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Bob, Murray L. – Library Journal, 1985
This essay relates the economic cycle, unemployment, and inflation to reading habits and public library circulation. Highlights include recent English sociological study and its implications for current increases in public library use, future library use, effect of the economy on kind of public library use, and reasons why people read. (EJS)
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Foreign Countries, Library Circulation, Middle Class
Kuhl, P-H; Munk, Jens Kristian – 1979
Published in Danish with an English abstract and summary, this report amplifies the information on the use of public libraries included in previous leisure time research by describing a survey of more than 4,000 members of the Danish population. Users as well as non-users were interviewed, including children. The report is subdivided according to…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Children, Educational Background
Radford, Neil; And Others – Vestes, 1983
A survey of University of Sydney library users shows the library holds 90 percent of the items sought, but more than a quarter of the catalog searches and almost half the shelf searches fail. Overall, 36 percent of users seeking a known item will leave without finding it. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Seeking
Opaleke, J. S. – Rural Libraries, 1997
To improve its service, the Offa (Nigeria) township library conducted a user study. The investigation found that 51% of users were students ages 19 and below and that 78% were males. Most users wanted extended hours, improved newspaper collections, more accurate shelving, and a consistent lending policy for all materials and users. (PEN)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development, Library Policy

Beheshti, Jamshid; Tague, Jean M. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1984
Utilizing 11 years of University of Saskatchewan circulation transactions, it is shown that P. M. Morse's Markov model of book use fits approximately 99 percent of data for whole collection and for three subject areas; contrary to his assumptions, one of the model's parameters is time dependent. Thirteen references are included. (EJS)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Graphs

Burell, Quentin – Journal of Documentation, 1980
Explains some observed library circulation frequency distributions through use of a simple stochastic model for the borrowing of books from a library collection. Parameters of the model are described and the model is applied to circulation data from three academic libraries. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographies, Foreign Countries, Library Circulation
McKee, Penelope – Library Research, 1981
Describes a two-part book circulation use study conducted to find a simple inexpensive and effective method of weeding a public library branch collection, to determine whether weeding increases circulation, and to compare results with Slote's results. Seven tables, one appendix, and 32 references are provided. (RBF)
Descriptors: Books, Branch Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Circulation
Simmons, Peter – 1971
At the Library of the University of British Columbia, computers are used for a variety of tasks, including the control of book and serial acquisitions. The computer-produced circulation records have been employed to study the use of library materials at U.B.C. in three distinct areas. There have been studies of use in relation to loan policy,…
Descriptors: Books, College Libraries, Computer Programs, Foreign Countries

Doyle, Stephen – Australian Library Journal, 1984
Reports on development and operation of public library collection of video recordings, describes results of user survey conducted over 6-month period, and offers brief guidelines. Potential users, censorship and copyright, organization of collection, fees, damage and loss, funding, purchasing and promotion, formats, processing and cataloging,…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Library Circulation
Johnson, Bruce K. – 1983
A project was conducted to study Calgary teachers' use of films and videotapes borrowed from a media services loan library and to identify the significant variables affecting their film and tape use. Data were gathered through a preliminary survey of six schools and a subsequent survey of 500 randomly selected teachers in the district. Results are…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures, Film Libraries, Foreign Countries

Hoglund, Anna-Lena – International Library Review, 1991
Examines the adaptation of a set of library performance measures derived from a UNESCO manual to Swedish libraries. The basic principles of the measurement process and general library objectives are identified, and the difficulties encountered during the study are explained. The Swedish results are compared to the ideal measures presented in the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, Library Circulation
Froese, Victor – 1997
There is great interest in the effect of school resources on academic achievement, but it is seldom that an opportunity arises in which this relationship may be examined in an international milieu. This paper presents the types of resources available in the 27 countries participating in the International Association for the Evaluation of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Information, Educational Finance, Educational Resources