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Table VA: Journal Articles

1989-1993

(listed in chronological order)

Researcher	Year	Institution	Project (title)	Focus	Type
Sally Felix	1989		PLA Governance of Public Libraries: Committee Findings		survey and analysis
Lawrence W.S. Auld	1989	Dept. of Library and Information Studies, East Carolina University	GRE General Test Scores and Grade Point Averages as Predictors of Professional Salaries for Librarians	Some correlations found for males and for persons employed in some types of libraries; undergraduate grade point averages were the most frequent contributors to these correlations.	research report
Charles A. Seavey	1989	Graduate Library School, University Arizona, Tucson	The public library in society: the relationship of libraries and socioeconomic conditions	Examines factors associated with the development or success of the public library; examines numerical measures and relates them to socioeconomic factors	exploratory study
Connie Van Fleet	1989	Indiana University	Public Library Service to Older Adults: Survey Findings and their Implications	Examines national survey findings and explores need for common service philosophy based on lifelong learning	survey analysis
Michael J. Fimian, Sandra A. Benedict & Stacie Johnson	1989	New England Images; Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools; Amos Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital & East Forsyth High School	The Measure of Occupational Stress and Burnout among Library Media Specialists	Discusses development of Media Specialist Stress Inventory; "regression analyses indicated that four of the six stress factors predicted significant burnout levels."	research report
Robert Burgin	1989	School of Library and Information Sciences, North Carolina Central University	Guttman Scale Analysis: An Application to Library Science	Develops a Guttman scale of restrictiveness in dealing with overdues; relates data from a 1986 survey to the scale	survey analysis
V. Lonnie Lawson	1989	Ward Edwards Library, Central Missouri State University	Using a Computer-Assisted Instruction Program to Replace the Traditional Library Tour: An Experimental Study	Asks if freshmen who use a computer-assisted instruction program had higher post-test means than students who took a traditional library tour	case study
Choong Han Kim	1990	Indiana State University, Terre Haute	Occupational Users and Uses of the Public Library	Tests three hypotheses concerning public library users and uses	research report
Charles D. Patterson and Donna W. Howell	1990	Louisiana State University; University of Georgia, Athens	Library User Education: Assessing the Attitudes of Those Who Teach	Findings of a survey to determine the educational preparedness and attitudes of librarians who participate in bibliographic instruction	survey analysis
Dong Y. Jeong	1990	School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers University	The Nature of the Information Sector in the Information Society: An Economic and Societal Perspective	Proposes a new classification model of the "information economy."	position paper
Kathleen Garland	1990	School of Information and Library Studies, University of Michigan	Gender Differences in Scholarly Publication among Faculty in ALA Accredited Library Schools	Analyzes recent productivity studies of library and information science faculty and investigated gender differences in publication among a sample of faculty over a five-year span	literature review and analysis
Frances Smardo Dowd	1990	School of Library and Information Studies, Texas Women?s University	Latchkey Children: A Community and Public Library Phenomenon	Case studies, statistics, and survey data about a growing issue.	research report
Beth Sandore	1990	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	Online Searching: What Measure Satisfaction?	Describes a research project that used quantitative measures to examine indicators of search satisfaction	case study
Thomas Childers, Cynthia Lopata & Brian Stafford	1991	College of Information Studies, Drexel University	Measuring the Difficulty of Reference Questions	Seeks to develop a measure of differing levels of difficulty of reference questions handled by the California interlibrary reference referral network	baseline study
Gillian S. Gremmels	1991	DePauw University Library; Indiana University	Reference in the Public Interest: An Examination of Ethics	"Examines the validity of the neutrality stance as the primary response to reference questions that present ethical dilemmas."	exploratory study
Helen M. Gothberg	1991	Graduate Library School, University of Arizona, Tucson	Time Management in Public Libraries	Survey about how library directors manage their time	survey analysis
Cheryl Metoyer-Duran	1991	Graduate School of Library and Information Science, UCLA	Information-Seeking Behavior of Gatekeepers in Ethnolinguistic Communities: a Taxonomy	Presents a model for information-seeking behavior of ethnolinguistic gatekeepers	research report
Michael Bell and Herman L. Totten	1991	La Joya Independent School District; University of North Texas	Interactional Patterns of School Media Specialists with School Instructional Staff	Analysis of data collected from school media professionals in 19 academically distinguished public elementary schools in Texas	case study
Jim Scheppke,	1991	Oregon State Library	The governance of public libraries: findings of the PLA Governance of Public Libraries Committee	Discusses national survey aimed at determining governance of public libraries	survey & analysis
Kathleen Garland	1991	School of Information and Library Studies, University of Michigan	Nature of Publications by LIS Faculty	Examines nature of literature produced by random sample of faculty in ALA-accredited schools of library and information science, 1980-84	research report
Maurice P. Marchant	1991	School of Library and Information Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo	What Motivates Adult Use of Public Libraries?	Examines four motivators to explain adult use of public libraries	literature review and analysis
Prudence Ward Dalrymple, Timothy Cole, Bryce Allen & Debra Wilcox Johnson	1991	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; University of Wisconsin, Madison	Measuring Statewide Interlibrary Loan among Multitype Libraries: A Testing of Data Collection Approaches	Describes an attempt to design and test a data collection process in Illinois	case study
Thura Mack	1991	University of Tennessee Libraries	A Model Methodology for Selecting Women?s Studies Core Journals	Citation analysis provides a meaningful evaluation tool for bibliographers and collection managers	literature review and analysis
