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Davenport, Cynthia A. – 1977
A document retrieval study conducted before and again after the building of a more centralized library at Syracuse University is used as an example of the kind of data gathering which can lead to improved decision making and evaluation of library services by library administrators. The study is discussed in detail to facilitate replication and to…
Descriptors: Centralization, College Libraries, Data Collection, Decision Making
Karunaratne, N. D.; And Others – 1976
This is a study on the operating efficiency of the public library system in Australia. Cost functions have been fitted to library data and the results are interpreted with a view to generating insights into the functioning of the existing library system. An exploratory cost benefit analysis has also been attempted. Activities of libraries have…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Efficiency, Library Administration
