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Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1977
This kit prepared by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) contains 15 primary source documents on determining indirect cost rates in research libraries. The kit comprises: (1) six library cost studies and surveys, "Allocation of Library Expenditures to Research and Instruction" (University of Pennsylvania), "Sampling of Current Monograph…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Indirect Costs, Library Expenditures
Salomon, Kristine; Burgess, Curt – 1984
A controversial issue involving online computer searching is the effect of patron presence during the computer search. The purpose of this research was to determine the attitudes of university librarians toward patron presence. A survey was used to explore variables related to the search process and searcher characteristics. Also considered was…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Librarians
Vavrek, Bernard – 1982
This research report presents the results of a survey of public libraries that serve areas where populations are 25,000 or fewer individuals. The long range goal of the study was to gather data that would help to initially describe some of the circumstances in which and because of which rural information services exist and endure. Questionnaires…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Library Research, Library Services, Library Surveys
Jamieson, Alexis J.; Dolan, M. Elizabeth – 1985
To investigate the experience of American and Canadian university libraries with remote access catalogs, self-administered questionnaires were sent to the 137 directors of all Association of Research Libraries (ARL) libraries and all libraries of Canadian degree-granting institutions. The study was designed to: (1) survey Canadian and U.S.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Automation
Olevnik, Peter P. – 1986
This paper reports the results of an investigation into the relationship between librarians' status (i.e., librarians having faculty status or librarians lacking such status) and the organizational structure of the college library. The analysis was conducted within the conceptual framework of two organizational models: the bureaucratic and the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Correlation, Higher Education, Librarians
Master, Nancy L.; Master, Lawrence S. – 1986
A study was undertaken to determine what type of curriculum leadership roles school librarians were exerting in the nation's nineteenth largest school district, the Clark County Public Schools of Nevada. A 15-item questionnaire was mailed to 75 Clark County School District librarians; responses were received from 59 libraries (79%). Following a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Librarians, Library Research
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1984
Preliminary reports from seven Association of Research Library (ARL) members conducting research on current public services concerns describe progress to date and initial findings. Research grants of up to $4,000 were provided for the projects, which were selected in part because of their potential usefulness to academic and research libraries.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Libraries, College Students, Higher Education

Bates, Marcia J. – RQ, 1986
Provides a definition of reference books based on their organizational structure and describes an empirical study which was conducted in three libraries to identify types of book organization and determine their frequency in reference departments and stack collections. The data are analyzed and shown to support the definition. (EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Definitions, Higher Education

Isbell, Mary K.; Cook, M. Kathleen – RQ, 1986
Academic librarians in Illinois were surveyed to determine their attitudes toward and recordkeeping practices for online searches. Findings indicate that confidentiality is considered to be as important for online searches as for circulation records, but that recordkeeping practices and attitudes toward subject and client disclosure do not assume…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Confidential Records, Confidentiality, Ethics

Turock, Betty J. – Library and Information Science Research, 1986
A model for the organization of multitype library networks was tested on the l43 networks in the United States with public, academic, school, and special library members. Eight indicators of organization and their interdependence were measured: planning, governance, funding, communication and delivery, configuration, administration, evaluation,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Financial Support

Estabrook, Leigh Stewart – RQ, 1986
Users of a search/document delivery service in a large engineering firm were surveyed to determine the amount and relevancy of information received, time saved by using the service, dollar value of information received, number of employees using or seeing the information, and any improvement in the firm's competitive position. (EM)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Information Services, Library Research

Bond, Randall; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1987
Reports results of a pilot study and full survey of preservation/conservation concerns about the non-rare book collections at the Syracuse University libraries. The methodology is described, including physical characteristics of the collections that were examined and statistical analyses used. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Higher Education
Nour, Martyvonne Morton – 1983
A total of 343 research articles published in 41 core library journals in 1980 and a further 708 articles cited in a stratified random sample of 100 of the original (source) articles were examined in terms of subject, research methodology, and number of references. Findings were also compared with those of similar studies. It was found that: (1)…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Content Analysis, Library Research, Library Science

Van House, Nancy A. – Library and Information Science Research, 1986
Public library effectiveness efforts are placed within the context of theoretical and empirical research on organizational effectiveness. The construct, measures, and determinants of public library effectiveness are investigated, and a possible model of the determinants of public library output measures is presented. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Demography, Library Research, Library Standards, Library Statistics
Weaver-Meyers, Pat; Winters, Jim – 1984
A user attitude survey was conducted in the main library at the University of Oklahoma before and after the opening of a new library wing which effectively doubled the size of the main library. At the time of the opening of the new wing, the circulation department began using a new computer system for circulation of the general collection. The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Attitude Measures, Higher Education, Library Automation