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National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
Database documentation is provided for users of a data file consisting of a directory of all main public libraries in the United States. The directory development survey began with the mailing of a computer printout containing listings of each state's public libraries to the chief officer of the appropriate state library agency for updating. A…
Descriptors: Databases, Directories, Library Surveys, Mail Surveys

Landry, Abbie – RQ, 1985
Describes responses of 19 Louisiana academic libraries to questionnaire designed to determine scope and conduct of academic online searching search services. Telecommunications networks, terminals, patrons, library search procedures, methods of charging fees, special features, selective dissemination of information, computer searching by…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Services, Library Surveys

Moore, Carolyn M.; Mielke, Linda – Public Libraries, 1986
Presents preliminary results of Clearwater Public Library's study of the usefulness of "Output Measures for Public Libraries" as an indicator of reference performance, and the impact of collection development choices on reference output measures. Data on turnover rate, in-library use, reference fill rate, and reference transactions per…
Descriptors: Library Collection Development, Library Material Selection, Library Surveys, Measurement Techniques
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1976
A result of the Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) November 1975 Services Survey, this kit presents statistical studies developed from management information sources such as circulation records or generated expressly for a particular study. While academic and research libraries maintain statistical records measuring library efficiency or…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Needs, Library Services
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1987
A brief, non-technical synopsis of computerized data tape files available from the library of survey data collected over the last 20 years by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement's Center for Education Statistics is provided in this directory. The available data files are listed in the following broad…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Storage Devices, Elementary Secondary Education, Library Surveys

Broadus, Robert N. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1987
Traces the history of the field of bibliometrics from ancient times to 1969, when the term was proposed as a substitute for "statistical bibliography," and discusses the theories of Lotka, Zipf, and Bradford; library use studies; citation analyses and bibliographic coupling. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Coupling, Bibliometrics, History, Library Surveys

Wong, William S.; Zubatsky, David S. – College and Research Libraries, 1985
This study determines the current length of service among library directors at Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and non-ARL libraries and compares findings with similar investigations completed in early 1970s. Responses on gender, ethnic background, position titles, internal promotion, professional experience, degrees, and retirement and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Characteristics, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Lawrence, Gary S.; And Others – 1982
This document outlines the methodology to be used for analyzing and reporting data collected through questionnaires at the various libraries of the University of California in April and May of 1982, as the second phase of an online public access catalog (OPAC) evaluation project. It is noted that the project was designed to enable systems…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education

Allen, Melody Lloyd; Bush, Margaret – Library Trends, 1987
Describes a survey of accredited library schools' current education for children's, young adult, and school librarianship. Data and results are presented for course offerings, enrollment, faculty teaching responsibilities and research activities, and continuing education programs, and the findings are related to recent concerns about a lack of…
Descriptors: Course Content, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Influences, Faculty Workload

Pungitore, Verna L. – Library and Information Science Research, 1987
A survey of 125 public library directors in Indiana laid the groundwork for a future study of change in the public library. Data were gathered on the background characteristics of the libraries and directors; directors' perceptions of change; and utilization of formal planning processes. A copy of the questionnaire is appended. (27 references)…
Descriptors: Change, Library Directors, Library Planning, Library Surveys

Watkins, Jim – Public Libraries, 1987
Reports results of a survey of library patrons which investigated: (1) reasons patrons choose the public library for popular nonprint materials; (2) whether patrons using the library for nonprint materials tend to use print materials during their visits; and (3) how use of nonprint materials affects patrons' perceptions of their libraries. (MES)
Descriptors: Library Surveys, Nonprint Media, Public Libraries, Use Studies

Armstrong, C. J.; Large, J. A. – Education for Information, 1986
Presents findings of a survey which gathered information on criteria applied by British employers in the library and information science sector when appointing staff and seeks to establish the relative importance of various educational qualifications and other characteristics such as personality, age, and work experience. The survey questionnaire…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Educational Background, Employment Qualifications, Evaluation Criteria

Van House, Nancy A. – Library Quarterly, 1987
Segmented labor market theory is used to explain how the structure of the library labor market may determine salary differences by type of library. Evidence that segmentation exists at intraoccupational levels and the possibility that comparing entire occupations may obscure results are also reported. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Salomon, Kristine; Burgess, Curt – 1984
A controversial issue involving online computer searching is the effect of patron presence during the computer search. The purpose of this research was to determine the attitudes of university librarians toward patron presence. A survey was used to explore variables related to the search process and searcher characteristics. Also considered was…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Librarians
O'Brien, Sarah Faith – 1983
A survey of reference librarians working in 114 public libraries in metropolitan Chicago was conducted in 1983 to determine their acceptance of specific community information and referral (I&R) services, as defined by Thomas Childers in his nationwide survey of public libraries in 1978. A total of 106 responses to the 1983 survey were…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Library Services, Library Surveys, Public Libraries