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Direct linkSmith, Helen Victoria – Literacy, 2018
At a time when government funding cuts mean that public libraries face an uncertain future and need to make sure they stay relevant to young users and their families, this paper explores what counts as literacy for young children in a public library in a town in the East Midlands, UK. It is based on a study which adopted an ethnographic approach,…
Descriptors: Young Children, Public Libraries, Literacy, Ethnography
Stone, Graham; Ramsden, Bryony – College & Research Libraries, 2013
The Library Impact Data Project was a six-month project funded by Jisc and managed by the University of Huddersfield to investigate this hypothesis: "There is a statistically significant correlation across a number of universities between library activity data and student attainment." E-resources usage, library borrowing statistics, and…
Descriptors: Library Services, Academic Achievement, Statistical Significance, Undergraduate Students
Stokes, Peter; Martin, Lindsey – Studies in Higher Education, 2008
The article surfaces, examines and draws conclusions on the varying perceptions, expectations and operationalised "realities" of tutor and student behaviour in relation to reading lists. The argument identifies a paucity of literature on reading lists, but, nevertheless, locates a number of potential literature sources with which to…
Descriptors: Reading Material Selection, Tutors, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Shenton, Andrew K. – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2007
Little research has investigated the treatment of school libraries in OFSTED (Office for Standards in Education) reports. This paper is devoted to a recent study that has examined the conclusions reached by inspectors visiting first and primary schools in a metropolitan borough in northern England. Forty-four reports relating to schools of these…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, Research Design
Download full textLeicestershire County Library (England). – 1969
The case study considers the technical aspects, not the principles, involved in charging the public for the use of lending library service. After examination of the present service it is felt that the following four systems of charge are possible: (1) subscription, or membership surcharge; (2) a unit issue charge; (3) a book reservation charge and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Costs, Fees, Foreign Countries
Mackenzie, A. Graham, Ed.; Stuart, Ian M., Ed. – 1969
This proceedings volume of a seminar on planning library services is the third in a series of papers, published at irregular intervals, to report on research work by members of the University of Lancaster library staff. From January 1967 until June 1969 the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) organized regular meetings under the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Libraries, Library Research
Mackenzie, A. Graham, Ed.; Stuart, Ian M., Ed. – 1969
This proceedings volume of a seminar on planning library services is the third in a series of papers, published at irregular intervals, to report on research work by members of the University of Lancaster library staff. From January 1967 until June 1969 the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) organized regular meetings under the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Libraries, Library Research
Peer reviewedOulton, A. J.; Wood, A. J. – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1982
Provides a descriptive overview of the design, revision, and execution of a research project undertaken at the Department of Library and Information Studies at the Manchester Polytechnic to evaluate the attitudes of library science students toward computers before and after the completion of a course in library automation. (JL)
Descriptors: Computers, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Library Automation
Lithgow, Susan D. – 1995
This report describes a study to investigate the improved efficiency and effectiveness of prison library provision in England and Wales, through the development and validation of relevant performance indicators to be used as part of quality assurance programs. Prison libraries perform important educational, rehabilitative, and recreational…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Evaluation Methods
Streatfield, David; Markless, Sharon – Developing FE (FEDA Report), 1997
Phase one of the Effective College Library research project, conducted between July 1995 and March 1996, entailed a review of evidence about library support for teaching and learning in further education. The results are detailed in this report. Questionnaires focusing on innovative practices were distributed to all 453 Further Education (FE)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWhalen, Lucille; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1986
This 16-article issue focuses on history, policy, services, users, organization, evaluation, and automation of the archival reference process. Collections at academic research libraries, a technical university, Board of Education, business archives, a bank, labor and urban archives, a manuscript repository, religious archives, and regional history…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Carlson, Scott; Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2005
Five of the world's largest libraries have joined Google in a herculean effort to digitize millions of books and make every sentence searchable. The project involves libraries at Harvard and Stanford Universities, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and the University of Oxford, in England, as well as the New York Public Library. It could…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Researchers, Research Libraries, Public Libraries
