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Lynch, Beverly P. – 1979
This report describes a four-day institute funded by the U.S. Office of Education to increase the utilization of government publications by extending the knowledge of academic reference librarians about them. Librarians from 25 universities attended the institute. Discussion of the use of government publications was divided into three broad…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Government Publications, Information Dissemination, Information Utilization
Farid, Mona; And Others – 1984
This research project investigated the information seeking behavior of Syracuse University doctoral students in six disciplines--economics, English, geology, history, philosophy, and physics. Questionnaires distributed to 112 students elicited data from 69 respondents (61.6%) on their educational environment, search strategies, selection of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Behavior Patterns, Doctoral Programs, Foreign Students
Franklin, Hugh – 1990
Libraries at 52 U.S. colleges and universities offering engineering programs were surveyed by mail to determine how they handled the engineering information needs of off-campus, nonacademic users. Twenty-five provided usable responses. For this sample, 60.4% of the estimated service is to companies, 18.8% to consultants/entrepreneurs/inventors,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Engineering, Fees, Higher Education
Smith, Karen F., Comp. – 1982
In May 1982 a questionnaire eliciting information about federal document needs and the experiences of librarians in libraries that are not depositories was mailed to more than 150 libraries in the Western New York region. Replies were received from 57 libraries: approximately 20% from college libraries; 50% from public libraries; and 30% from…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Depository Libraries, Government Publications, Information Needs
Download full textDaugherty, Beth – 1999
Local history/genealogy collections are found in approximately 60% of Ohio public libraries. These collections range from fully established large collections to those in the process of being organized. A survey was made of 140 of these public libraries to determine how the collections are utilized. Areas such as organization, management, policies…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Genealogy, Information Utilization, Library Collections
Wolfgram, Derek E. – 1996
The library of McDonald and Company Securities is important to the success of the business and its employees. This study assesses the needs and expectations of the library users, and analyzes how well the current library services are meeting those needs and expectations. A questionnaire was distributed to a large random sample of the firm's…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Business, Corporate Libraries, Information Needs
