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Halperin, Michael; Strazdon, Maureen – Library Quarterly, 1980
Demonstrates the application of a marketing technique, conjoint analysis, to the measurement of users' preferences for service patterns in an academic library. Eight references are cited. (FM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Measurement Techniques, Questionnaires
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Harris, George – Library Quarterly, 1989
Reports research related to cataloging costs: (1) a comparison of length and complexity of Library of Congress cataloging copy between 1956 and 1981; (2) a survey of cataloging costs at academic libraries; and (3) cataloging costs and salaries since 1876 compared with the rate of inflation. The questionnaire and list of libraries surveyed are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Costs, Higher Education
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Durfee, Linda J. – Library Quarterly, 1986
This study, which focused on the extent to which Lake Forest College (Illinois) students were aware of library reference services, used interviews and a revised version of a survey used elsewhere. Findings showed student awareness to be relatively high, and that the methodology would work well in other undergraduate settings. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Library Surveys