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Frost, Carolyn O.; Janes, Joseph – Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1994
Describes plans for an investigation of gopher protocol use for browsing and searching for information available via the Internet. Use of classification schemes based on traditional library models will be compared to the use of an existing gopher. Research questions, literature on related issues, construction of the classification schemes, and the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks
Domas, Ralph E. – 1978
The purpose of this study was to determine if a correlation existed between the classes of books checked out of the San Antonio College Library and the classes of books used in the Library. Data for out-of-library and in-library use were collected during February, 1978, and arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) tens. By using the Pearson…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Classification, College Libraries, Correlation
Peer reviewedEnser, P. G. B. – Journal of Documentation, 1985
Investigates techniques for automatic classification of book material focusing on: computer-based surrogation of monographic material, book surrogate clustering on basis of content association, evaluation of resultant classifications. Test collection (250 books) is described with surrogation by means of back-of-the-book index, table of contents,…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Automatic Indexing, Books, Classification
Peer reviewedHodowanec, George V. – College and Research Libraries, 1983
Determines book obsolescence rates for instructional departments within university by analyzing annual library's circulation and relating patterns of library use to curricular programs. Immediacy and intensity of peak usage, use dispersion, and commonality of use were used to develop acquisition priority weighting formula. Twenty-two sources and…
Descriptors: Classification, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Correlation
Markey, Karen; Demeyer, Anh N. – 1985
This research project focuses on the implementation and testing of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system as an online searcher's tool for subject access, browsing, and display in an online catalog. The research project comprises 12 activities. The three interim reports in this document cover the first seven of these activities: (1) obtain…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification
Peer reviewedBrown, Diane M. – RQ, 1985
During one week in 1981, 648 telephone reference questions were analyzed at medium-sized public library. Subject-oriented question analysis revealed little relationship between subject of question, answer format, and complexity level; significant correlation appeared between answer format and level of complexity. Sample coding form and statistical…
Descriptors: Dewey Decimal Classification, Hypothesis Testing, Library Collections, Library Services
Sutter, Lynne; Sutter, Herman – 1999
Intended for use by teachers, librarians, parents, and elementary school students, this book provides 115 pathfinders to a variety of subjects to guide a student's research and broaden a child's interest base. Each pathfinder (i.e., collection of resources on a given topic) includes: a description of the subject; the Dewey Decimal numbers specific…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Dewey Decimal Classification, Elementary Education, Information Literacy
