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Direct linkLenkart, Joe; Teper, Thomas H.; Thacker, Mara; Witt, Steven W. – College & Research Libraries, 2015
To evaluate the current state of resource sharing and cooperative collection development, this paper examines the relationship between less commonly taught language collections (LCTL) and ILL services. The study examined multiple years of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's resource-sharing data. This paper provides a historical…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Library Services, Library Development, Shared Resources and Services
Peer reviewedMichael, Mary Ellen; Wert, Lucille M. – RQ, 1974
A study to determine which reference works are most widely held, the age breakdown of reference holdings, and the relationship between size of school and size of reference holdings in a sample of schools with centralized media programs in Illinois. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Learning Resources Centers, Library Collections, Library Research, Library Services
Roy, Loriene – 1991
Each year, from 1982 to 1986, the Library Research Center at the University of Illinois conducted a study called the Index of Quality of Public Library Service. For this study, unobtrusive tests of reference service and book availability were performed annually in Illinois Public Libraries. When the results from rural libraries were compared with…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Criteria, Library Collections
Rouse, William B.; Rouse, Sandra H. – 1979
A research project sponsored by the Illinois State Library had two goals: to develop a set of mathematical models suitable for predicting the impact of alternative library network policies on network preformance, and to demonstrate through series of case studies that the methodology developed could feasibly be applied to real library networking…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Facility Case Studies, Interlibrary Loans, Library Networks
Download full textGregory, Ruth W. – 1975
In order to find reliable methods of ascertaining quality in library service, three public libraries in the Chicago area were assessed using the Rutgers "Performance Measures for Public Libraries." The Rutgers study can reveal the needs and characteristics of library patrons, and may itself be instrumental in increasing patronage. It…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Computer Oriented Programs, Formative Evaluation, Library Collections
Barrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2008
"ARL" is the bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). "ARL" reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff, and…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Handheld Devices, Reference Services
Heinzman, Mary; Weaver, David – Public Services Quarterly, 2006
During the 2001-2002 academic year, Augustana College Library (Rock Island, IL) and St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport, IA) began a unique joint venture of peer observation between the reference staff members of the two libraries. Librarians from each college took turns visiting the other library and conducting peer observations of…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, College Libraries, Reference Services, Peer Evaluation
