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A Queueing Study of Public Catalog Use.

Peer reviewed

Sage, Charles; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1981

Analyzes queueing statistics to determine their utility in predicting catalog usage and the relationships between card and serials catalogs and to pinpoint peak catalog usage. This measurement should provide one factor in a simulation model to accurately predict the number of catalog devices needed for alternative catalog formats. Eight references…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Output Microfilm, Higher Education, Information Seeking

Women's Studies: An Examination of Library Use by Researchers in the Field with Special Reference to the Fawcett Library. Library Research Digest No. 14.

Blagden, Pauline – 1985

The Fawcett Library, a collection of international importance in the field of women's studies, faces money, space, and staff time constraints and has been reviewing its acquisitions policy with these factors in mind. This study was undertaken to gain insight into (1) library use in general by researchers in the field of women's studies, and (2)…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Seeking

Detailed Data Analysis of the CLR Online Catalog Project. A Final Report.

Lawrence, Gary S.; Matthews, Joseph R. – 1984

In 1981 and 1982, a group of 5 organizations conducted a coordinated study of public online catalog users and nonusers in 31 research, academic, community college, public, and governmental libraries with 17 different online catalogs. It was found that: (1) the most important user characteristic linked with success and satisfaction in using online…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Library Automation