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Table VA: Journal Articles

1983-1988

(listed in chronological order)

Researcher	Year	Institution	Project (title)	Focus	Type
Lois Buttlar & Rajinder Garcha		Kent State University & University of Toledo Library	Organizational structure in academic libraries	Examines how the work of academic librarians is structured and whether traditional functions of public services and technical services are still separated	survey & analysis
Alan R. Samuels and Charles R. McClure	1983	Dept. of Library/Educational Technology, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; School of Library Science, University of Oklahoma	Utilization of Information for Decision Making under Varying Organizational Climate Conditions in Public Libraries	Addresses the problem, Is organizational information-processing related to organizational climate in a public library setting?	case study
Peter Hiatt	1983	School of Librarianship, University of Washington, Seattle	Should Professionals Be Managers?	Discusses confusion between administration and management; formal management techniques and principles must be applied to library administration	case study
Stuart Glogoff	1983	University of Delaware	Communication Theory?s Role in the Reference Interview	Examines how communication science theory contributes to the "negotiation" of reference questions between user and librarian	literature review and analysis
William Skeh Wong and David S. Zubatsky	1983	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	The First-Time Appointed Academic Library Director 1970-1980: A Profile	Investigates socio-demographic characteristics of first-time appointed directors, as well as their academic training and professional activities before appointment	survey-based analysis
Marilyn Domas White	1983	University of Maryland, College Park	The Reference Encounter Model	Develops a model of the reference interview that incorporates human information processing, particularly the schema ideas of Minsky and other theorists	exploratory study
Margaret E. Monroe	1983	University of Wisconsin, Madison	An Approach to Theoretical Foundations for Reader Services	Examines theory about reader services "as a construct of principles which interact in such a way as to permit explanation or prediction of results of their practical application"	research report
Elaine Trzebiatowski	1984	Abbott Northwestern Library, Minneapolis	End User Study on BRS/After Dark	Evaluates first-time end user reactions to on-line database searching on the menu-driven BRS/After Dark search system	case study
John W. Head	1984	Clarion University of Pennsylvania	The National Rural Library Reference Survey	Discussion of survey of 1100 rural libraries	survey analysis
Gleniece Armstrong Robinson	1984	Dallas Public Library	Management Development Programs in Large Public Libraries	Asks how libraries are planning and establishing management development programs	research
Terry L. Weech and Herbert Goldhor	1984	Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	Reference Clientele and the Reference Transaction in Five Illinois Public Libraries	With data gather from a user survey, study examines feasibility of a methodology for obtaining data on behavior and perceptions	case study
John N. DePew and Anne Marie Allison	1984	School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee; University of Central Florida Libraries	Factors Affecting Academic Library Administration, 1976-1981	Reexamines surveys done in 1976 and 1981 to determine if "library administrators had control over their own libraries, and to what extent . . . that control had been diluted by internal and/or external groups, administrators and staff"	survey analysis
Ronald R. Powell	1984	School of Library Science, University of Michigan	Library Use and Personality: The Relationship between Locus of Control and Frequency of Use	Examines the relationship between personality, as represented by Rotter?s internal vs. external control of reinforcement, and frequency of public library use	research report
S.L. Baker	1984	University of Illinois	Does the Use of a Demand-Oriented Selection Policy Reduce Overall Collection Quality?	Examines the quality versus demand debate, and finds no evidence to prove that demand-driven libraries have poorer book collections than other libraries	literature review and analysis
Barbara Herrin, Louis R. Pointon & Sara Russell	1985		Personality and Communications Behaviors of Model School Library Media Specialists	Examines stereotype of the school librarian	case study
Susan E. Hilchey and Jitka M. Hurych	1985	Argonne National Laboratory; Founders Memorial Library, Northern Illinois University	User Satisfaction or User Acceptance? Statistical Evaluation of an Online Reference Service	Evaluates user satisfaction with an on-line reference service	survey analysis
Ernest R. Alexander	1985	Dept. of Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee	Cost Allocation Issues in Interlibrary Systems	Explores questions of allocating service and transactional costs	case study
Grace Donoho	1985	Old High Elementary School, Bentonville, AR	Measures of Audiovisual Production Activities with Students	Describes library media program that uses local audiovisual production as a focal point; provides a technique for measuring impact	case study
Esther Green Bierbaum	1985	School of Library Science, University of Iowa	The Third Dimension: Dealing with Objects in Public Library Collections	Based on a survey of object collections in selected public libraries; notes inverse relationship between library staff size and likelihood of having objects in collection.	survey-based study
Bonnie C. Carroll & Donald W. King	1985	U.S. Dept. of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information & King Research Inc.	Value of Information	Focuses on data and methods to quantify value in the hope that this will assist in the budget formulation process of libraries	baseline study
