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Support for Youth Services in a Period of Fiscal Retrenchment: California Public Libraries, 1977-78 and 1982-83.
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Willett, Holly G. – Library and Information Science Research, 1989
Describes a study that used survey questionnaire and case study methodologies to compare proportional relationships among services to children, teenagers, and adults in California public libraries during fiscal years 1977-78 and 1982-83. It is concluded that the findings both support and refute the belief that youth services received limited…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Library Expenditures
A Time Allocation Theory of Public Library Use.
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Van House, Nancy A. – Library and Information Science Research, 1983
Develops a conceptual model which places public library use in the context of a series of interrelated decisions made by consumer about allocating time to various activities based on relative costs and benefits, and tests the model against available data on the characteristics of public library users. Seventeen references are included. (EJS)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Equations (Mathematics), Library Research
Effects of an English-only Law on Public Library Acquisition Policies, Practices, and Librarians' Attitudes toward Books in Spanish for Children and Young Adults.
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Glass, Gene V.; Schon, Isabel – Library and Information Science Research, 1988
Reports the results of a quasi-experimental evaluation of the effects of the California English-only law on public librarians' acquisition policies and attitudes toward books in Spanish for children and young adults. The results, which showed no effects, are interpreted in terms of the symbolic functions of legislation and public policy. (seven…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Foreign Language Books, Library Acquisition