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Main Authors: Schlichter, Doris J., Pemberton, J. Michael
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1992
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ446195
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  • The Emperor's New Clothes? Problems of the User Survey as a Planning Tool in Academic Libraries. Schlichter, Doris J. Pemberton, J. Michael Academic Libraries Futures (of Society) Higher Education Librarian Attitudes Library Administration Library Planning Library Research Library Services Library Surveys Research Utilization Use Studies User Needs (Information) Users (Information) Literature analysis indicates that surveys are not widely used in the planning process for academic libraries because of difficulties with design of user studies, translation of survey results into management decisions, and acceptance of survey data by librarians. Trends such as competition from private information sources will force a change in librarians' attitudes toward user input. (43 references) (MES)