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Main Author: Radford, Neil A.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1983
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ286994
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author Radford, Neil A.
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Radford, Neil A.
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contents Failure in the Library--A Case Study. Radford, Neil A. College Libraries Foreign Countries Higher Education Information Retrieval Information Seeking Library Catalogs Library Materials Library Surveys Research Libraries Tables (Data) Use Studies User Satisfaction (Information) Research conducted at Fisher Library, University of Sydney, which measured user failure to locate known items in catalog or on shelves, yielded overall failure rate of 35.9 percent (26.2 percent at catalog; 46.1 percent at shelf). User errors caused two-thirds of failures at catalog and more than half at shelf. Fifteen references are provided. (EJS)
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spellingShingle Failure in the Library--A Case Study.
Radford, Neil A.
College Libraries
Foreign Countries
Higher Education
Information Retrieval
Information Seeking
Library Catalogs
Library Materials
Library Surveys
Research Libraries
Tables (Data)
Use Studies
User Satisfaction (Information)
Failure in the Library--A Case Study. Radford, Neil A. College Libraries Foreign Countries Higher Education Information Retrieval Information Seeking Library Catalogs Library Materials Library Surveys Research Libraries Tables (Data) Use Studies User Satisfaction (Information) Research conducted at Fisher Library, University of Sydney, which measured user failure to locate known items in catalog or on shelves, yielded overall failure rate of 35.9 percent (26.2 percent at catalog; 46.1 percent at shelf). User errors caused two-thirds of failures at catalog and more than half at shelf. Fifteen references are provided. (EJS)
title Failure in the Library--A Case Study.
topic College Libraries
Foreign Countries
Higher Education
Information Retrieval
Information Seeking
Library Catalogs
Library Materials
Library Surveys
Research Libraries
Tables (Data)
Use Studies
User Satisfaction (Information)
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ286994