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Wiseman, Mary Jane – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1990
Summarizes issues emerging from an institute on strategies and techniques for evaluating children's services in public libraries, including observation as a research method, the importance of statistics on children's services, and the adaptation of traditional evaluation strategies for children's services. (Seven references) (MES)
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Library Services, Library Statistics
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Chelton, Mary K. – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1989
Reviews the reasons for the lack of national statistics on public library services to adolescents and describes the administration of a national survey of public library services and resources for young adults. The survey instrument is described, major findings are outlined, and implications for further study are discussed. (seven references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Library Services, Library Statistics, Library Surveys
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Higgins, Susan E. – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1994
Describes a survey of user satisfaction among 300 young adult patrons at 2 urban libraries, 1 with special staff and programs and 1 without. Issues involved in specialization and the study methodology are presented. Nine conclusions about the effectiveness of young adult librarians and other services are drawn from the survey. (Contains 19…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Community Information Services, Librarian Attitudes
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Roy, Loriene – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1992
Discusses the use of quantitative collection development and use studies as research tools to evaluate the quality of children's library collections. Four studies, conducted in school and public libraries, that involve analyzing data with statistical tests are reviewed to show how data already being collected can be developed into research…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Data Collection, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods