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Cazayoux, Vivian – 1967
The purpose of this study is to explore the public library program of publicizing and interpreting the professional collections and services available for use by professional staffs of welfare agencies and to relate such programs of interpretation to levels of use by the agencies' staffs. Four libraries in cities of over 300,000 population were…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Surveys, Public Libraries, Reference Services
Norman, O. Gene – 1977
A checklist of bibliographies available from the Reference Department of the Indiana State University Library was mailed to each member of the faculty and administrative staff in an effort to improve communications. The list included bibliographies which has been compiled by the library staff within the past five years. Two hundred persons (out of…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Check Lists, College Libraries, Library Services
Hitchingham, Eileen; And Others – Online, 1984
Discusses results of mail survey eliciting 180 responses from libraries concerning reference use of online databases. Reference database users profile, activity levels and online use, acceptance by librarians of online ready reference searching, administrative considerations, print materials and online availability, and ready reference questions…
Descriptors: Databases, Library Administration, Library Services, Library Surveys
Pendell, Sandra Hanes – 1970
Data regarding current services in hospital libraries of the metropolitan Detroit area form the nucleus of this study. The purpose of this study is two-fold: (1) to ascertain what services are given to users of hospital libraries and (2) to determine the value of the inventory as a means for obtaining information on user-services in hospital…
Descriptors: Information Services, Interviews, Library Services, Library Surveys

Seymour, Carol A.; Schofield, J. L. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1973
The Library Management Research Unit tested a survey design to measure and evaluate author catalogue use in four varying libraries. Readers were asked to note details of items not found in the catalogue and the source of the reference. Items were checked to discover the cause of failure.'' (9 references) (Author/DH)
Descriptors: Catalogs, Facility Utilization Research, Information Seeking, Library Services

Emerson, Katherine; And Others – RQ, 1974
A summary and four papers from a symposium, held at the 1974 American Library Association Conference, dealing with the feasibility and desirability of measuring reference service. (PF)
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Conferences, Library Research, Library Services
Wilkinson, Billy R. – 1970
The separate undergraduate library was originated to provide students with the same quality of library services as are available in a good liberal arts college library. This paper deals with how reference librarians have used this opportunity to provide reference services for the undergraduate student. The major emphasis is on case studies of…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Librarians, Library Education, Library Services
Jones, William G. – 1974
In 1973, the Technological Institute Library, along with the other science libraries of Northwestern University, began a study of reference use. For each reference request received in the libraries, the date, time, duration, mode, class of question, and user type were noted. These statistics were tabulated and analyzed by computer. It was…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Planning, Library Research, Library Services
Conway, Paul – The Midwestern Archivist, 1986
Summarizes a 1984 survey of four presidential libraries which identified patterns of behavior within groups of researchers. Data were collected on user's academic, professional, or private affiliation; topics of study; advance preparation; and previous archival research. Findings show users of presidential libraries place high value on personal…
Descriptors: Archives, Library Research, Library Surveys, Questionnaires

Swope, Mary Jane; Katzer, Jeffrey – RQ, 1972
Difficulties involved with serving users are well known, but until now no one has tried to determine the percentage of those users who have questions but don't ask the librarian for assistance. This survey attempts to identify such users and discover why they don't ask. (16 references) (DH)
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Librarians, Library Education, Library Services
White, Ruth W., Ed. – 1971
A project team was commissioned to gather information which could be used by the Reference Standards Committee of the American Library Association in their development of standards for library reference services. The metropolitan Atlanta area was selected because it includes in an accessible geographical area the entire range of types of…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Services, Library Standards, Library Surveys
Maher, William J.; Turnbaugh, Roy C. – The Midwestern Archivist, 1986
Maher advocates analysis of archival use, outlines methodologies for such analyses, and provides examples of results of two kinds of user studies. Turnbaugh advocates broadening the context of user studies in government archives to include all areas of activity so that the institution is embedded in the processes of government. (EM)
Descriptors: Archives, Government Libraries, Library Research, Library Surveys

Howell, Benita J.; And Others – RQ, 1976
A questionnaire survey was administered to reference librarians and patrons to determine relationship between patron-staff encounters and user satisfaction. (KP)
Descriptors: Interaction Process Analysis, Library Services, Library Surveys, Reference Services
Vickers, Mary Lynn – 1973
This reference use survey conducted by the Reference Committee of the Southern Connecticut Council in 1972 was undertaken to determine the present pattern of reference use and to assist in future planning. Some of the characteristics of the 18 public libraries participating in the survey include a media per capita expenditure of $4.65 in 1971, a…
Descriptors: Facility Utilization Research, Library Research, Library Services, Library Surveys
Durkin, Kay; Dolan, Donna R. – 1980
The use of online searching by reference librarians to provide actual answers and not just bibliographies or current awareness printouts has the potential to save time and money for the reference department. The quick reference service can actually promote rather than compete with the library's online search service for in depth subject searching.…
Descriptors: Databases, Indexes, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking