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Waldhart, Thomas J. – Public Libraries, 1995
Examines data from the National Center for Educational Statistics to determine whether networking and resource-sharing activities of public libraries have increased libraries' use of Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Results suggest that libraries have significantly increased their borrowing through ILL in recent years. Two tables provide loan statistics.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Data Analysis, Information Sources, Interlibrary Loans
Cornish, Graham P. – 1991
This document examines the impact of new information technologies on the various roles of national libraries. Seventy-two national libraries responded to a questionnaire designed to assist in determining how such institutions worldwide are responding to recent technological innovations. The first of six chapters identifies three basic…
Descriptors: Archives, Bibliographic Records, Change Strategies, Computer Networks
Austin Community Coll., TX. – 1991
Austin Community College's Learning Resource Services (LRS) is made up of the Learning Resource Centers (LRC's) which house library, media, and computer-based instruction departments; LRS Technical services; and the LRS Telecommunications Center. LRS operations are offered at 10 different sites including full-service campus LRC's, limited-service…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Audiovisual Centers, Budgets
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LaFond, Deborah M.; Van Ullen, Mary K.; Irving, Richard D. – College & Research Libraries, 2000
This study conducted at the State University of New York at Albany compares methods of providing access to diverse points of view as represented by journals indexed in "Alternative Press Index." Examines local subscriptions, resource-sharing consortia that include expedited interlibrary loan systems, and four electronic full-text…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Consortia, Full Text Databases
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Siddiqui, Moid A. – International Library Review, 1990
Describes results of a study of interlibrary loan statistics that was conducted at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Library (Saudi Arabia) in 1985-86. Results are used to examine collection development needs, departmental use, categories of users, time required to fill requests, and lending vendors. (five references) (LRW)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
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Hernon, Peter – College and Research Libraries, 1991
Explores the collection and use of library and information science (LIS) monographs by academic librarians. The use of individual and focus group interviews to identify issues affecting the use and nonuse of LIS monographs is described, and the influence of promotion and tenure requirements on LIS publications is considered. (32 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans, Interviews
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Gossen, Eleanor A.; Irving, Suzanne – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1995
Explores the question of the cost effectiveness of ownership versus access to low-use serials using data collected during a use study at the State University of New York at Albany and from a national cost study. Discussion includes interlibrary loan, document delivery services, and the impact of cancellations on user's needs. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education
Obringer, Dave – 1989
A survey of the 13 Indiana state depository libraries was conducted in 1989 to determine the state of the state documents in these libraries, which had not been done since 1969. Indiana passed a law in 1973 to establish the Indiana State Document Depository System. All except one responded to a questionnaire which covered access, maintenance,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Depository Libraries, Government Publications, Interlibrary Loans
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Lent, Robin; And Others – Against the Grain, 1997
At the University of New Hampshire, serial publications took 80% of the acquisitions budget, yet staff knew less about that portion (6,000 titles) of the collection than any other. Librarians surveyed faculty to determine interdisciplinary use, cost of a "better" collection, acceptability of document delivery and interlibrary loans, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, College Faculty, Costs
Bates, Henry E. – 1985
This packet is designed to guide users through the steps that ultimately lead to the assignment of collection responsibilities for individual member libraries of the North Bay Cooperative Library System, Santa Rosa, California. An initial profile of the member libraries examined the subject distribution of books owned, availability of books owned,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Interlibrary Loans, Library Acquisition
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Kingma, Bruce R. – Library Trends, 1997
Using data on the cost of interlibrary loan, journal prices, and journal use, this article presents an economic analysis of the SUNY (State University of New York) Express consortium and the potential savings from consortium delivery of scholarly articles and joint collections development. Concludes that while considerable savings are possible…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems
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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
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Roberts, Elizabeth P. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1992
Survey of science faculty at Arizona State University and Washington State University on interlibrary loan (ILL) usage revealed a need for journals unavailable in the university library but a tendency to bypass ILL to obtain them. More efficient document delivery services are needed if subscriptions are canceled. (21 references) (LAE)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Delivery Systems, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
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Exon, F. C. A.; Punch, Keith F. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1997
This study tested assumptions about self-sufficiency of academic library collections and the paradigm shift to providing access to information stored elsewhere. Inter-library borrowing statistics of Australian libraries were correlated with collection size. The study concluded that collection self-sufficiency is a fallacy and that the information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Adams, Judith A.; And Others – 1993
This report presents the results of a survey of the information needs, attitudes, and expectations of faculty, administrators, and other academic professionals in the four University Centers of the State University of New York. The study sought current faculty views on information technology and access, library collections, cooperative collection…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Administrators, Attitude Measures