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Download full textHall, Homer J. – 1975
Four case histories were studied in an on-going project to develop a method for user selection of purchased scientific and technical information services. The issues involved were: (1) the value of computer search services to a small branch of a company technical library; (2) the special decision-making factors used for selecting items of very…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
User Selection of Purchased Information Services. Interim Technical Report (June 1975-January 1976).
Hall, Homer J. – 1976
Interviews conducted in the first phase of a project to develop a method for user selection of purchased scientific and technical information services identified a number of relationship among different populations of users. Research scientists, engineers, and patent attorneys want convenient access to original data identified in the search.…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Information Needs, Information Services
