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Download full textTexas State Library, Austin. Field Services Div. – 1969
In 1968 the Texas State Library established a library communications network under Title III of the Librar y Services and Construction Act. The objective of this study was to evaluate the network after six months of operation. Part I of the study consists of a general evaluation by Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., based on operational data…
Descriptors: Communications, Costs, Data Collection, Interlibrary Loans
Peer reviewedHyland, Peter; Wright, Lynne – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 1996
Collecting statistical data about database usage by library patrons aids in the management of CD-ROM and database offerings, collection development, and evaluation of training programs. Two approaches to data collection are presented which should be used together: an automated or nonintrusive method which monitors search sessions while the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Collection, Databases, Evaluation Methods
Hamburg, Morris; And Others – 1974
A research group at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, worked on the development of a system to provide the required statistical information for effective management and decision making in university and large public libraries. A management science approach was used. Library objectives, standards, and performance criteria were…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Decision Making, Library Administration
