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Download full textHayes, R. M.; Maron, M. E. – 1969
The fourth year of full-scale operation (June 1968 to June 1969) of the Institute of Library Research is reported. The projects undertaken during this period fall within five broad areas: (1) values in library and information service, (2) library and information systems, (3) methodology research, (4) information services development and (5) social…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Evaluation, Information Services, Library Research
Hayes, R. M.; Maron, M. E. – 1968
The second and third years of full-scale operation (July 1966-June 1968) of the Institute of Library Research are reported. Specific projects undertaken are grouped into six broad categories: (1) values in library and information service, (2) library and information systems, (3) methodology research, (4) information services development, (5)…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Evaluation, Information Services, Library Research
Peer reviewedKantor, Paul B.; Saracevic, Tefko – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1997
The second of two parts, this article develops a taxonomy of value-in-use for library and information services based on user assessments and proposes methods and instruments for similar studies of library and information services in general. Divides value of services into three classes: reasons for use; quality of interaction; and worth, benefits…
Descriptors: Classification, Information Services, Library Research, Library Services
Wyly, Mary – 1986
While there is general agreement regarding the educational and cultural advantages of exhibits, research and academic libraries often adapt the operating guidelines and procedures of exhibit planning and installation from museums and other non-library institutions. To discover procedures and policies developed specifically for research libraries…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Policy, Exhibits, Higher Education
Mackenzie, A. Graham, Ed.; Stuart, Ian M., Ed. – 1969
This proceedings volume of a seminar on planning library services is the third in a series of papers, published at irregular intervals, to report on research work by members of the University of Lancaster library staff. From January 1967 until June 1969 the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) organized regular meetings under the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Libraries, Library Research
Mackenzie, A. Graham, Ed.; Stuart, Ian M., Ed. – 1969
This proceedings volume of a seminar on planning library services is the third in a series of papers, published at irregular intervals, to report on research work by members of the University of Lancaster library staff. From January 1967 until June 1969 the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) organized regular meetings under the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Libraries, Library Research
Rouse, William B.; Rouse, Sandra H. – 1979
A research project sponsored by the Illinois State Library had two goals: to develop a set of mathematical models suitable for predicting the impact of alternative library network policies on network preformance, and to demonstrate through series of case studies that the methodology developed could feasibly be applied to real library networking…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Facility Case Studies, Interlibrary Loans, Library Networks
Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI. Univ. Libraries. – 1973
A user contacts a reference librarian when he needs assistance to solve a methodological problem in getting information from the scholarly record. The reference librarian then takes on the user's problem. There are two responses the reference librarian can make: (1) teach the user how to access the scholarly record for his immediate purpose, or…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Retrieval
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1977
A 1977 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) survey gathered information and documentation on remote storage for selected library materials, including type and size of facilities, selection processes for transferring materials, operating procedures, and record-changing activities. A summary of the survey results included in this kit reports…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Costs, Higher Education, Library Facilities
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1979
A 1979 Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) survey on special collections in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions focuses on centralized departments that handle rare books, manuscripts, archives, and author-subject collections. Statistical results from 66 survey replies reporting on the staffing, size, and expenditures of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Support, Higher Education, Information Needs
