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Lupton, Aaron; Davidson, Catherine – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2013
This article describes how York University analyzed the results from its 2010-11 implementation of the Measuring the Impact of Networked Electronic Services for Libraries survey to measure value of investments in e-resources. The results were assessed through two variables: e-resources used by faculty when carrying out funded and non-funded…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Library Services, Use Studies, Library Research
Herrera, Gail – College & Research Libraries, 2011
The University of Mississippi Library created a profile to provide linking from Google Scholar (GS) to library resources in 2005. Although Google Scholar does not provide usage statistics for institutions, use of Google Scholar is clearly evident in looking at library link resolver logs. The purpose of this project is to examine users of Google…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Library Services, Library Networks
Metz, Paul – College & Research Libraries, 2011
Circulation data from the Virginia Tech Libraries were analyzed to determine the extent of continuity or change between the author's study of the use of subject collections in 1982 and the present. Book circulation has declined, largely due to much less use by undergraduates. The overall profile of subject use has changed in ways traceable to…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Materials, Library Research, Use Studies
Page, Jessica R.; Kuehn, Jennifer – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2009
As the use of the Ohio State University Libraries interlibrary services has increased, there have been more requests to borrow items that are already available to patrons locally, often in electronic format. Patterns relating to why patrons could not find locally available materials were identified in the record of canceled interlibrary requests…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Research, Library Networks, Library Materials
And Others; Byrd, Gary D. – Library Journal, 1979
Summarizes use statistics for the first year of search activity for the Kansas City Libraries Metropolitan Information Network (MINET). Included are databases searched, types of participating libraries, patron status, search systems used, charges, nonpaid searches, and referrals. (SW)
Descriptors: Databases, Documentation, Information Utilization, Libraries
Penniman, W. D.; Dominick, W. D. – 1980
Summarizing the methods currently being employed at the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) for user interaction analysis, this study presents suggestions and provides examples for the use of audit trail data available from most online interactive systems. The sample data used in the analysis are from the OCLC online system used for cataloging,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Interaction

Rouse, Sandra H.; Rouse, William B. – Information Processing and Management, 1979
Analyzes the half-life of book use through analysis of over 10,000 regional and statewide interlibrary loan requests. Correcting for the growth of the literature, this study indicated that the half-lives of monographs may increase from lower to higher levels of the hierarchy in a library network. (CWM)
Descriptors: Books, Information Needs, Information Utilization, Interlibrary Loans
Stephens, Annabel K. – 1995
In November 1994, directors of Alabama's 21 public library systems were surveyed to determine their experiences with, and opinions of, the 1988 "Standards for Public Library Service in Alabama." Replies were received from nine (34%) of the directors. Directors were provided with a list of 15 ways in which they might have used the system…
Descriptors: Administrators, Branch Libraries, Library Administration, Library Networks
Buell, Carol Dick – 1979
This report summarizes the results of a survey of the 91 libraries--public, special, academic, and school--in the Metropolitan Library Network of Nebraska concerning their serials activity: what union lists were extant in the network area, how those union lists were used in network libraries, and what area librarians would like to see in any…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Libraries, Library Networks, Library Surveys
Nozik, Barbara – 1974
The validity of the assumption that those documents which are requested from a University of California (UC) library by the California State University and Colleges (CSUC) campuses through interlibrary loan are the "low use" items, according to the in-house circulation statistics of the lending institution, was tested. This was one of…
Descriptors: Books, College Libraries, Interlibrary Loans, Library Circulation

Ladner, Sharyn J. – Special Libraries, 1992
Data were gathered from 419 science and technology libraries and 281 business libraries on their general characteristics, resource-sharing network membership and frequency of use, current and desired network services, problems with networks, and reasons for nonmembership. Results indicated that more science-technology librarians use…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Library Networks, Library Surveys, Shared Library Resources
Ladner, Sharyn – 1989
In 1988 the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Networking Committee conducted a survey of association members to identify important networking issues and concerns. The survey results, presented in this report, were intended to assist the SLA Board of Directors in determining future directions for the association to take with respect to…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Information Networks, Librarians, Library Associations
Tighe, Ruth L., Comp.; Levine, Jamie J., Comp. – 1976
A questionnaire was distributed to New England Library Information Network (NELINET) members in early 1975. Its purpose was (1) to document how NELINET libraries were using the Ohio College Library Center's (OCLC) on-line shared cataloging system, (2) to enable participating libraries to compare themselves with each other, and (3) to provide…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Information Networks, Library Automation, Library Cooperation
Wiltse, Helen – 1988
Noting that the primary function of electronic mail within research libraries has changed from interlibrary loan to administrative purposes in the last four years, this kit begins with an overview of the results of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) surveys of the use of electronic mail (e-mail) in member libraries conducted in 1984 and 1988.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Delivery Systems, Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries
Atkinson, Hugh C. – 1970
Speed of access is a prime factor in user satisfaction with academic libraries. Specialized (i.e., departmental) libraries have proliferated to provide faster access. This study timed a sample of 933 citations, drawn from items cited in publications of members of each academic unit within the university. The hypothesis that the optimum size for a…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Decentralization, Library Collections, Library Networks