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Download full textJohns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. Milton S. Eisenhower Library. – 1968
This fifth and final report describes activities since June, 1965. Centralization of the Eisenhower Library Collection was completed early in 1965 and a circulation system became operational in April, 1965. The main portion of this report focuses on various aspects of the circulation system such as preparation of identification cards; the…
Descriptors: Automation, College Libraries, Information Storage, Library Circulation
Peer reviewedHerling, J. P.; And Others – Journal of Library Automation, 1974
Describes a project designed to improve services to library users by solving, through application of operations research methods, a complex problem of delivery of library materials in an urban, multisystem library service region. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Interlibrary Loans, Library Materials, Library Networks, Library Services
Peer reviewedThomas, Pauline A.; Robertson, Stephen E. – Journal of Documentation, 1975
A pilot project tested the feasibility of developing computer simulation models as aids to the operation and design of library systems. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Libraries, Library Services, Library Technical Processes
Morse, Philip M. – 1968
Addressed to both librarians and systems analysts, this book attempts to apply the analytic methods of operations research and systems analysis to the operating problems of the library. The first part of the book discusses theoretical models with emphasis on the pattern of book use, on its change with time and on the problem of estimating and…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Libraries, Library Circulation, Library Services
Buckland, Michael K.; And Others – 1970
The objectives of this study are to ensure that the resources at the disposal of the librarian are deployed in a manner which will effectively contribute to the purposes of the university. User behavior is explored in an attempt to solve the difficulties that arise in library planning and management, such as: (1) the relationship between length of…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Educational Research, Library Planning, Library Research
Buckland, Michael K.; And Others – 1970
The objectives of this study are to ensure that the resources at the disposal of the librarian are deployed in a manner which will effectively contribute to the purposes of the university. User behavior is explored in an attempt to solve the difficulties that arise in library planning and management, such as: (1) the relationship between length of…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Educational Research, Library Planning, Library Research
Koenig, Michael E. D.; Alperin, Victor – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1985
Describes two types of program budgeting that were well received in the literature of the 1960s and 1970s. The results of a survey which examined the impact of zero-based budgeting (ZBB) and planning-programming-budgeting system (PPBS) on library budgets are presented, and potentially useful aspects of program budgeting are identified. (CLB)
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgets, Cost Effectiveness, Library Planning
ENGEN, RICHARD B. – 1965
CONDUCTED BY THE OREGON STATE LIBRARY WITH DR. PRESTON P. LE BRETON FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SERVING AS THE CONSULTANT, THIS WEEK LONG INSTITUTE WAS HELD TO PREPARE LIBRARY ADMINISTRATORS FOR STATE-WIDE PLANNING FOR LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT IN OREGON. SPECIFIC GOALS OF INSTITUTE PARTICIPANTS WERE TO EXAMINE ACCEPTED MANAGEMENT AND…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Attitudes, Decision Making Skills, Evaluation Methods
Bidwell, Charles M.; Auricchio, Dominick – 1968
The project set out to establish an operational film scheduling network to improve service to New York State teachers using 16mm educational films. The Network is designed to serve local libraries located in Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), regional libraries, and a statewide Syracuse University Film Rental Library (SUFRL). The…
Descriptors: Codification, Computer Oriented Programs, Costs, Films
Rouse, William B.; And Others – 1975
The development of a mathematical model of the Illinois Library and Information Network (ILLINET) is described. Based on queueing network theory, the model predicts the probability of a request being satisfied, the average time from the initiation of a request to the receipt of the desired resources, the costs, and the processing loads. Using a…
Descriptors: Costs, Interlibrary Loans, Library Automation, Library Circulation
