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D'Elia, George – Library Quarterly, 1980
Reports results of a study which tested a hierarchical model that considers public library use as a function of the user's individual characteristics, awareness of library services, perceived accessibility of the library, perceived ease of use of the library, and use of other nonpublic libraries. Twenty references are cited. (Author/FM)
Descriptors: Behavior, Bibliographies, Development, Individual Characteristics
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Brownsey, K. W. R.; Burrell, Q. L. – Journal of Documentation, 1986
Frequency-of-circulation distributions from 16 United Kingdom libraries participating in initial period of operation of the Public Lending Right are discussed. Differences between the libraries are highlighted, and, for each, the adequacy of various refinements of the simplest model (geometric distribution, negative binomial distribution, or mixed…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Fiction, Graphs
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White, Marilyn Domas – Reference Librarian, 1989
Develops two models of reference interview behavior: the Needs-Oriented Model and the Question-Oriented Model. The models are tested by reanalysis of data from a 1978 dissertation on interviews in the public library setting. Results show the appropriateness of the models and indicate that the question-oriented interview was more prevalent. (eight…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations, Higher Education, Interviews
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Bagust, A. – Journal of Documentation, 1983
Develops stochastic model of library borrowing using Negative Binomial distribution applied to circulation data obtained from Huddersfield Public Library. Evidence concerning process of popularity decay is presented and method is given by which relegation tests can be constructed to maintain optimum turnover. Eight references and statistical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graphs, Library Circulation, Library Surveys
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Rosenthal, Mary – Library Quarterly, 1985
Tests hierarchical regression model--library employee's salary is a function of library size, public sector collective bargaining strength, library's ability to pay, cost of living in area, presence of any union and union representing librarians in library--on three salary levels (department head, beginning librarian, clerical worker). (29…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Library Personnel, Library Surveys, Models
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Ottensmann, John R. – Library & Information Science Research, 1995
Describes the development of a gravity model based upon principles of spatial interaction to predict the circulation of libraries in the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library (Indiana). The model effectively predicted past circulation figures and was tested by predicting future library circulation, particularly for a new branch library.…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, Futures (of Society), Gravity (Physics), Library Circulation
Technology Management Corp., Alexandria, VA. – 1990
A study was conducted to determine if the centralization of playback machine operations for the national free library program would be feasible, economical, and desirable. An alternative model of playback machine services was constructed and compared with existing network operations considering both cost and service. The alternative model was…
Descriptors: Blindness, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Criteria, Library Networks
Kreider, Louisa J. – 1990
Book condition surveys have been conducted in several large research libraries in the United States to determine the extent of book deterioration in those libraries. This paper outlines the steps for conducting a brittle book survey adapted from more comprehensive surveys to assess the extent of paper brittleness of the book collections in a small…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Interviews, Library Collections
Hektoen, Faith H. – 1981
This 2-volume report measures and records the use of 16 public library children's services in Connecticut to provide management information and a model to improve the quality of services from collection development to the provision of reference and referral services. The first volume discusses the purposes of the project; examines documentation…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Library Acquisition, Library Administration, Library Collections
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Calvert, Philip J.; Cullen, Rowena J. – Library and Information Science Research, 1994
New Zealand librarians, using 95 indicators of performance, rated their libraries highest on service indicators and lowest on local government relations. Factor analysis was used to derive 13 dimensions of effectiveness. The indicators ranked highest in a prior survey of stakeholders are spread across nine of the dimensions, which fit four models…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Librarians
New England Board of Higher Education, Wellesley, MA. New England Library Information Network. – 1977
The potential for using a computerized communication system to facilitate resource sharing in New England has been investigated by the staff of the New England Information Network (NELINET). The central purpose of their research was to determine whether a strategy for load leveling of interlibrary loan (ILL) requests could be implemented online as…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Interlibrary Loans, Library Automation, Library Cooperation
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Koontz, Christine M. – Library and Information Science Research, 1992
Presents a methodology for construction of location modeling for public library facilities in diverse urban environments. Historical and current research in library location is reviewed; and data collected from a survey of six library systems are analyzed according to population, spatial, library use, and library attractiveness variables. (48…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Geographic Location, Library Facilities, Library Planning
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Cullen, Rowena J.; Calvert, Philip J. – Library and Information Science Research, 1993
Study of New Zealand public library effectiveness duplicates research by Childers and Van House which examined the multiple constituencies model of organizational effectiveness. Librarians, users, and councillors rated performance indicators identified from the literature, and similarities and differences between the two studies are reported. A…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Metoyer-Duran, Cheryl – RQ, 1993
Discussion of public libraries' information and referral services for culturally diverse communities focuses on a study conducted in southern California that examined the information seeking behavior of ethnolinguistic gatekeepers in minority communities. Topics addressed include information and referral models; information sources; the perception…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Cultural Differences, Ethnolinguistics, Information Seeking
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Hebert, Francoise – Library and Information Science Research, 1994
Describes a study that investigated the quality of interlibrary loan services in Canadian public libraries from the library's and the user's perspectives and then compared results. Measures of interlibrary loan performance are reviewed; an alternative conceptualization of service quality is discussed; and SERVQUAL, a measure of service quality, is…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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