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Roose, Tina – Library Journal, 1985
Examines online searching done for public libraries during October 1984 at The System Reference Service of the multitype North Suburban Library System. Highlights include total requests searched online, total public library requests searched online (by subject category), samples of successful and unsuccessful public library searches, databases…
Descriptors: Costs, Databases, Information Retrieval, Library Networks
Peer reviewedTenopir, Carol; Read, Eleanor J. – Reference & User Services Quarterly, 2000
Discusses database usage data from a sample of 98 public libraries and library systems in the United States and Canada that revealed patterns of use. Results of the questionnaire used, which is appended, showed the number of workstations was statistically correlated with amount of use. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Correlation, Databases, Foreign Countries, Library Research
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Firschein, Oscar – Online Review, 1978
Evaluation results are described for the DIALIB project, a three year experiment of on-line bibliographic search services in four public libraries. Findings include users of the system and their characteristics; use of data bases; librarian reactions; and time and cost of on-line searching, both in a free and fee-based environment. (Author/JPF)
Descriptors: Citations (References), Costs, Databases, Fees
Downes, Valerie J. – 1988
This report presents an American Library Association (ALA) Book Fellow's observations of schools and libraries in Sweden's Vasterbotten County in the fall of 1988. The narrative report discusses Sweden's cultural policy, comprehensive library service, library classification system, databases, audiovisual services, and education policy, as well as…
Descriptors: Classification, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Tenopir, Carol; Green, Danielle – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1999
Database usage from a random sample of academic and public libraries in the United States and Canada reveals patterns of use in selected types of libraries. Nine tables present usage statistics. Factors that influence database use are briefly discussed. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedFoster, Jocelyn – Canadian Library Journal, 1987
Describes and reports results of a project which used computer assisted instruction to teach public library users to search online databases directly. Tables of data provide information on the study participants; their reactions to the instruction both before and after a search session; and their attitudes toward paying for searches. (CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Services
Download full textSummit, Roger K.; Firschein, Oscar – 1976
In November of 1975, a committee was convened at Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory to examine the utility of computerized data base searching in the public library setting. Participants reviewed an on-going computer retrieval experiment (DIALIB) being conducted in four San Francisco Bay Area public libraries. Librarians reported that since…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Conference Reports, Costs, Databases
Westat Research, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 1975
The operation of the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) on-line bibliographic system in Texas and New Mexico Libraries was evaluated. The economic aspects of automated cataloging and card production were compared with previous methods; the effectiveness of the system as a tool for pre-order searching was evaluated; and the impact of the system's…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
