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Wood-Doughty, Alex; Bergstrom, Ted; Steigerwald, Douglas G. – College & Research Libraries, 2019
Download rates of academic journals have joined citation counts as commonly used indicators of the value of journal subscriptions. While citations reflect worldwide influence, the value of a journal subscription to a single library is more reliably measured by the rate at which it is downloaded by local users. If reported download rates accurately…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Periodicals, Citations (References), Electronic Libraries
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Gross, Melissa; Latham, Don; Underhill, Jennifer; Bak, Hyerin – School Library Research, 2016
An after-school book club, led by the school librarian, was held to test the efficacy of the peritextual literacy framework (PLF) in teaching skills related to critical thinking, problem solving, information literacy, and media literacy. The PLF is an extension of paratext theory developed by GĂ©rard Genette, which provides a typology of the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, After School Programs, Youth Clubs, Clubs
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Lagoze Carl; Van de Sompel, Herbert – Library Hi Tech, 2003
Explores factors in the history of the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) that have contributed to the positive response of the digital library and information community toward version 2 of the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. Factors include focus on a defined problem statement, an operational model in which strong leadership is balanced with…
Descriptors: Archives, Data Collection, Electronic Libraries, Harvesting
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Freedman, Janet – Social Policy, 1978
Regardless of the inadequacies of the new information retrieval systems, and despite the serious social inequalities which will result from charging fees for information, most libraries are incorporating the computer-assisted bibliographic searching devices into their reference operations, and passing the costs on to the users. (Author)
Descriptors: Computers, Costs, Data Collection, Databases
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Ramsing, Kenneth D.; Wish, John R. – Information Processing and Management, 1982
Discusses trade-off analysis, a data collection method with conjoint measurement technique in which respondents rank order a matrix of pairs of levels of specific attributes, and gives examples for use in determining library users' perceptions of relative utility of completeness of information versus cost of a search. Twelve sources are cited.…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Collection, Graphs, Information Retrieval
Rouse, William B., Ed. – 1975
Three papers based on projects produced in a course entitled Operations Research and Library Management, jointly sponsored by the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and the Graduate School of Library Science are reported and explained. Topics covered include an assessment of faculty interest in an information retrieval service;…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Data Collection, Documentation, Geographic Distribution