; And Others – 1985
This self-study--part of a series of studies conducted at Michigan State University Libraries--was designed to elicit information regarding non-use of the library by members of the academic community. A telephone survey questionnaire was administered to a stratified systematic sample of students and faculty members, and 1,269 students and 211…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, College Students, Higher Education
