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Main Authors: Chaudhry, Abdus Sattar, Ashoor, Saleh
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1994
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ497985
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  • Comprehensive Materials Availability Studies in Academic Libraries. Chaudhry, Abdus Sattar Ashoor, Saleh Academic Libraries Access to Information Comparative Analysis Foreign Countries Higher Education Integrated Library Systems Interlibrary Loans Library Circulation Library Materials Library Policy Library Skills Ownership Reference Services Science Libraries Search Intermediaries Tables (Data) User Satisfaction (Information) A study at the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (Saudi Arabia) revealed that the overall materials availability performance rose from 63.8% to 76% when library staff provided assistance. The major reasons for nonavailability of items were related to circulation policy, ownership, and user skills. (Author/AEF)