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Exact Probabilistic and Mathematical Proofs of the Relation between the Mean Number of Items per Source in the Bibliography and the Generalized 80/20-Rule.
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Egghe, L. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1993
Examines the 80/20 rule that relates to productive sources in a bibliography. Highlights include applications in library acquisition policies, library circulation and weeding policies, science policy studies, information science, and econometrics; formulae of Burrell and of Egghe; probabilistic proofs; geometric distributions; Lotka distribution;…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bibliometrics, Information Science, Library Acquisition
State Standards for Public Libraries. Bulletin, 1960, No. 22. OE-15010
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Vainstein, Rose; Magg, Marian – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1960
This publication brings together for the first time in a single volume the status of public library standards in the United States. Based on a master's thesis submitted to the Department of Library Science at The Catholic University of America by Mrs. Marian Magg, the study has been brought up to date and also expanded. This bulletin provides not…
Descriptors: Educational History, State Policy, Guidelines, Library Development
An Exploration of the Validity of CHOICE's "Outstanding Academic Books."
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Leavy, Marvin D. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1992
A comparison of book reviews for humanities and social sciences books named to CHOICE's 1987 "Outstanding Academic Books" with a selection of books not named to the list showed no substantial difference in the number or quality of reviews received. Study suggests that libraries should be cautious in their reliance on published lists for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographies, Book Reviews, Comparative Analysis
Evaluating Students' Serials Needs: Effective Methodologies for College Libraries.
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Millson-Martula, Christopher; Watson, MaryFrances – College & Undergraduate Libraries, 1996
The effectiveness of the following methods for identifying college students' serials needs for collection development purposes is compared: reshelving/ILL; bibliography; and survey. Bibliographies of student projects or student surveys provided the most comprehensive evaluation. Four diagrams depict data. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographies, College Students, Diagrams
Out of the Closet and onto the Shelves: A Checklist Study of Gay Fiction in Public Libraries in Franklin County, Ohio.
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Schneider, David G. – 1998
This paper reports on a study in which a select bibliography of gay fiction was compiled and checked against the catalogs of the public libraries in Franklin County, Ohio, in order to determine the collection extent and whether catalog subject access is provided for these works. Results show that the percentage of checklist titles held by each…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographies, Book Reviews, Cataloging
A Content Analysis and Collection Evaluation of Fiction and Non-Fiction Books about and for K-12 Children with Hearing Impairments in Franklin County Public Libraries of Ohio.
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George, Mary Ellen – 1997
The purpose of this study was to find out to what extent K-12 fiction and nonfiction books about and for hearing impaired children and adolescents are included in the collections of the seven public libraries in Franklin County, Ohio. Two core bibliographies were compiled through content analysis of selective bibliographic sources. Via dial-up…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Bibliographies