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Maximizing Academic Library Collections: Measuring Changes in Use Patterns Owing to EBSCO Discovery Service
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Calvert, Kristin – College & Research Libraries, 2015
Despite the prevalence of academic libraries adopting web-scale discovery tools, few studies have quantified their effect on the use of library collections. This study measures the impact that EBSCO Discovery Service has had on use of library resources through circulation statistics, use of electronic resources, and interlibrary loan requests.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Library Materials, Electronic Publishing
Documentation for the Academic Library Survey (ALS) Data File: Fiscal Year 2004. (Public Use). NCES 2007-343
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Schmitt, Carl M.; O'Shae, Patricia; Vaden, Kaleen; Williams, Jeffrey W. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2007
This manual describes the methods, procedures, techniques, and activities that were used to produce the Academic Library Survey of 2004 (ALS:2004). This manual is designed to provide guidance and documentation for users of the ALS data. Included in the manual are the following: (1) an overview of the study and its predecessor studies; (2) an…
Descriptors: Schools, Guidance, Academic Libraries, Surveys
Promotion and Publicity for On-Line Bibliographic Services in Academic Libraries.
Paul, Herbert Jeffery – 1978
A synthesis of the literature on the advertising and promoting of online bibliographic retrieval services in academic libraries was conducted to suggest specific approaches and methods that can be used to make the academic community more aware of these services. Six levels of activity in program planning for promoting online services are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Citations (References), College Libraries, Comparative Analysis
Bibliographic Instructional Design: A Case Study.
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Johnson, Wendell G.; Burke, Adam; Evans, Barbara – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2001
Describes the basic elements of instructional design: (1) assessing needs; (2) defining goals; (3) selecting formats and materials; (4) devising test and evaluation procedures; (5) constructing and teaching a prototype; (6) analyzing and evaluating the results; and (7) revising the instruction and recycling. Demonstrates integration of online…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, College Libraries, Community Colleges
Pilot Test and Demonstration of the Library Statistical Data Base.
Jones, Dennis; And Others – 1977
The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) has completed the development and demonstration of a library statistical data base addressing the management needs of academic and public libraries. A pilot test of the data base was conducted in late Spring of 1977 in five Pennsylvania academic libraries to determine feasibility…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Databases, Decision Making
When the Lights Go Out: How To Deal When the Catalog Is Down.
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Morris, Sara E. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2001
Offers advice for ways in which librarians can help library patrons when online catalogs are down. Suggests using WorldCat, calling on other libraries, and employing various reference sources, such as Balay's Guide to Reference Books and the telephone. (Contains 6 references.) (NB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Catalogs, College Libraries, Community Colleges
Online/CD-ROM Bibliographic Database Searching in a Small Academic Library.
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Pitet, Lynn T. – 1992
The purpose of the project described in this paper was to gather information about online/CD-ROM database systems that would be useful in improving the services offered at the University of Findlay, a small private liberal arts college in northwestern Ohio. A survey was sent to 67 libraries serving colleges similar in size which included questions…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, College Libraries, College Students