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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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1976
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| author | Summit, Roger K. Firschein, Oscar |
| author_facet | Summit, Roger K. Firschein, Oscar Summit, Roger K. Firschein, Oscar |
| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | Investigation of the Public Library as a Linking Agent to Major Scientific, Educational, Social and Environmental Data Bases. Two-Year Interim Report. Summit, Roger K. Firschein, Oscar Computer Programs Costs Databases Information Retrieval Library Research Library Services Online Systems Program Evaluation Public Libraries Publicize Reference Services Eight public libraries participated in a two-year experiment to investigate the potential of the public library as a "linking agent" between the public and the many machine-readable data bases currently accessible using on line computer terminals. The investigation covered users of the service, impact on the library, conditions for successful use of on line reference services, and financial and marketing aspects of such a service. It was found that: (1) the public library can be an effective provider of on line retrieval services, (2) allocation of reference service staff time is one of the most important factors in the success of the service, (3) on line searchers must complete some "critical mass" of searches each month to maintain their search skills, (4) the attitude of the head reference librarian affects the speed and efficiency of the service, (5) there is a segment of the public that is willing to pay for on line searches, and (6) provision of an on line search service does not in the short term alter the public image of the library. (JY) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 1976 |
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| spellingShingle | Investigation of the Public Library as a Linking Agent to Major Scientific, Educational, Social and Environmental Data Bases. Two-Year Interim Report. Summit, Roger K. Firschein, Oscar Computer Programs Costs Databases Information Retrieval Library Research Library Services Online Systems Program Evaluation Public Libraries Publicize Reference Services Investigation of the Public Library as a Linking Agent to Major Scientific, Educational, Social and Environmental Data Bases. Two-Year Interim Report. Summit, Roger K. Firschein, Oscar Computer Programs Costs Databases Information Retrieval Library Research Library Services Online Systems Program Evaluation Public Libraries Publicize Reference Services Eight public libraries participated in a two-year experiment to investigate the potential of the public library as a "linking agent" between the public and the many machine-readable data bases currently accessible using on line computer terminals. The investigation covered users of the service, impact on the library, conditions for successful use of on line reference services, and financial and marketing aspects of such a service. It was found that: (1) the public library can be an effective provider of on line retrieval services, (2) allocation of reference service staff time is one of the most important factors in the success of the service, (3) on line searchers must complete some "critical mass" of searches each month to maintain their search skills, (4) the attitude of the head reference librarian affects the speed and efficiency of the service, (5) there is a segment of the public that is willing to pay for on line searches, and (6) provision of an on line search service does not in the short term alter the public image of the library. (JY) |
| title | Investigation of the Public Library as a Linking Agent to Major Scientific, Educational, Social and Environmental Data Bases. Two-Year Interim Report. |
| topic | Computer Programs Costs Databases Information Retrieval Library Research Library Services Online Systems Program Evaluation Public Libraries Publicize Reference Services |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED131857 |