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Peer reviewedTagliacozzo, Renata – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1975
Users of seven MEDLINE information centers were investigated in terms of characteristics, motivations, purposes and expectations in using the service. (Author)
Descriptors: Information Networks, Information Retrieval, Information Services, Medical Research
Barer, Barbara M.; Johnson, Colleen L. – 1988
An ongoing project is being conducted in San Francisco, California to study the social and psychological factors among the elderly which influence their utilization of outpatient health services. A preliminary study of the project explored associations between the informal support network and the formal social support system as they converged in…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Health Services, Older Adults, Social Support Groups
Download full textRyan, Joe – 1984
Facsimile is an electro-mechanical system for transmitting and receiving images. Libraries began to take an active interest in using facsimile equipment in the latter part of the 1960s. Since that time, telefacsimile has been used by libraries primarily as a method of reducing document delivery time between cooperating interlending institutions.…
Descriptors: Facsimile Transmission, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Interlibrary Loans
Peer reviewedLancaster, F. W. – Journal of Documentation, 1974
The use of "Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders: Citations from the Literature" and "Biogenic Amines and Transmitters in the Nervous System" are compared. (PF)
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Information Services, Information Utilization, Medical Research
Peer reviewedCleverdon, C. W. – Journal of Documentation, 1974
Proposes a system of evaluating information retrieval systems. (PF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval, Relevance (Information Retrieval)
Neubauer, Karl Wilhelm; Selbmann, Sibylle – Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 1974
A survey of the application of International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN) in book production and for library purposes in various countries. (Author)
Descriptors: Books, Cataloging, International Programs, Library Acquisition
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1974
A committee was appointed by New York's Commissioner of Education to study the state's progress in fulfilling a 1958 legislative mandate that all residents of the area served have free direct access to the resources and services of all member libraries in a public library system. To carry out its mission, the committee: (1) sent a six page…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Library Services, Library Surveys, Public Libraries
Peer reviewedLine, Maurice B.; Sandison, Alexander – College and Research Libraries, 1975
Considers the data required to guide (a) the librarian in acquisition (current and retrospective), discarding, and binding; and (b) the information system designer in selecting journals to be scanned for secondary services, selecting items from journals scanned, and retiring items from active files. (Author)
Descriptors: Information Services, Library Research, Library Technical Processes, Scholarly Journals
Hansen, Joe B. – 1981
The basic position taken in this paper is that the data collected under the Title I evaluation and reporting system can be used more effectively than they have been traditionally in making decisions about Title I programs, and that other types of data can and should be used in shaping and improving Title I programs. This paper combines information…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Utilization, Technical Assistance
Lynn, Jerry R. – 1980
A telephone survey of 1,487 adults in 91 nonmetropolitan areas of Tennessee was conducted to determine the nonmetropolitan newspaper audience, the exposure and effectiveness of nonmetro newspaper advertising, and the complementary relationship of advertising media, particularly newspapers and television, in nonmetropolitan markets. The results…
Descriptors: Advertising, Media Research, Media Selection, Newspapers
Glenn, Martha Cole; And Others – 1980
A survey of 160 top "Fortune" 500 companies was conducted in 1979 to determine the extent to which computers were being used in public affairs/government relations research and analysis. The survey instrument was divided into six sections, containing a total of 26 closed-end questions. The six sections elicited information on (1) public…
Descriptors: Business, Business Administration, Computers, Public Relations
Little, 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
Sallach, David – 1967
The purpose of this study was to determine the total number and distribution of the physically handicapped in Nebraska in order to provide them with adequate library service. The report defines the physically handicapped as "residents of the United States certified by competent authority as unable to read normal printed materials as a result…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Planning, Library Services, Physical Disabilities
Jones, Beverly A. – 1978
A compilation of statewide results of a performance measurement survey using the DeProspo/Altman model is presented. The survey measures books and periodical availability; analyzes questions asked and the degree of user satisfaction with services; measures in-house use of both materials and equipment; and identifies availability of staff. Extreme…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Library Services, Library Surveys, Public Libraries
Skiffington, Eugene W. – 1975
Pennsylvania, one of the cooperating states in the Cooperative Accountability Project (CAP), was commissioned to complete an Impact Study which would provide a measure of interest, reaction, and benefits as described by readers of CAP publications and participants in CAP conferences or other activities. In part I of the study, evaluation forms…
Descriptors: Accountability, Conferences, Data Analysis, Evaluation
