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Rouse, Sandra H.; Rouse, William B. – Information Processing and Management, 1979
Analyzes the half-life of book use through analysis of over 10,000 regional and statewide interlibrary loan requests. Correcting for the growth of the literature, this study indicated that the half-lives of monographs may increase from lower to higher levels of the hierarchy in a library network. (CWM)
Descriptors: Books, Information Needs, Information Utilization, Interlibrary Loans
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Chifwepa, Vitalicy – Information Development, 1993
Discusses the need for cooperation among agricultural libraries in Zambia. Topics addressed include the role of information in national development; special libraries; government agricultural administration; a description of agricultural libraries; information needs of scientists; the National Information System; library cooperation through…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. – 1971
The research activities of Project Intrex are directed toward the extension of man's intellectual reach by a new kind of control over access to information. Ways are sought to improve the efficiency of catalog search by utilization of interactive computing techniques, and to provide rapid access to full-text displays by utilizing microfilm storage…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Automation, Computers, Facsimile Transmission
Nelson Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1968
Objectives of this survey were to: (1) examine existing library conditions, (2) develop library service standards, (3) prepare a long-range plan for library service, and (4) estimate program costs and suggest means for implementing the plan. Survey methods included interviews with library staff and trustees, school personnel, and county and…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, County Libraries, Information Needs, Information Utilization
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1973
This is a collection of 69 letters sent to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science in response to the Commission's request for comments on one or more of the following six topics: 1) national networking of libraries; 2) priorities for library service; 3) criteria for designation of proposed national and regional resource…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Feedback