Darlene E. Weigand and Noel Ryan	1985	University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mississauga Library System (Ontario)	Managerial Competence and Skills: A Joint Study in the United States and Canada	Attempts to determine whether top-level managers of libraries have those administrative skills which facilitate effective management	survey-based study
Nancy Birch, Maurice P. Marchant & Nathan M. Smith	1986	Brigham Young University, HI; School of Library and Information Science, Brigham Young University, UT	Perceived Role Conflict, Role Ambiguity, and Reference Librarian Burnout in Public Libraries	Maslach Burnout Inventory was mailed to 825 reference librarians and results analyzed using frequencies and regression subprograms; results compared to studies of teachers	survey-based study
Mary Howes	1986	Miller School, Westmont, IL	Evaluation of the Effects of a Public Library Summer Reading Program on Children?s Reading Scores between First and Second Grade	Comparison of students who participated in summer reading programs and those who did not	case study
Robert Grover and Jack Glazier	1986	School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University; School of Library and Information Science, University of Missouri, Columbia	A Conceptual Framework for Theory Building in Library and Information Science	Proposes a model that displays relationships among phenomena and various levels of theory and research. Proposed taxonomy provides a framework for researchers and theorists.	exploratory study
Stephen E. James	1986	School of Library and Information Studies, Atlanta University	Economic Hard Times and Public Library Use: A Close Look at the Librarians? Axiom	In contrast with a British survey, author finds no data to support rule of thumb that U.S. public library use increases during economic hard times.	research
John Budd	1986	Southeastern Louisiana University	Interlibrary Loan Service: A Study of Turnaround Time	Studies use of OCLC to provide data on turnaround time and comparison over time	research report
David F. Kohl and Lizabeth A. Wilson	1986	University of Colorado, Boulder; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	Effectiveness of Course-Integrated Bibliographic Instruction in Improving Coursework	Study supports "major trend emerging in bibliographic instruction of a cognitive approach to research instruction."	case study
Peter Hernon and Charles McClure	1987	Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College; School of Information Studies, Syracuse University	Quality of Data Issues in Unobtrusive Testing of Library Reference Service: Recommendations and Strategies	Discusses issues relating to the reliability, validity, utility, and information "value" of unobtrusive testing	case study
Herbert Goldhor	1987	Library Research Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	An Analysis of Data on the Number of Public Library Reference Questions	Analyzes data collected between 1970 and 1985 in 9 states	research report
Mary Ellen (Kennedy) Collins	1987	Purdue University	Attitudes of Public Service Academic Librarians toward the Elderly	Older Americans are increasingly prominent as students in higher education; librarians? attitudes toward them have changed	survey analysis
Robert N. Broadus	1987	School of Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Information Needs of Humanities Scholars: A Study of Requests Made at the National Humanities Center	Analysis of research requests and compared with results of citation and library use studies	case study
Daniel Arrigona & Eleanor Mathews	1988	Austin Public Library (T1) and Iowa State University	A Use Study of an Academic Library Reference Collection	Types of materials consulted were interpreted by use indexes, to test hypothesis that librarians and patrons use the reference collection differently	case study
Gene V. Glass and Isabel Schon	1988	College of Education, Arizona State University, Tempe	Effects of an English-only Law on Public Library Acquisition Policies, Practices, and Librarians? Attitudes toward Books in Spanish for Children and Young Adults	Evaluates effects of the California English-only law in a "pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group quasi-experiment"	case study
Thomas Childers	1988	College of Information Studies, Drexel University	Do Library Systems Make a Difference?	A Study of the effect of federated systems was performed on the population of system and nonsystem counties in Pennsylvania	case study
Charles A. Seavey	1988	Graduate Library School, University Arizona, Tucson	Measuring the impact of public library system formation on local library service: a Wisconsin case study	Discusses four studies measuring levels of library service; develops and tests hypotheses about impact of system development	case study
Janet M. Lange	1988	independent consultant	Public Users, Nonusers, and Types of Library Use	Based on phone poll of county residents of a southwestern state, compares expected levels and types of use with actual situation.	survey analysis
Herbert Goldhor	1988	Library Research Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	The Effect of Publicity on Interlibrary Loan Requests in Ten Illinois Public Libraries	Examines whether a publicity program had a demonstrable effect on the behavior of patrons regarding interlibrary loan	case study
Holly G. Willett	1988	School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin	The Changing Demographics of Children?s Services	Analysis of current library use and U.S. demographic trends to predict future needs.	research report
Joan Durrance and Doris Preston	1988	University of Michigan	Common Public Policy Issues Faced by the Nation?s Communities: Forging a Public Library Response	Drawing on studies, authors offer ways to provide users with electronic information	position paper
Elizabeth J. McNeer	1988	Wright State University Library	The Mentoring Influence in the Careers of Women ARL Directors	Examines role of mentoring, based on interviews with 16 directors	survey and analysis

 
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