A survey on the use of journals at the Soreq Nuclear Research Center Library was conducted to determine whether the allocation of the largest share of the total library budget to journal subscriptions is justified, and which journals are in low use and could thus be discontinued. The findings, including criteria developed for defining core…

A study of the coverage of a sample of the geochemical literature by major indexing and abstracting services showed a need for greater cooperation and coordination among the services. (Author/PF)

A questionnaire was sent to the primary users of an academic departmental library to determine the number of years each journal should be shelved in the library. Based on this inquiry, journal retention schedules were established. (Author)

Regional Library Services of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Library studied its records of journal use to determine which titles were requested most often, which users requested them, and the recency of the requested articles. (LS)

Reports on applications of bibliometrics (measurement of book or compositional entities according to methods that yield comparable results) in the field of information science. Highlights include quantification and qualification, Bradford's Law of Scattering, applications and classifications of citation analysis, and bibliometrics in library…

Argues for common understandings of the language and definitions used for recording information about libraries, and presents a method by which impressions of library behavior can be organized. (FM)

Examination of appropriateness of productivity measurements to assess performance of special libraries defines the concept, discusses problems in their use, and gives guidelines for implementation. Results of use of productivity measurements in Library of Congress and State Department library are reported, and productivity measurements are…

A cost-benefit analysis of the 43-library, 260,000-title Midwest Medical Union Catalog of books, conducted from June 1973 through May 1975 under a grant from the National Library of Medicine, studied the 49 year-old catalog in the context of interlibrary loan activity of the Midwest Health Science Library Network. (Author)

Focuses on the accomplishments of the National Commission of Libraries and Information Science including development of a planning document; studies of topics important to the information community; agreements with other agencies to improve service to the elderly; formulation with Canadian and British agencies of an international agenda; and the…

Reports on a content analysis of the literature of special librarianship. Topics include: what is published, subjects covered, research reported, and who is conducting research. Results indicate that less than 20% of the literature reports on research; research that is reported uses less sophisticated methods than general library/information…

A user evaluation of library services and facilities revealed a dichotomy of the user population into director and non-director subgroups. (Author/PF)

The conceptual approach and procedures which have been developed for this program provide the basis for initiating a similar training program in any large library within commuting distance of a library school. (4 references) (Author/NH)

Library performance criteria used by managers in 62 academic, special, and public libraries are analyzed to measure the extent to which criteria proposed in the literature are actually used, to identify types of criteria in use, and to develop guidelines for future criterion selection. (Author)

Presents data on the educational requirements for middle managerial positions in academic libraries, and discusses the comments of middle managers and administrators concerning the management and administration courses offered by the schools of library and information science. (Author/JPF)