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Changing Workloads and Productivity in Interlibrary Loan.
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Paine, Nancy E.; Ward, John – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
Compares interlibrary loan data from a 1995 survey of Greater Midwest Research Library Consortium and Association of Research Libraries members with a 1989 survey. Shows an increase in transaction to staff ratio and a negative correlation between transaction to staff ratio and lending fill rate. Relates factors affecting productivity, such as…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Document Delivery, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Replacement of Automated Systems: Organizational and Staff Training Considerations.
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Gyeszly, Suzanne D.; Harer, John B. – Journal of Library Administration, 1991
Reports on a survey of university libraries that gathered data on the effects of replacing an existing automated system with a new one, i.e., NOTIS. General library automation and management statistics are reported, changes in staffing patterns and personnel are described, changes in organizational structure are discussed, and training needs are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Integrated Library Systems, Library Administration
Annual Survey of Serials Collection Assessment Programs, Practices, and Policies in Academic Libraries--1991-1992.
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Alexander, Adrian W.; Smith, James L. – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Describes a survey of academic libraries that explored serials collection assessment. Highlights include serials budget allocations; serials cancellation projects; changes in ratio of allocation by subject area; use of computers for serials collection assessment; use of vendors, especially for statistics; and future plans for collection…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Evaluation Methods, Futures (of Society)