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Lynch, Mary Jo – 1984
This report is the result of a project which analyzed the current collection of statistics from academic, public, and school libraries by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and by state agencies and prepared recommendations for a more efficient and effective national data collection system. Current data collection methods are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation

Roy, Loriene – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1992
Discusses the use of quantitative collection development and use studies as research tools to evaluate the quality of children's library collections. Four studies, conducted in school and public libraries, that involve analyzing data with statistical tests are reviewed to show how data already being collected can be developed into research…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Data Collection, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods