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Fry, Jane; Ripp, Chantal – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2017
While some Canadian universities have a long history in the provision of data services, that was not the norm in Canada, especially in small universities and colleges. To maximize the use of data by students and researchers in academia, it was evident that increased education, resources, and tools were required to support those delivering data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, College Libraries, Librarians
Lubans, John – 1977
This study analyzes statistics of 17 public services units of the University of Colorado at Boulder libraries, measuring frequency of question-asking, types of questions and staff responsibility. The study seeks to determine fluctuations of reference service workloads over time, department staffing and training needs, and to provide supervisors…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Data Analysis, Librarians, Library Services
Schlachter, Gail – 1975
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…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Collections, Library Services, Library Surveys
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Library Services. – 1973
Statistical data and directory information (name, address and telephone number) for public, academic and special libraries in the state of Wisconsin are compiled in this publication. The information on public libraries covers calendar year 1972, and includes statistics in population served, collections, loans, capital outlay, operating income and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Collections, Library Services, Public Libraries

Cossar, Bruce – RQ, 1973
The results of a two-month study on the costs of interlibrary loans at a small university are presented by using comprehensive tables. (3 references) (DH)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Costs, Interlibrary Loans, Library Expenditures

Glogoff, Stuart J. – 1978
Reference statistics were collected and analyzed for a three-year period from Fall 1975 to Summer 1976 at the Pennsylvania State University Main Undergraduate Library. Reference questions were classified and recorded in three categories: (1) search, (2) ready reference, and (3) directional. Hour of question, interlibrary loan, book, and telephone…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Libraries, Data Analysis, Data Collection

Fisher, William; And Others – 1976
Four hundred and fifty-three patrons responded to a 1976 library use survey conducted at California State College at Dominguez Hills to assess present effectiveness and identify areas of concern for use in planning. The study found that some library patrons use the local public libraries because they are more convenient, while others use larger…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Planning, Library Services, Library Surveys
California Univ., Berkeley. Univ. Libraries. – 1976
This annual report is the first to be written since the middle 1960's. In order to provide a sense of progress, the problems, and the trends which have occurred during the intervening years, this report is organized around a series of major library concerns including: (1) collections; (2) physical facilities; (3) internal organizational…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Libraries, Library Acquisition, Library Administration

Balay, Robert; Andrew, Christine – College and Research Libraries, 1975
Summarizes a study of the use of reference service at Sterling Memorial Library, the central research library of Yale University. (PF)
Descriptors: Catalogs, College Libraries, Interviews, Library Instruction
Hood, Wyma Jane; Gittings, Monte James – 1975
A descriptive study was conducted employing questionnaires distributed to users and staff members. The adequacy of informational and instructional staff performances, their attitude toward patrons, and the relative proportions of reference and nonreference questions were explored. It was recommended to the staff that methods of performance…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Librarians, Library Services, Library Standards
Kentucky Univ., Lexington. Univ. Libraries. – 1976
The second annual report on the activities of the University of Kentucky Library's Instructional Services Department for 1975-76 is divided into three sections. The first section describes in detail the provision of library instruction and orientation to 7,000 students during the year. Tables summarizing statistical information on the program…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Libraries, Higher Education, Instructional Programs

Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Library Services. – 1972
Most of the statistics reported in this Service Record were supplied by the U.S. Office of Education (USOE), National Center for Educational Statistics. USOE compiled the statistics from the information available in the library section of its 1971 Higher Education General Information Survey. The statistics reported are for the 1970/71 school year.…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Directories, Libraries, Library Cooperation

Adams, Margaret O'Neill – Library Trends, 1982
Analysis of one component of library reference service--online numeric database systems for time-series data--reviews tradition of reference service and ways in which computer technology has enhanced provision of library services. Experiences with Kentucky Economic Information System (KEIS) are described. Examples of KEIS and 30 references are…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Databases, Economics, Higher Education

MacDougall, Frank C., Ed. – 1976
The National University Extension Association provides a directory of library extension services at member institutions. The listing is alphabetical by state and then by college or university within each state. Information given includes library or division name, address, telephone, supervisor, staff, library organization, special extension…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Colleges, Directories, Extension Education
Kaungamno, Ezekiel E. – 1972
The Libraries (Deposit of Books) Act 1962 requires printers in Tanzania mainland to deposit one copy of all books printed by them with the librarian of the University of Dar es Salaam and in 1963 the Minister for Education issued the Libraries (Deposit of Books) Order which extended the Act by requiring printers to deposit a further copy with the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Books, College Libraries, Directories