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Direct linkBull, Stephen; Craft, Edward; Dodds, Andrew – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2014
In autumn 2012, the University of Birmingham launched FindIt@Bham, a Primo-based Resource Discovery Service, after a series of focus groups with students and staff to help determine its initial configuration and customization. This article presents the results from a large-scale online survey and focus groups that were conducted to poll users'…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Research, Online Surveys, Focus Groups
Brown, Christopher C. – College & Research Libraries, 2011
As federal government information is increasingly migrating to online formats, libraries are providing links to this content via URLs or persistent URLs (PURLs) in their online public access catalogs (OPACs). Clickthrough statistics that accumulated as users visited links to online content in the University of Denver's library OPAC were gathered…
Descriptors: Government Publications, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Distributions, Statistical Data
Download full textWallace, Danny P.; And Others – 1990
The use of information regarding the ages of library items is a standard component of many approaches to weeding library collections, and has a long history in the literature of collection management. Current and past approaches to using aging information to make weeding decisions make use of very arbitrary decision criteria. This study examined…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Library Automation, Library Circulation
Peer reviewedBaker, Robert K. – College and Research Libraries, 1990
Discusses the benefits of the library collection assessment process, and describes how a small community college library is using a turnkey automated system and a microcomputer-based database program to generate special reports and statistical profiles to support an ongoing collection assessment project. (Eight references) (CLB)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Database Management Systems, Evaluation
Peer reviewedPayson, Evelyn; Moore, Barbara – Information Technology and Libraries, 1985
Using OCLC-MARC tape records, master records were created for collection management reports at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater to help evaluate collection growth by type of material, location, and subject, based upon LC call number. The Statistical Analysis System (SAS) was run against records to generate information for special purposes. (9…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Databases
Markuson, Carol A.; Mancall, Jacqueline C. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1991
Introduction to the second part of a two-part series on collection development invites the reader to evaluate current collection development practice while considering changes, in light of recent innovations in library automation, resource availability, and format. Three major themes discussed in as many articles are briefly reviewed. (SD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Technology, Learning Resources Centers, Library Administration
Bertland, Linda H. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1991
Describes a study of the use of a computerized circulation system in a middle school media center which gathered quantitative data about collection composition and age, and measured materials use. Ways in which circulation analysis can fit among other collection analysis and development methods are discussed, and unique considerations for school…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Library Systems, Junior High Schools, Learning Resources Centers
