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Peer reviewedTurow, Joseph – Library Quarterly, 1978
A case study using nonparticipant observation, interviews, and a questionnaire survey was carried out to examine the hypothesis that two groups characteristically involved in a large library's book selection process, the coordinators and branch librarians, would display differing orientations toward the process which would result in conflicting…
Descriptors: Books, Case Studies, Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedSerebnick, Judith – Library Quarterly, 1992
Describes a study that investigated holdings of small publishers' books in OCLC libraries and selection procedures for these titles, including the influence of reviews, publishers, and vendors. Questionnaire responses from librarians and vendors are analyzed, and results indicating a significant relationship between holdings and reviews are…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Library Collection Development, Library Collections, Library Material Selection
Peer reviewedRadford, Neil A. – Library Quarterly, 1983
Research conducted at Fisher Library, University of Sydney, which measured user failure to locate known items in catalog or on shelves, yielded overall failure rate of 35.9 percent (26.2 percent at catalog; 46.1 percent at shelf). User errors caused two-thirds of failures at catalog and more than half at shelf. Fifteen references are provided.…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
