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Main Authors: Day, Linda, Graburn, Linda
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1998
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED425173
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contents Conducting an In-House Periodical Use Study: A Checklist. Occasional Paper Series, No. 12. Day, Linda Graburn, Linda Check Lists Costs Foreign Countries Library Surveys Periodicals Pilot Projects Planning Research Methodology Use Studies User Needs (Information) This is a step-by-step guide to designing and conducting an assessment of the in-house use of periodicals in a library. It focuses on in-house use because libraries that allow their periodicals to circulate probably already have mechanisms to track circulation. The guide consists of an explanatory text followed by a checklist. The checklist includes the factors that need to be considered in the planning stages for such a study. Each library can customize the study, choosing the factors and methods that suit the situation. The most important decision to be made is the purpose of the study. The design of a periodical use study should reflect the decisions to be made with the data obtained. The following sections of both text and checklist are included: (1) purpose of the study; (2) scope of the study; (3) methodology; (4) data tabulation; (5) publicity; (6) staffing; and (7) pilot study. The checklist also includes a section on costs of the study. A bibliography of 49 sources is included for further information. (SLD)
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spellingShingle Conducting an In-House Periodical Use Study: A Checklist. Occasional Paper Series, No. 12.
Day, Linda
Graburn, Linda
Check Lists
Costs
Foreign Countries
Library Surveys
Periodicals
Pilot Projects
Planning
Research Methodology
Use Studies
User Needs (Information)
Conducting an In-House Periodical Use Study: A Checklist. Occasional Paper Series, No. 12. Day, Linda Graburn, Linda Check Lists Costs Foreign Countries Library Surveys Periodicals Pilot Projects Planning Research Methodology Use Studies User Needs (Information) This is a step-by-step guide to designing and conducting an assessment of the in-house use of periodicals in a library. It focuses on in-house use because libraries that allow their periodicals to circulate probably already have mechanisms to track circulation. The guide consists of an explanatory text followed by a checklist. The checklist includes the factors that need to be considered in the planning stages for such a study. Each library can customize the study, choosing the factors and methods that suit the situation. The most important decision to be made is the purpose of the study. The design of a periodical use study should reflect the decisions to be made with the data obtained. The following sections of both text and checklist are included: (1) purpose of the study; (2) scope of the study; (3) methodology; (4) data tabulation; (5) publicity; (6) staffing; and (7) pilot study. The checklist also includes a section on costs of the study. A bibliography of 49 sources is included for further information. (SLD)
title Conducting an In-House Periodical Use Study: A Checklist. Occasional Paper Series, No. 12.
topic Check Lists
Costs
Foreign Countries
Library Surveys
Periodicals
Pilot Projects
Planning
Research Methodology
Use Studies
User Needs (Information)
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED425173