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Inventory Procedures for the Libraries of California State University, Northridge, and a Possible California State University System Guide.
Creaghe, Norma S.; And Others – 1982
This proposal suggests library inventory procedures to meet the need for improved security in the California State University libraries and to preserve the integrity of the collections at the 19 campuses. There is a need for a reliable method of inventory for the collection as a whole, in order to determine significant changes in the collection…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Efficiency, Facility Inventory, Higher Education
Computer Potential for Management Information.
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Tague, Jean – Canadian Library Journal, 1979
Discusses the use of computer information systems to aid in library management functions such as planning, control, and decision making. Outlined are applications of macroanalysis (comparative library data, performance measures, use statistics) and microanalysis (circulation, acquisition, catalog support, and online catalog systems). (SW)
Descriptors: Computers, Guides, Information Utilization, Library Administration
Output Measures for Public Library Service to Children. A Manual of Standardized Procedures.
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Walter, Virginia A. – 1992
This manual has been designed as a practical guide to quantifying and measuring the results, or outputs, of public library service to children. The basic output measures presented are tailored to reflect library services to children (defined as persons 14 years old and younger) and their care givers. Six categories of measures are presented: (1)…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Data Collection, Library Administration, Library Planning
Library Statistics in Management System of Library Construction in the USSR. Reaction paper by Vernon E. Palmour.
Fenelonov, E. A. – 1979
The development and use of library statistics in the Soviet Union and systems of reporting are discussed in this speech by E.A. Fenelonov, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic, and are compared with statistical development in the United States by Vernon E. Palmour of King Research, Inc. Fenelonov emphasizes the use…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Development
Managing Children's Library Collections through Objective Data.
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Hippenhammer, Craighton – Top of the News, 1986
Reports on output measures that can give children's librarians additional information to better control collections and make better selection and weeding decisions. Statistical comparisons utilizing circulation data (comparing circulation year to year, circulation to patrons served, circulation to number of materials owned) and availability of…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development, Library Collections
Smoothing Forecasting Methods for Academic Library Circulations: An Evaluation and Recommendation.
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Brooks, Terrence A.; Forys, John W., Jr. – Library and Information Science Research, 1986
Circulation time-series data from 50 midwest academic libraries were used to test 110 variants of 8 smoothing forecasting methods. Data and methodologies and illustrations of two recommended methods--the single exponential smoothing method and Brown's one-parameter linear exponential smoothing method--are given. Eight references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Library Administration