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Peer reviewedMcGrath, William E.; And Others – Library and Information Science Research, 1988
Four models for conceptualizing a circulation matrix containing the number of books borrowed according to subject and majors of student borrowers compare (1) majors; (2) subjects; (3) disciplines, suppressing the distinction between majors and subjects; and (4) majors with subjects. Results of multidimensional scaling analysis of the models are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Circulation, Library Collections
Peer reviewedWright, Carol; Larson, Mary Ellen – Research Strategies, 1990
Uses a matrix to identify conceptual gaps in a bibliographic instruction program at an academic library and discusses a curriculum design model that includes objectives in the affective and sensorimotor domains as well as cognitive instruction. Application of the model to a computer-assisted bibliographic instruction project is described. (10…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Peer reviewedErkkila, John; Erkkila, Margaret – Education for Information, 1991
Discusses the value and use of management case studies in library and information science education and provides an analysis of case studies that have appeared in "Library Journal." Type of library is indicated, including public, academic, and special; and management issues involved are identified. (18 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Higher Education, Information Science Education
Peer reviewedSheather, Graeme; Nolan, Tony – Australian Library Journal, 1995
Describes the application of the General Purpose Utility Problem-Solving technique that was developed at the University of Technology, Sydney, to the problem experienced by a satellite university campus library where there were periodic shelving backlogs. Highlights include cluster methods, total quality management applications, and the use of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Branch Libraries, Case Studies, Cluster Analysis
Peer reviewedLowry, Charles B. – College and Research Libraries, 1992
Discusses the use of formula allocations for book and serial funds in academic libraries' collection development and proposes a matrix formula based on disciplinary needs and publishing patterns. Variables in the formula that are used to represent institutional goals at the University of Texas at Arlington are explained. (16 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Funding Formulas, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
Download full textMathews, Anne J., Ed. – 1988
This report is the third in a set of three reports from the project, "Issues in Library Research: Proposals for the 1990s," which was launched in September 1986 to investigate library and information science issues in order to assess the current state of the profession and identify a research agenda to lead into the next decade. This…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Information Science
Sitts, Maxine K., Ed. – 1985
This publication reporting the responses of 92 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members to an automation inventory survey conducted in March 1985 was generated from a database developed by ARL to provide timely, comparable information about the extent and nature of automation within the ARL library community. Among operational systems, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Systems
Sitts, Maxine K., Ed. – 1986
Based on information and data from 113 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members that were gathered and updated between March and August 1986, this publication was generated from a database developed by ARL to provide timely, comparable information about the extent and nature of automation within the ARL community. Trends in automation are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Systems
Sitts, Maxine K., Ed. – 1987
This inventory provides profiles, tables, and listings of automated library activities at 115 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions. The library profile covers 18 functions: (1) acquisitions; (2) serials check/claim; (3) serials/union list; (4) authority control; (5) cataloging/utility; (6) cataloging/local; (7) circulation; (8)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Systems
