Evaluation of the Public Service Functions of Serial File Systems.

Hanson, Elizabeth; Serebnick, Judith

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Publication Date: 1986

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Evaluation of the Public Service Functions of Serial File Systems.

Hanson, Elizabeth; Serebnick, Judith

College and Research Libraries, v47 n6 p575-76 Nov 1986

Presents a methodology for describing, analyzing, and evaluating the public service functions of serial file systems, and describes a user study conducted in a university departmental library to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of its system in enabling students new to the library to locate known-items in the serials collection. (CDD)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Catalogs, Library Instruction, Library Personnel, Library Services, Periodicals, Questionnaires, Search Strategies, Signs, Use Studies, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research

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Audience: Media Staff; Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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