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Peer reviewedBernard, H. Russell; Jones, Ray – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1984
Focuses on problems in making machine-readable data files (MRDFs) accessible and in using them: quality of data in MRDFs themselves (social scientists' concern) and accessibility--availability of bibliographic control, quality of documentation, level of user skills (librarians' concern). Skills needed by social scientists and librarians are…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Software, Databases, Information Retrieval
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Library Extension. – 1977
Based upon annual reporting data for FY 76, this statistical report was designed to facilitate rapid comparison of support and activity levels among Massachusetts public libraries. The first section presents summary tables providing means, medians, and percentile values by population group for each of the following indicators: (1) library…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Library Extension. – 1977
This supplemental report has been developed to assist administrators in the comparative analysis and evaluation of Massachusetts public libraries. Libraries have been placed into one of seven budget groups according to their total operating expenditures to provide another method of comparing libraries by "like" size and population of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Download full textManagement Services Associates, Inc., Austin, TX. – 1966
This survey is a statistical summary and analysis of data on Texas public libraries, collected by the Field Services Division of the Texas State Library. The following statistical presentations were prepared: (1) an individual statistical profile for each public library in the state, also including the classification of libraries by population…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Library Collections, Library Networks, Library Planning
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Young, Mark, Comp. – 2002
This document is the latest in a series of annual publications that describe collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities for the 123 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Of these, 113 are university libraries; the remaining 10 are public, governmental, and private research libraries. ARL member libraries are the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Young, Mark, Comp. – 2001
This is the latest in a series of annual publications that describe collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities for the 122 member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Of these, 112 are universities libraries; the remaining 10 are public, governmental, and private research libraries. ARL member libraries are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Baumol, William J.; Marcus, Matityahu – 1973
An analysis is conducted of economic issues pertinent to library planning in higher education in the face of rising costs and diminishing financial support. The individual chapters deal with: 1) growth rates in large university libraries; 2) library costs in colleges and universities; 3) cost trends and long-range plans; 4) library data; and 5) a…
Descriptors: Books, Budgeting, College Libraries, Costs
