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Resource Sharing by Public Libraries.

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Waldhart, Thomas J. – Public Libraries, 1995

Examines data from the National Center for Educational Statistics to determine whether networking and resource-sharing activities of public libraries have increased libraries' use of Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Results suggest that libraries have significantly increased their borrowing through ILL in recent years. Two tables provide loan statistics.…

Descriptors: Case Studies, Data Analysis, Information Sources, Interlibrary Loans

Taking the Measure: Applying Reference Outputs to Collection Development.

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Moore, Carolyn M.; Mielke, Linda – Public Libraries, 1986

Presents preliminary results of Clearwater Public Library's study of the usefulness of "Output Measures for Public Libraries" as an indicator of reference performance, and the impact of collection development choices on reference output measures. Data on turnover rate, in-library use, reference fill rate, and reference transactions per…

Descriptors: Library Collection Development, Library Material Selection, Library Surveys, Measurement Techniques