Results of a study at the University of Pittsburgh library to determine the extent to which library materials are used and the full cost of such use are presented. Use and nonuse of books, cost of book use, and journal use and nonuse are described. (Author/KP)

Classification numbers of books were matched to a classified profile of the university teaching program descriptions. Books with numbers which match the course profiles receive greater use. (10 references) (Author/SJ)

A simple survey method is outlined, whereby readers record the non-availability of books known to be held by the library. The survey has been installed at four university libraries, but the results from only one library are considered. (3 references) (Author/NH)

An analysis of 2,805 citations from 31 dissertations of Ph.D. candidates in the field of business management provided information regarding publication form, periodical title, subject, time span, language, and publisher. (Author/JAB)

Gives an example of how use of periodicals in an academic environment has been recorded, how it has been built into a collection development program, and how it has focused on areas for future concern. (Author)

In August, 1971, The National Home Library Foundation of Washington, D.C., awarded to The George Washington University a grant to install a set of the ultra-microfiche "Library of American Civilization" (produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica's subsidiary, Library Resources, Inc.), together with all available associated equipment and bibliographic…

A study of the reserve materials collection at the Main Library from a usage and cost analysis perspective revealed that 93.7% of all items that circulated could have been circulated an equal number of times through the standard circulation procedure which allows material to be used for seven days. The remaining 6.3% of the material which…

A survey of faculty and student usage of the reserve book collection at St. Cloud State College negated the original hypothesis of the author that the faculty helps to promote college library objectives by sagacious selection of reserve materials. Ideally, a reserve book collection should be made up of those books which are essential to the study…

Describes a two-phase study at Polk Library of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh that (1) found an apparent fallacy in the statistical procedure developed by Trueswell and (2) concluded that obsolescence could best explain the poor circulation record of little used books. (Author/JD)

A study was made on a reorganization of the holdings of government documents in the University into a separate collection. On the basis of evidence presented in the course of the study, depository status for all Canadian Federal Documents for the library, and a separate documents division to control and service them was recommended. The arguments…

At California State University, Long Beach, 1263 students and faculty members responded to a questionnaire regarding the university library. The four part instrument questioned the respondents' faculty position or student class, course level, and major; their use of the library, both type and frequency; attitudes toward staff, collection, and…

Undertaken to determine if the pattern of use of library reserve collections found at other college libraries continues to exist at DePauw, this study found that approximately 40 percent of all the reserve collection items never circulated during the entire semester, and that 33 percent of the collection circulated only one to five times during…

The methodology and survey instrument described in this report were designed to support the Library Learning Program for freshmen English students and identify the clientele of the library at Kearney State College in Nebraska. Surveys were mailed to on-campus and off-campus students. The low response rate--534 or 26.9% of the on-campus students,…

An evaluation of the reserve book collection at St. Cloud State College library was conducted during 1960 with the results reported in July 1961. (This earlier study is LI 003 557). The present report is a followup study to that first evaluation. Improved faculty orientation to the reserve collection, based on the findings of the 1960 survey,…