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| Language: | en |
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1991
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED350010 |
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- Do Leading Research Universities with High Reputational Ranks Have Better Library Resources? Lillibridge, Fred Academic Libraries Analysis of Variance Evaluation Criteria Graduate Study Higher Education Institutional Evaluation Library Collections Predictor Variables Program Evaluation Research Libraries Research Universities Statistical Analysis Two primary data sources were used to create a database of 68 research libraries for this study: (1) Alexander Astin's report for the National Academy of Sciences on the reputational ranks of the top 20 graduate programs at U.S. universities (1985); and (2) a list of 70 "Research Universities I" identified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as top research institutions. The Carnegie list included the NAS top 20; two universities in the Carnegie list, however, could not be included in this analysis because of incomplete information). Seven library-related predictor variables were used to predict the reputational ranks of the universities, i.e., number of volumes in the library; volumes added; current serials total; total microform units; total library expenditures; books per student; and library expenditures per student. Analyses of the resulting data demonstrated that the universities included on the Carnegie list that have also been ranked by NAS in the top 20 have significantly better library resources than institutions with lower reputational ranks. Six tables display lists of Astin's top 20 universities and the Carnegie Foundation's top research institutions together with the results of the statistical analyses. (Contains 11 references.) (KRN)