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Roose, Tina – Catholic Library World, 1981
Defines and describes formal cooperative library reference services and discusses the major variables that produce differences in cooperative reference networks: size, composition, funding, services, delivery mechanisms, control methods, and resources. (Author/LLS)
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Cooperation, Library Services, Reference Services
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Hogan, Patricia M. – Catholic Library World, 1986
In attempt to answer the question of how to measure or evaluate the quality of reference service to youth, this essay examines the literature; defines the terms (reference services and tools, parental concern, library instruction); discusses move toward quality evaluation; and provides options and approaches to such measurement. (EJS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
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Jackson, Meliza – Catholic Library World, 1985
The advent of deinstitutionalization and consumer health advocacy has spelled changes in mental health information seeking by general public, by families of mentally ill, and by the mentally ill themselves. Their information needs have implications for academic and public libraries and libraries in psychiatric facilities and general hospitals. (14…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Hospital Libraries, Information Needs