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Lynch, Mary Jo

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Studies Probe Information Systems.

Lynch, Mary Jo – American Libraries, 1979

Summarizes the two recent studies of interest to the library community: (1) an A. D. Little analysis of past and present systems for dissemination of scientific technical information, and (2) Fritz Machlup's economic profile of key disseminators of scholarly, scientific, and intellectual knowledge. (FM)

Descriptors: Economic Research, Information Dissemination, Information Systems, Library Research

Using Public Libraries: What Makes a Difference?

Lynch, Mary Jo – American Libraries, 1997

Provides statistics based on the 1996 National Households Education Survey (NHES) of 55,000 families, measuring library use by presence of children, race, and ethnicity. Provides tables reporting use of public libraries by presence of children, by any household member, and by any household member in the last month. (PEN)

Descriptors: Data Analysis, Ethnicity, Family (Sociological Unit), Library Research