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Sivulich, Kenneth G. – Public Libraries, 1989
Discusses library circulation figures as a reflection of the success of library services and describes merchandising techniques that have produced a 137 percent circulation increase at Queens Borough Public Library over the past seven years. Merchandising techniques such as minibranches, displays, signage, dumps, and modified shelving are…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, Display Aids, Library Circulation, Library Material Selection
Dahlgren, Anders C. – 1995
This manual is provided to help Wisconsin counties that participate in state-funded public library systems fulfill their statutory obligations to provide library service to their residents. It suggests a range of alternatives, provides a broad outline of planning considerations, and describes service environments and possible responses to those…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Counties, Data Analysis, Legal Responsibility
Massachusetts State Legislature, Boston. Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight. – 1992
This report examines the present fiscal condition and changing nature of the system of public libraries in Massachusetts. Despite the impact of budget cuts on operating hours and staffing, the demand for library services has increased concomitantly with the information needs of individuals, professionals, and businesses. Many of the municipal…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Financial Support, Interlibrary Loans, Library Circulation

Baker, Sharon L. – RQ, 1988
A study of genre fiction classification used circulation data and a patron questionnaire to test whether physically separating fiction into categories will increase use; marking spines with category labels will increase use; use of classified fiction will increase with library size; and classification will increase the number of different books…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Classification, Fiction, Library Circulation
Tracz, Catherine M. – 1997
Recreational reading has proved its importance in the public library systems nationwide, as confirmed by circulation records and significant consideration in library budgets, indicating the need to develop systems that bring the book and the reader together in a systematic way. This paper seeks to define the operation of readers' advisory programs…
Descriptors: Budgets, Librarians, Library Circulation, Library Services
Amdursky, Saul J.; Hulsey, Richard; Brandau, Christie Pearson – Library Journal, 2003
Includes three articles that debate whether interlibrary loan (ILL) is the best way to get public library patrons what they need. Highlights include return on investment; funding; alternatives to ILL, including purchase on demand and online full-text databases; cost effectiveness; and the advantages of patron-initiated ILL through interconnected…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Full Text Databases, Interlibrary Loans, Library Acquisition
Zimmerman, Claudia – 1994
The study of the effect of a new bookmobile on circulation and public use should give public libraries some data on which to base a decision about purchasing a new bookmobile or adding bookmobile services. Bookmobile circulation data and patron data was collected during June, July, and August of 1994 from the Holmes County (Ohio) District Public…
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Budgeting, Correlation, Decision Making
Able Consultants, DeKalb, IL. – 1990
During a 5-day period in 1990, a total of 1,401 reciprocal borrowers in the North Suburban Library System (NSLS) received questionnaires asking about their choice of library and other aspects of borrowing behavior to provide data on the reciprocal borrowing characteristics and patterns within the system. This survey was designed to identify the…
Descriptors: Library Circulation, Library Materials, Library Networks, Library Statistics
Hoffert, Barbara – Library Journal, 1998
A Library Journal survey of 2000 public libraries investigated adult book expenditures and circulation. This article presents statistics on purchasing power and circulation, sources used for purchasing decisions, where books are purchased, top circulating genres, topics of increased patron and librarian interest, topics being weeded and replaced,…
Descriptors: Adults, Books, Fiction, Library Circulation

Hary, Nicoletta Mattioli – Third World Libraries, 1995
Describes the Hosseinieh Ershad Public Library, a model library established in Iran after the Islamic Revolution that contains a predominant religious collection. Reviews the library's historical background, current cataloging system, collections and their circulation, services to blind patrons and children, funding and staff. Photographs of the…
Descriptors: Blindness, Cataloging, Childrens Libraries, Foreign Countries
Pearson, Sally – 1990
The purpose of this research was to look at the currency of the collection of a small public library and to determine the relationship between the amount of usage of the collection and the currency of publications in the collection. A 10% systematic sample was taken of the circulating nonfiction adult shelf list of the Franklin Public Library…
Descriptors: Correlation, Graphs, Intellectual Disciplines, Library Circulation
Hall, Audrey L. – 1992
A sample of 300 video patrons at the Grandview Heights Public Library (Ohio) was surveyed to determine what information they used from the videocassette container to make their selections. It was expected that knowing what patrons used could help in deciding how much information to enter in bibliographic records for videocassettes. The majority of…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Evaluation Criteria, Fiction
Dunchak, Madeline A. – 1998
This study evaluated the circulation of videotapes at three branches of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County (Ohio). The study focused on what types of videotapes patrons were most likely to check out; the categories examined included fiction, nonfiction, and children's videotapes. Data were gathered for a one-week period, and a…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, Childrens Television, Coding, Correlation
Yingling, John – 1998
This paper reports on a study in which data on audiobook borrowers' backgrounds, borrowing practices, and desires were collected, in order to assist library staff in making informed collection development decisions and being responsive to patron needs. Participants were patrons of the Salem Public Library (Ohio). An anonymous questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Books, Individual Characteristics, Library Circulation
Louisiana State Library, Baton Rouge. – 1993
This 5-year plan for the improvement of library service in Louisiana identifies specific existing inadequacies and presents specific goals and objectives as part of an overall plan to overcome barriers to the best possible library service in the state. It is noted that, in Louisiana, the State Library does not have administrative authority over…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Disabilities, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development
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