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Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA. University Libraries. – 1978
Results of a 4-month library self-evaluation program conducted by staff members at Carnegie-Mellon University Libraries are reported in this document. The study was conducted using the Academic Library Development Program (ALDP), a self-improvement strategy for libraries to evaluate and develop their performance. The study team consisting of four…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Interviews
The Role of the LRC Technical Library in Fulfilling the Information Needs of Professional Employees.
Download full textDewhirst, H. Dudley – 1970
This library evaluation is based primarily on responses of some 320 members of the professional research staff and 50 members of the professional administrative staff at the Langley Research Center to a questionnaire. Evaluation first considers the library as a whole as only one part of a total system of information sources serving professionals.…
Descriptors: Critical Incidents Method, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Information Sources
JACOBS, KARL J.; TANIS, NORMAN E. – 1964
A COMMITTEE AT HENRY FORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE WAS ESTABLISHED TO STUDY THE LIBRARY, FORMULATE AN EVALUATION, AND DEVELOP A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS ISSUING OUT OF AND BASED ON THE STUDY. THE COMMITTEE USED THE JUNIOR COLLEGE LIBRARY STANDARDS AS THE INSTRUMENT FOR JUDGING THE LIBRARY PROGRAM. FROM EACH OF THE EIGHT SECTIONS OF THE STANDARDS, THEY…
Descriptors: Administration, Check Lists, College Libraries, Evaluation Methods
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1981
This set of materials assembled by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) contains seven examples of general use surveys and eight examples of user surveys on specific topics from a group of major research libraries. Among the items included are (1) a final report on a library user survey…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Catalogs
Ho, May Lein; Loertscher, David – 1986
This study was conducted to field-test collection mapping as an evaluation technique, to determine collection standards against which individual schools could compare themselves, and to compare the collections in schools to nationally-recommended lists published by Brodart and Wilson. Questionnaires were sent to 120 library media specialists in…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Materials
Bell, Geraldine Watts – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1992
Discussion of library collection assessment highlights a collection analysis that was conducted in the Birmingham (Alabama) public school system during the 1990-91 school year to determine the age of the materials and whether the collection met the needs of the curriculum. Past efforts are reviewed, and the collection assessment survey and…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Learning Resources Centers
Robles, Kimberley, Comp.; Wyatt, Neal, Comp. – 1996
This College Library Information Packet (CLIP) Note surveys training programs in small and medium-sized academic libraries. In August 1995, 265 small and medium-sized academic libraries were sent a questionnaire; the response rate was 78% (n=206). A comprehensive analysis of survey results is followed by examples of training documentation…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Curriculum, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Partridge, Dorothy J. – 1994
The purpose of this study was to identify the types of library services and materials that are provided to extended in-school suspension schools (n=47) in Georgia. A 20-item questionnaire was designed to gather data to answer the following research questions: (1) Is the extended in-school suspension school large enough to have a library media…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, In School Suspension
Peer reviewedHarley, Bruce L.; Knobloch, Patricia J. – Government Publications Review, 1991
Describes a project at Stanford University Library that was initiated to enhance user access to government documents collections by developing a prototype natural language computer-based aid. The development of an expert system, Government Documents Reference Aid (GDRA), is explained, and the application of expert systems in libraries is…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Appropriate Technology, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis
Kok, Marilyn R., Ed. – 1984
This resource guide, one of a series of annotated bibliographies describing the collection of the lending library of the Vocational Special Needs (VSN) Program at Texas A&M University, lists available materials dealing with assessment and evaluation. Covered in the individual sections of the guide are the following topics: general resources;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques
