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Download full textDaiute, Robert J.; Gorman, Kenneth A. – 1970
The general results of this statistical sampling of book readership at a college library revealed that three times as many book readers were reading nonlibrary books as library books inside the library. About one-half of the library books being read are classified as Social Science books. Business Administration majors read books in the library…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Research, Library Surveys, Reading Habits
Daiute, Robert J.; Gorman, Kenneth A. – 1974
Statistical sampling techniques for the measurement of book readership within libraries are described. The procedures, developed and initially implemented at Rider College, rely upon interviews of book readers inside the library rather than upon such indirect usage measures as which volumes are lift on tables for reshelving, or analyses of user…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Programs, Libraries, Library Research
