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Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges in Libraries, a Systematic Literature Review
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Garoufallou, Emmanouel; Gaitanou, Panorea – College & Research Libraries, 2021
Currently "Big Data" is an emerging field that presents several Information Technology challenges regarding the capture, storage search, structure, and visualization of this data. The real challenge for organizations is to find ways to extract value from it and provide better services to their clients. The data generated in academic and…
Descriptors: Data, Librarians, Library Role, Library Research
Book Availability as a Performance Measure of a Library: An Analysis of the Effectiveness of a Health Sciences Library.
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Rashid, Haseeb F. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1990
This study measured the following performance factors at the Cleveland Health Science Library: user bibliographic information; collection development policy; acquisition policy; user catalog; circulation; library operation/functioning; and user search. Book availability rates were similar to rates for other academic libraries, and book…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Library Policy
Assessment of Library Services as a Support System in the Institutes of Health Services (IHS) in Botswana.
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Fidzani, B. T.; Oladokun, O. S. – Library Review, 2001
Describes a study of Institutes of Health Sciences (IHS) libraries in Botswana that determined the state of the collections and services and examined how well the libraries provided complements to classroom-based student learning and to lecturers' research. Results showed that college library standards were not met and recommends strategies for…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Improvement
Resources of South Carolina Libraries.
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Holley, Edward G.; And Others – 1976
The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education and the Postsecondary Planning Commission conducted this study of the library resources and needs of South Carolina postsecondary institutions as part of its goal to improve the quality of South Carolina state higher education programs. Questionnaires sent to college libraries were designed to test…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Data Analysis, Library Collections, Library Planning
An Analysis of Interlibrary Loan Requests Made to the Neoucom Information Center from Its Associated Council Hospital Libraries: Maximizing Service to Hospital Libraries in the Era of Hospital Downsizing.
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Gonda-Farley, Kristine M. – 1996
This study examines the interlibrary loan requests made to NEOUCOM's (Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine) Oliver Ocasek Regional Medical Information Center in Rootstown, OH from its associated council hospital libraries. A total of 636 interlibrary loan requests from the period July 1994-July 1995 were analyzed. Components of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Hospital Libraries, Interlibrary Loans
Health Science Libraries in India--Their Resources and Services.
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Dixit, R. P. – International Information and Library Review, 1995
Identifies four types of health science libraries in India relating to health and family welfare: research, academic, medical, and hospital. Results of a nationwide survey of library resources are discussed, including finance, books and monographs, periodicals, manpower, equipment, and services. Suggestions for improvement are offered. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Family Health, Foreign Countries