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Kot, Felly Chiteng; Jones, Jennifer L. – College & Research Libraries, 2015
This study uses three cohorts of first-time, full-time undergraduate students (N = 8,652) at a large, metropolitan, public research university to examine the impact of student use of three library resources (workstations, study rooms, and research clinics) on academic performance. To deal with self-selection bias and estimate this impact more…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Cohort Analysis, Research Universities, Library Services
Palmer, E. Susan – Library Research, 1981
Reviews studies of historical and current trends in the library location theory; the relationship between distance and library users and variables, including available transportation, use motivation, and community awareness; and public facility location models such as central place theory and elastic demand. Extensive references, four figures, and…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, Distance, Foreign Countries, Library Planning
Brooks, Terrence A. – Library Research, 1982
A sample of library-output statistics measuring circulation, reference, and in-library use was collected from 76 libraries and tested for redundancy, correlation, and variation using time-series analysis to test the Relative Fidelity of Measurement Model (RFM). The 275 sample statistics correlated in an unpredicted pattern. Twenty-three sources…
Descriptors: Correlation, Library Circulation, Library Research, Library Services
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Powell, Ronald R. – Library and Information Science Research, 1992
Reviews research on impact assessment of libraries and considers potentially useful methodologies for measuring the impact of university libraries, i.e., how library use affects students' academic performance. Topics discussed include categories of library use, purposes of library use, and indicators of library impact. The user panel methodology…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Research
McKee, Penelope – Library Research, 1981
Describes a two-part book circulation use study conducted to find a simple inexpensive and effective method of weeding a public library branch collection, to determine whether weeding increases circulation, and to compare results with Slote's results. Seven tables, one appendix, and 32 references are provided. (RBF)
Descriptors: Books, Branch Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Circulation
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Crews, Kenneth D. – Library and Information Science Research, 1988
Discusses the accuracy of reference service in libraries as measured by evaluating answers that reference librarians give to factual questions. More than 30 reference accuracy studies are analyzed, variables explored in each study are examined, further research needs are described, and suggestions for improving service quality for reference…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Research, Library Services, Literature Reviews
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Crotts, Joe – College & Research Libraries, 1999
This investigation at California State University, Chico seeks to identify those variables that prove indicative of the demand for monographs by subject. Analyzes interrelationships among circulation, expenditure, and enrollment by subject and develops a model for allocating subject funding based on circulation statistics. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Enrollment, Higher Education, Library Circulation
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Marchant, Maurice P. – Library and Information Science Research, 1991
Describes a study which was conducted to test the ability of four motivators to explain adult use of the public library: (1) home and family life; (2) vocational growth; (3) religion; and (4) politics. Other general user characteristics were examined as supplements to the four motivators in predicting library use. (16 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Family Life, Individual Characteristics
Dervin, Brenda; And Others – 1985
This study was conducted to determine how library users in California say library use helps them. While most library effectiveness studies infer effectiveness by looking at the movement of materials or reports of user satisfaction, this study proceeds from the assumption that libraries need to know how library use helps in user terms. The study…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Seeking, Information Utilization, Library Materials
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Cherry, Joan M.; Clinton, Marshall – Canadian Library Journal, 1992
Reports results of 1990 study that examined user satisfaction with OPACs (online public access catalogs) at 5 Ontario universities through interviews with 2,916 students and faculty members. Data on OPAC and computer experience, learning methods, and the effects of several variables on satisfaction are analyzed for the entire sample and for each…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Literacy, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Jiao, Qun G.; And Others – Library & Information Science Research, 1996
Discussion of library anxiety focuses on a study of 493 university students that examined factors that predict library anxiety. A stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that age, sex, year of study, native language, grade point average, employment status, frequency of library visits, and reason for using the library were significant…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Age Differences, Anxiety, College Students