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Seasonwein (Roger) Associates, Inc., Orange, NJ. – 1980
Telephone interviews were conducted with 901 adults to determine whether people who vote use libraries more than non-voters. Respondents were asked if they had visited a public library within six months of their interviews, or if they had read any part of a book borrowed from a public library within that time period. Area probability techniques…
Descriptors: Interviews, Library Surveys, Public Libraries, Research Methodology
Whatley, Allan – Library Association Record, 1978
A survey of public libraries was undertaken to determine what is being done to attract non-users to the library. The respondents reported a variety of programs such as community-wide publicity, book promotion, and citizen-on-the-street interviews. (JAB)
Descriptors: Interviews, Library Services, Library Surveys, Marketing
Colorado State Library, Denver. – 1973
This report highlights the results of a survey designed to reflect the opinions and attitudes of the people of Colorado with regard to the libraries in the State. In July and August 1973, a base sample of 804 personal interviews were conducted with a cross-section of the State's population, according to an area probability sample. The results are…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Information Needs, Interviews, Library Services
Blasingame, Ralph – 1972
Library surveys are a means to an objective examination of the library and its services, helping to clarify the purposes that are being served and to assess the methods of providing these services. This survey was undertaken as a cooperative project of the seven public libraries of Summit County, Ohio. Its purpose was to develop a long-range plan…
Descriptors: Interviews, Library Facilities, Library Planning, Library Services
Palmer, Joseph W. – 1984
In order to gather information detailing the extent and effectiveness of oral history projects in public libraries, questionnaires were sent to public libraries in 11 states that listed "oral history" among their resources in the American Library Directory, and to a small number of other libraries in these states with oral history…
Descriptors: Interviews, Library Planning, Library Research, Library Surveys
Colorado Market Research Services, Inc., Denver. – 1974
As part of a larger state survey of public attitudes toward libraries in Colorado, conducted in 1973, this report presents data gathered from interviews with a sample of Colorado adults who are not currently enrolled in any program of formal education. The initial section of this report deals with how often, how, and why nonstudents use all types…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Information Needs, Interviews
Delfausse, Abigail W. – 1992
The relationship between public economic support of libraries and general economic conditions is explored, drawing on interviews with state librarians and their deputies in seven Southern states. In these states, libraries have traditionally been supported, although frequently with lower per capita amounts than in other parts of the country.…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Interviews
Razzano, Barbara Will – Library Journal, 1985
This 1982 survey of adult users in small public libraries provides statistical data on current and future user patterns in relation to youth services program. Details on method and library sample, reasons for public library use, children of library users, and the case for youth services are covered. (5 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Children, Habit Formation
Markey, Karen – 1982
This report describes the pilot data collections and post-questionnaire interview activities of the Council on Library Resources (CLR)/Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Online Public Access Project. The background of the project is briefly described, the purpose and adminstration of the post-questionnaire interviews are outlined, and pilot…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Data Collection, Higher Education, Interviews
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Willard, Patricia; Teece, Viva – Australian Library Journal, 1984
Examines aspects of automation of technical services in four public libraries with major emphasis on management decisions (key decisions, constraints limiting options available, decision makers). Factors which emerged as important in determining decisions included municipal council attitudes, facilities available, urgency of need to change,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Interviews
Bryant, Eric – Library Journal, 1995
A survey of gay and lesbian library services of 250 public and college libraries revealed small and insufficient collections, a lack of book lists and other guides, frequent challenges, and limited community outreach programs. Interviews with proactive responding librarians provide some strategies for change. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Homosexuality, Interviews
Gers, Ralph; Seward, Lillie J. – Library Journal, 1985
Examines correctness of answers received to reference questions in Maryland public libraries and investigates three categories of variables that might affect that correctness: resources (number of volumes, subscriptions, staff, setting); demand (contact, busyness); and behaviors (negotiation of inquiry, interest in question, comfort with question,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Interviews, Library Services, Library Surveys
Downes, Valerie J. – 1988
This report presents an American Library Association (ALA) Book Fellow's observations of schools and libraries in Sweden's Vasterbotten County in the fall of 1988. The narrative report discusses Sweden's cultural policy, comprehensive library service, library classification system, databases, audiovisual services, and education policy, as well as…
Descriptors: Classification, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Kreider, Louisa J. – 1990
Book condition surveys have been conducted in several large research libraries in the United States to determine the extent of book deterioration in those libraries. This paper outlines the steps for conducting a brittle book survey adapted from more comprehensive surveys to assess the extent of paper brittleness of the book collections in a small…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Interviews, Library Collections
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Vincent, Ida – Library Quarterly, 1984
This study of public library employees' perceptions of library goals based on one case study reveals that staff hold generally conservative views of public library purpose and prefer goals that are print-based and directly related to reading. Most significant influences on perceptions are local practice and practical considerations. (24…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Library Personnel
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