This study is an examination of the various uses of and attitudes toward public, school and academic libraries by children and young adults. The information on which the analysis is based was derived from 300 questionnaires completed by patrons of libraries in five cities. The questionnaire used and the raw data received are included in the…

This study on the management and use of state documents is included in the Indiana Library Studies. (Other reports in this series are available as ED 044 131 through 044 145.) Options for improvement and a plan of action for improved government documents management are given based upon studies of: (1) the present management of state documents in…

The Federal Government creates and disseminates large accounts of technical information in various forms, i.e., handbooks, manuals, guides, texts, brochures and periodicals. Much of this information is of value to the vocational-technical secondary school teacher for updating lessons and giving information which keeps pace with occupational…

If an information system is to survive, the users must be satisfied that it meets their needs promptly and consistently. It is essential to react quickly to any undesired result such as an extemely high or low output, too low a relevance or recall, or both. The search editor should feel responsbile not only for the profile setup but also for its…

The subjective reactions of two researchers are presented to provide comment on selected aspects of public library surveys which may have similar components to those which the authors found in Portage County, Ohio in 1969 and 1970. (See "Public Library Services in Portage County; An Analysis for Planning." ED 039 907) Aspects covered…

A study of relevance through comparison of texts judged by users is reported. The relevant set of documents for each information request was characterized by textual properties. The validity of procedures and interpretations is discussed. Consideration is given to possible mechanization of the process and its possible usefulness in development of…

The data-gathering instruments and accompanying materials included in this document were designed, pretested, and evaluated during Phase I of a project to determine the library resource requirements for elementary and secondary students in Philadelphia, and to analyze the contributing part school systems and the public library system might play in…

The SDI system now operational at the Institute for Atomic Research, Iowa State University, is implemented with the concept of feedback. The profile user is notified of a document which may be of interest to him and indicates his response to this document on the response card accompanying the notification. The profile words carry individual…

A resume of the Ames Laboratory Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) Computer System is presented. The results of three types of evaluation studies made of the Ames Laboratory SDI systems are discussed which include: evaluation of model studies utilizing restricted document and user sample sizes; statistical evaluation of production runs…

A mailed survey was conducted of the drinking practices of students at the University of Minnesota. Responses were received from 402 of the 496 individuals in a random sample of students at the Twin Cities campus. Key findings include: (1) the majority of students, 56 percent of the men and 61 percent of the women, were classed as moderate…

The 15th annual summer symposia sponsored by the School of Library Science of Syracuse University invited speakers who represented efforts to humanize knowledge in the social sciences. They described their recent efforts in a neglected research area, namely the role and status of blacks in society. Dr. Charles V. Willie, a sociologist, presented…

The approach taken in preparing this collection of papers was to focus upon questions of an applied nature pertaining to the studies of information needs and connected with the theory of scientific information, rather than to approach the problems of user needs in information science from a purely theoretical point of view. The nine papers…

The Investigation into Information Requirements of the Social Sciences (INFROSS) was initiated in 1968 because it was feared that in the absence of knowledge about information requirements of the social sciences, solutions adopted in science, based on the findings of science user studies, would be applied to the social sciences. It is now…

Part Three of this five part report on Salton's Magical Automatic Retriever of Texts (SMART) project contains four papers. The first: "Variations on the Query Splitting Technique with Relevance Feedback" by T. P. Baker discusses some experiments in relevance feedback performed with variations on the technique of query splitting. The…

The aims of this one-year research project undertaken for the School of Librarianship were: (1) to determine the various information needs of the user groups in the colleges, (2) to investigate present library services in light of the users' needs and (3) to propose immediate and long-term development plans for the library. In this study the role…