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Catalog Use in a Large Research Library
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Lipetz, Ben-Ami – Library Quarterly, 1972
The questions of when and how best to computerize the catalog of a large research library, and how to improve an existing conventional catalog, motivated a study of the utilization of the main catalog of the Yale University Library. The study was designed to provide a representative sample of catalog use. (7 references) (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Catalogs, College Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Library Automation
Measures of Library Effectiveness
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Morse, Philip M. – Library Quarterly, 1972
Mathematical models of library operations are presented which describe the amount of use made of resources by a user in a visit, the distribution of book circulation in a collection, the dependence of circulation on time, and the effect of multiple copies on user satisfaction. (9 references) (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Library Circulation, Library Collections, Library Services