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Engineering Libraries: A User Survey

Strain, Paul M. – Library Journal, 1973

Patrons of an engineering library have technical requirements and idiosyncracies which should be considered by library planners. The results of a survey made by the Mitre Corp. are discussed. (DH)

Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineers, Information Services, Information Utilization

The Value of Imperfect Information.

Malinconico, S. Michael – Library Journal, 1985

This essay illustrates a technique for reducing the risks of capital investment decisions involving considerable sums for advanced technologies by considering its application to a problem that arises frequently in selection of automated library systems. Incomplete information, using available information, selecting a system, and consultants are…

Descriptors: Consultants, Decision Making, Electronic Equipment, Information Systems