The First Use of a Library Questionnaire: Adalbert Blumenschein's Eighteenth-Century Study of European Libraries.

Walker, Thomas D.

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ERIC Number: EJ483669

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Publication Date: 1994

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The First Use of a Library Questionnaire: Adalbert Blumenschein's Eighteenth-Century Study of European Libraries.

Walker, Thomas D.

Library and Information Science Research, v16 n1 p59-66 Win 1994

Examines Blumenschein's "Description of Various Libraries in Europe" as an early example of library research methodology; discusses his methods of data collection; describes his use of a questionnaire; and suggests the necessity of further studies of the development of research in library and information science. (Contains 10 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Data Collection, Foreign Countries, Library Research, Questionnaires, Research Methodology, Research Needs

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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