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Download full textLittle, Robert D. – 1977
The study, prepared for the Learning Resources Branch (LRB) of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), includes a brief history of library statistical programs of the Office of Education and the National NCES, 1870-1978; the uses of library statistics by the Office of Libraries and Learning Resources (OLLR) of the Office of Education…
Descriptors: History, Letters (Correspondence), Libraries, Library Research
Summers, F. William – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1985
Describes the use of library surveys as a tool for library planning in the United States from the late 19th century to the present. Different eras of library planning in the United States are identified, and the weaknesses and strengths of the survey method are discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Role, Library Planning, Library Research
