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Engagement with Impact: Enhancing the Student Learning Experience during Year One of a Functional Library Model
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Ashcroft, Tamasine; Bird, Lisa; Bull, Stephen; Harper, Polly; James, Ann-Marie; Robertson, Catherine – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2020
In summer 2017, the University of Birmingham reconfigured from a subject librarian model of academic library support to a functional or task-based model, including the creation of a dedicated Engagement Team. Using case studies from the new team, an internal survey of staff across the University alongside a survey of librarians from other…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Academic Libraries, Library Policy, Librarians
Determining the Minimum Number of Online Terminals Needed to Meet Various Library Service Policies.
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Taylor, Raymond G., Jr. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
Describes a model which uses patron arrival rate, length of time on the terminal, and library service policies to determine the minimum number of terminals needed. The model is then used to compare the effects of various service policies on the minimum number of terminals. (CLB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Library Policy, Library Services, Library Standards
An Application of Discrete Choice Analysis to the Modeling of Public Library Use and Choice Behavior.
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Sone, Akio – Library and Information Science Research, 1988
This study applied discrete choice analysis to the modeling of public library use and choice behavior. Five library use models and two library choice models were estimated from data obtained by a citizen survey in Kashiwa City, Japan. A library choice model was applied to predicting users' library choice under alternative library policies. (17…
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Foreign Countries, Library Policy, Models
Incremental Costs of Library Service Policies for Online Catalog Access.
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Taylor, Raymond G., Jr. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
Presents a model that calculates the conditions under which a library may adopt a highly service-oriented online catalog access policy at minimum additional cost. The use of arrival rates, service rates, and queueing calculations to arrive at a cost-effective policy is explained. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Library Expenditures, Library Policy, Library Services
Modeling Library Materials Expenditure: Initial Experiments at Arizona State University.
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Brownson, Charles W. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1991
Discusses selection policies for library acquisitions and describes a quantitative model that explains variations in expenditures by subject that was developed at Arizona State University. The link between policy and selection practice is discussed, allocation formulas are examined, and further research topics are suggested. (57 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Acquisition, Library Collection Development
Toward a Conceptual Model of Factors Influencing the Outcome of Challenges to Library Materials in School Settings.
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Hopkins, Dianne McAfee – Library and Information Science Research, 1989
Reviews the literature in library and information science to identify factors that influence the outcome of challenges to school library materials. A conceptual model is developed that encompasses district selection policy, librarian characteristics, school environment, community environment, and initiator of the challenge, and tentative…
Descriptors: Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Freedom, Learning Resources Centers
Reference Service Evaluation in Medium-Sized Academic Libraries: A Model.
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Olson, Linda M. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1984
Model for evaluation of library reference services examines four elements of reference process: librarians' performance on requests for factual information; knowledge of library policies, procedures, or services; provision of bibliographical instruction; and performance of interviewing techniques. Reference service questionnaire, criteria for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Librarians, Library Instruction