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Texas A & M University Library. A Final Report from the Public Services Research Projects. A Comparison of Two End User Operated Search Systems. One of a Series of Self-Studies and Research Projects.
Dodd, Jane; And Others – 1985
This report summarizes research undertaken at the Sterling C. Evans Library, Texas A & M University to assess the impact that end user information retrieval systems may have on library staff and users. Two systems, BRS/After Dark and Search Helper, were made available in the library for end user searching at no cost. A total of 260 users…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Library Administration
Public Online Catalogs and Research Libraries. Final Report.
Ferguson, Douglas; And Others – 1982
In 1981 and 1982, the Research Libraries Group (RLG) and four other organizations participated in a coordinated study of public online catalog users and nonusers. Standard, self-administered questionnaires were used to gather data from 8,094 users and 3,981 nonusers in 31 research, academic, community college, public, and governmental libraries…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Card Catalogs, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
Simplifying Complexity: Miriam Blake--Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library, NM
Library Journal, 2004
The holy grail for many research librarians is one-stop searching: seamless access to all the library's resources on a topic, regardless of the source. Miriam Blake, Library Without Walls Project Leader at Los Alamos National laboratory (LANL), is making this vision a reality. Blake is part of a growing cadre of experts: a techie who is becoming a…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Library Personnel, Information Management