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Dalrymple, Prudence W. – RQ, 1984
Based on a review of the literature, this discussion addresses such key aspects of the librarian's changing role in the online search process as the reference interview, online search evaluation, user training, and information service management. Future trends are noted, and 43 references are listed. (EJS)
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Interviews, Librarians, Library Services

Law, Gordon T., Jr. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1984
Study of online searching experience in Martin P. Catherwood Library, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, presents results of five years of collecting data on bibliographic files accessed. A ranking of 10 most frequently searched files and commentary on pattern that emerges are provided. (EJS)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
Mancall, Jacqueline C. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1984
Focuses on the training of students in online bibliographic searching as introduced by school library media centers. The online process, teaching students to search, search steps, negative and positive aspects, and implications for school library media programs in three areas (student instruction, collection development, service goals) are…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Retrieval, Learning Resources Centers, Library Instruction
Blood, Richard W. – 1981
Based on an analysis of online search evaluation forms collected from all types of U.S. libraries, and a pilot test of a draft evaluation form in selected federal research libraries, this report presents the work of the American Library Association's (ALA's) Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) Committee on Measurement and Evaluation. The…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Information Retrieval

Tso, P. S. – International Library Review, 1984
Reports results of user survey complemented by personal discussions organized to ascertain users' satisfaction with and impact of On-line Information Service (OLIS) introduced by University of Hong Kong Libraries in January 1980. Subject searches, relevance of citations, and costs are discussed. The questionnaire and OLIS requests form are…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Auster, Ethel; Lawton, Stephen B. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1984
Investigates relationships among: techniques used by search analysts during interviews with users before engaging in online retrieval of bibliographic citations ("open" and "closed" questions, pauses of different lengths); amount of new information gained by user as result of search; and user's satisfaction with quality of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Information Needs, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking

Cooper, Michael D.; DeWath, Nancy A. – Journal of Library Automation, 1976
A cost analysis of 411 on-line bibliographic search requests was conducted. The average cost was $28.41 exclusive of telephone line charges. (Author)
Descriptors: Costs, Databases, Information Retrieval, Library Services
University of Science, Penang (Malaysia). – 1983
A survey of 88 users of SISMAKOM, a computerized selective dissemination of information (SDI) and document delivery service provided by the Universiti Sains Malaysia and four other Malaysian universities, was conducted in August 1982 in order to collect data about SISMAKOM and to assess the value of a computerized SDI service in a developing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Developing Nations, Information Retrieval
Deacon, Jim – CMC News, 1983
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: Today there are over 900 on-line data banks available for public access. Most microcomputers can use them through the aid of a modem and communication program. Major public information utilities that offer access to these on-line data bases are growing and expanding. The Source, a data base utility…
Descriptors: Costs, Databases, Information Retrieval, Library Services

Miller, Julia E. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1982
Examines use of online access to bibliographic files in library reference service, focusing on two systems: OCLC and Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN). The development and current status of each system, differences between systems, search examples, user expectations, and advantages of online access are noted. Twenty references are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Information Retrieval, Library Services

Knapp, Sara D. – RQ, 1980
Focuses on the methods used by three academic libraries in addressing the question of whether or not to charge users for online searches. (FM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Fees, Information Retrieval, Library Services

Firschein, O.; Summit, R. K. – Special Libraries, 1976
Retrieval terminals have been placed in four public libraries in Northern California to provide access to sixteen different data bases. The first year of this two-year experiment is described, and some of the technical, organizational, and economic aspects of the study are reviewed. (Author)
Descriptors: Computers, Databases, Information Retrieval, Library Services

Cogswell, James A. – College and Research Libraries, 1978
As users become aware of the complexities of information handling, there is greater acceptance of fees for online searching. This results in accelerated demands upon supportive services, the cost of maintaining services increases, and libraries must charge fees to minimize these costs. The trend toward personalized services for individual users…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Costs, Fees, Information Retrieval

Smith, Sallye Wrye – Special Libraries, 1976
Rectangular Venn diagramming for planning searches and for use as worksheets that can be revised during on-line searching is described. (Author)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Information Retrieval, Library Services, Online Systems

Nichol, Kathleen M. – Special Libraries, 1983
Discusses problems of increasing numbers of databases (standardization, vendor contracts, training, restricted access, duplicate citations), noting implications for change in librarian's role as supplier of decision making data (education, users groups, search aids, information brokers, collection evaluation, reference and source databases,…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Librarians, Library Role