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Peer reviewedMeyers, Barbara; Fleming, Janice L. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1991
Discussion of journal pricing and its effects on academic libraries focuses on data from the Optical Society of America's pricing study that used price per 1,000 words as a quantitative evaluative tool. Data collection methodology is described, and implications of the results for library collection development are suggested. (eight references)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedDuy, Joanna; Vaughan, Liwen – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2003
Vendor-provided electronic resource usage statistics are not currently standardized across vendors. This study investigates the feasibility of using locally collected data to check the reliability of vendor-provided data. Vendor-provided data were compared with local data collected from North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries' Web…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Peer reviewedGreenwood, Larry; McKean, Harlley – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1985
An ongoing, multiphased project to measure and reduce book loss due to theft was instituted in the main library at the University of Kentucky. Though book loss was significantly reduced, the issue of whether an electronic security system is more effective than a manual checking procedure remains unresolved. (6 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Alarm Systems, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Crime Prevention
