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Wangsgard, Lynnda – 1976
Staff members of the Weber County Library System in Utah were studied in a research project to determine the effect on staff knowledge of library policies and procedures of (1) an employee handbook and (2) the handbook supplemented by a formal orientation procedure. Data were obtained from three randomly selected groups of library staff members in…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, County Libraries, Data Analysis, Employees
Bushong, Sara – 1998
This paper reports on a study conducted to determine if PowerPoint presentation is the most effective medium to explain two reference books: "The Storyteller's Sourcebook" and "A Guide to Folktales in the English Language." A secondary purpose was to see if the students who saw the PowerPoint presentation received higher…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Data Analysis, Higher Education
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Emmons, Mark; Wilkinson, Frances C. – College & Research Libraries, 2011
What impact does the academic library have on student persistence? This study explores the relationship between traditional library input and output measures of staff, collections, use, and services with fall-to-fall retention and six-year graduation rates at Association of Research Libraries member libraries. When controlling for race/ethnicity…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Academic Persistence, Library Services, Library Materials