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Download full textGratch, Bonnie – 1978
This report describes a study which was made by the Central Library of Rochester Public Library to determine how Central could best serve the needs of young adults and encourage them to be library users after financial cutbacks forced the closing of their Teen Lounge. Data were gathered in the period from August 1977 to May 1978 through staff…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Information Needs, Library Materials, Library Services
Peer reviewedIntner, Sheila S. – RQ, 1984
Report on a survey of 462 public librarians highlights existing bibliographic practices in managing nonbook media in library collections; attitudes about nonbook media as information sources (cost, informational value, storage and use); and attitudes about bibliographic access to nonbook media (integrated catalogs, classification schemes). Eleven…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Librarians, Library Catalogs, Library Materials
Peer reviewedRayner, Helen – Public Libraries, 1997
Circulation of individual titles held by Wellington Public Library (New Zealand) were compared before and after television dramatizations of the works had been aired; the objective was to establish whether readers' choice of title was influenced by television. Results showed no statistically significant increase, indicating that television…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Foreign Countries, Library Materials, Public Libraries
Peer reviewedAguilar, William – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1984
Circulation statistics for 198 books randomly selected from nonjuvenile collection at Allerton Public Library were ascertained. Comparison of experimental group (all related catalog entries withdrawn from card catalog) and control group (all catalog entries left intact) showed no statistically significant influence of removal of cards on…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Library Catalogs, Library Circulation, Library Materials
Kreider, Louisa J. – 1990
Book condition surveys have been conducted in several large research libraries in the United States to determine the extent of book deterioration in those libraries. This paper outlines the steps for conducting a brittle book survey adapted from more comprehensive surveys to assess the extent of paper brittleness of the book collections in a small…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Interviews, Library Collections
Fasick, Adele M. – 1977
This study was designed to gather information about the views of librarians and the public concerning materials and services provided for children in the public libraries of the South Central Regional Library System in Ontario. Questionnaires distributed in each of the 13 communities served by the system asked about the perception of the provision…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Children, Demography, Elementary Education
Cohen, Nathan M.; Denison, Barbara; Boehlert, Jessie C. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
During the last decade, research has become increasingly important to the profession of librarianship. Seven library schools now have doctoral programs, foundation grants have stimulated and supported scores of major projects, and the research method has been recognized as an accepted technique for solving library problems. The increasing volume…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations
