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Are Self-Perception Measures Used in School Library Research Transferable to the Context of Public Library Summer Reading Programs?
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Arnone, Marilyn P.; Small, Ruth V.; Weng, Shicheng – School Library Research, 2016
Several instruments previously validated for use in school library research were tested for their appropriateness in the context of public libraries' summer reading programs for youth. The researchers were also interested in whether the connection between perceived competence in one's own information skills and perceived competence in one's own…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, School Libraries, Public Libraries
Librarians' Attitudes towards Marketing Library Services
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Aharony, Noa – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2009
This research set out to explore the attitudes of school, academic and public librarians towards marketing libraries. The main question that was examined is whether personality characteristics such as empowerment, extroversion and resistance to change influence librarians' attitudes towards the marketing of libraries. One hundred and fifty-six…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Public Libraries, Correlation, Library Services
Cooperation between School Library Media Specialists and Public Librarians. A Scholarly Paper.
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Tregone, Susan – 1993
To determine on which levels of cooperation most media specialists and public librarians function, and whether or not the cooperation is satisfactory, a survey was conducted of libraries and school media specialists in the Atlanta-Fulton County and Gwinnett County (Georgia) areas. Questionnaires (152) were mailed to 115 school library and media…
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction, Librarians
Inside the Search Process: Information Seeking from the User's Perspective.
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Kuhlthau, Carol C. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1991
Discussion of the information search process (ISP) from the user's perspective focuses on a model of the ISP derived from longitudinal studies of high school and college students. Cognitive and affective aspects of the ISP are discussed, and their implications for future research are suggested. (31 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Libraries, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives
SAT Verbal Scores and the Library: Predicting High School Reading Achievement in the United States.
McQuillan, Jeff – Indiana Media Journal, 1996
Assesses the impact of libraries on one measure of high school reading proficiency, the verbal section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Data on per pupil expenditures, computer software, teacher to student ratio, public library circulation, and books per student in the school library media center were analyzed from all 50 United States and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Correlation, Expenditure per Student, Learning Resources Centers
School Libraries, Public Libraries, and the NAEP Reading Scores.
Krashen, Stephen D. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1995
Discussion of the relationship between reading ability and library quality and use focuses on results of a multiple regression analysis of data that examined fourth-grade scores on the 1992 NAEP Reading Comprehension test. Highlights include books per student in school library media centers, circulation in public libraries, and software available.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Correlation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students