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Information Services and the Rural Library.
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Vavrek, Bernard – Library Trends, 1980
The research that is reported was done to describe some of the conditions under which or because of which information service is provided in small, rural public libraries, and suggests some of the problems that are endemic to such service. (Author/FM)
Descriptors: Environment, Information Services, Library Services, Library Surveys
Unobtrusive Data Analysis of Digital Reference Questions and Service at the Internet Public Library: An Exploratory Study.
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Carter, David S.; Janes, Joseph – Library Trends, 2000
Presents results of an exploratory study attempting to establish a methodology for the unobtrusive analysis of a digital reference enterprise. Logs of over 3,000 questions asked of the Internet Public Library in early 1999 were analyzed on the basis of questions asked, self-selected demographic information, how those questions were handled, and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Electronic Libraries, Information Services, Internet
Adult Services: "The Book That Leads You On"
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Bloom, Herbert – Library Trends, 1976
History and analysis of library services to adults--educational, informational, and recreational. (LS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults, History
Current Trends in Reference Service in Public Libraries.
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King, Geraldine B. – Library Trends, 1983
Current trends in public library reference service include use of online systems; budget constraints in public sector; increased service; use, training, and supervision of paraprofessionals; centralized organization of reference service; participation in management of reference services; and more realistic attempts at measurement and evaluation of…
Descriptors: Budgets, Databases, Library Administration, Library Automation
The Literature of Librarianship in the "Real World," 1976-86.
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Vannorsdall, Mildred – Library Trends, 1988
Describes the development, operation, and services of a special unit at the Chicago Public Library that provides reference and research services to professional librarians. Specific reference materials, online databases, and current awareness services are covered. The selection and acquisition of library materials is discussed in some detail. (21…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Collections, Library Material Selection, Library Materials
Genealogy and Libraries.
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Carothers, Diane Foxhill; And Others – Library Trends, 1983
Ten articles describe genealogical collections of the National Archives and Library of Congress, state archives programs, academic research libraries, Allen County Public Library (Indiana), Newberry Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints genealogical library, and New England Historic Genealogical Society, and approaches to Black…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Family Characteristics, Higher Education
Software for Patron Use in Libraries.
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Beaubien, Denise M.; And Others, Eds. – Library Trends, 1991
This theme issue presents nine articles that describe the availability of various types of computer software for use by patrons in academic, public, school, and special libraries. Topics discussed include selection and evaluation, cataloging and classification, physical access including circulation, copyright and other legal considerations,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Classification, Computer Software