Prudence Ward Dalrymple and Douglas L. Zweizig	1992	American Library Association; School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison	Users? Experience of Information Retrieval Systems: An Exploration of the Relationship between Search Experience and Affective Measures	Reports on factor analysis of affective data gathered from a study of searching behavior in two library catalogs	case study
James V. Carmichael, Jr.	1992	Dept. of Library and Information Studies, University of North Carolina, Greensboro	The Male Librarian and the Feminine Image: A Survey of Stereotype, Status, and Gender Perceptions	Reports results of survey of male librarians relating to the male professional stereotype and impact of social expectations and gender-related work issues	survey analysis
Christine M. Koontz	1992	Florida Resources and Environmental Analysis Center, Florida State University, Tallahassee	Public Library Site Evaluation and Location: Past and Present Market-Based Modeling Tools for the Future	Presents a new methodology for construction of location modeling for public libraries in diverse urban environments	multi-disciplinary literature review and analysis
Robert M. Hayes	1992	Graduate School of Library and Information Science, UCLA	Measurement of Use and Resulting Access Allocation Decisions	Presents a model for distribution of use of information records, and derives a means for decision-making about allocation to various levels of access	case study
Fariborz Damanpour and William M. Evan	1992	Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University; Wharton School	The Adoption of Innovations over Time: Structural Determinants and Consequences in Libraries	Delineated three groups of organizations according to their rate of innovations over time; characteristics and performance were illustrated with empirical data from public libraries	research report
Mary Riskind	1992	Montclair Public Library	Library Use as an Economic Indicator	1991 survey of 39 NJ public libraries aids in assessing relationship between economic well-being and library use.	survey report
Lois Buttlar and William Caynon	1992	School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University	Recruitment of Librarians into the Profession: The Minority Perspective	Examines why minorities choose to become librarians and which recruiting techniques are believed most effective	research report
Holly G. Willett	1992	School of Library and Information Studies, Texas Woman?s University	Public Library Directors in the Organizational Environment: Four Case Studies	Uses the resource dependence approach to open systems theory and the negotiated social order perspective to discuss activities and attitudes of 9 directors of 4 California public libraries	case study
Donald J. Kenney and Gail McMillan	1992	University Libraries, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg	State Library Associations: How Well Do They Support Professional Development?	Seeks to determine how state library associations perceive their missions to members in areas of professional development and continuing education	survey analysis
Gary Marchionini, Sandra Dwiggins, Andrew Katz & Xia Lin	1993	College of Library and Information Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park	Information Seeking in Full-Text End-User-Oriented Search Systems: The Roles of Domain and Search Expertise	Explores effects of domain expertise and search expertise through assigned searches in hypertext or CD-ROM databases	case study
Douglas J. Ernest	1993	Colorado State University Libraries, Fort Collins	Academic Libraries, Fee-Based Information Services, and the Business Community	Discussion of how librarians relate to local business people	survey analysis
Judith Dixon and Frances Smardo Dowd	1993	Dallas Public Library;  School of Library and Information Studies, Texas Women?s University	Should public libraries program for babies? A national survey of children?s coordinators
Alisa J. Whitt	1993	Emory University Libraries	The Information Needs of Lesbians	Describes survey of 141 lesbians and their information needs	survey analysis
Mary Niles Maack and Joanne E. Passet	1993	Graduate School of Library & Information Science, UCLA; School of Library & Information Science, Indiana University	Unwritten Rules: Mentoring Women Faculty	Examines role of mentoring of women faculty in library and information science during past 50 years	survey and analysis
Cheryl Metoyer-Duran	1993	Graduate School of Library and Information Science, UCLA	Cross-Cultural Research in Ethnolinguistic Communities: Methodological Considerations	Methodological considerations related to conduct of research in culturally diverse communities and provides strategies for public libraries seeking to undertake community analyses	research report
Cheryl Metoyer-Duran	1993	Graduate School of Library and Information Science, UCLA	The Information and Referral Process in Culturally Diverse Communities	Examines ethnic gatekeepers and their views on how to obtain information	case study
Gillian Allen	1993	Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	An Application of the Act Frequency Approach in the Study of Person-Job Fit	Investigates if the act frequency approach, used in psychological research, might clarify work of behavior of librarians	exploratory study
Idrisa Pandit	1993	Mortensen Library Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	Citation Errors in Library Literature: A Study of Five Library Science Journals	Examines five core library science journals to study accuracy of citations	survey and analysis
A. Neil Yerkey	1993	School of Information and Library Studies, SUNY Buffalo	Publishing in Library and Information Science: Audience, Subjects, Affiliation, Source, and Format	Examines 855 LIS-related document surrogates from 32 databases and categorizes them according to whether they were written by persons working inside or outside the LIS literature	survey-based study
Connie Van Fleet	1993	School of Library and Information Science, LSU	Evidence of Communication among Public Librarians and Library and Information Science Educators in Public Library Journal Literature	Analysis of journal articles suggests that public librarians and LIS educators use the national journal literature as an interactive communication system	research report
Douglas L. Zweizig	1993	School of Library and Information Science, University of Wisconsin	The Children?s Services Story	Report and analysis of data from libraries participating in the Public Library Data Service	survey analysis
Patricia M. Wallace	1993	University of Colorado Libraries	How Do Patrons Search the Online Catalog When No One?s Looking? Transaction Log Analysis and Implications for Bibliographic Instruction and System Design	Recorded user behavior unobtrusively and focuses on what happened during the search process	case study
Bryn Geffert	1993	University of Illinois	Community Networks in Libraries: the Freenet P.A.T.H.	Description of patrons use, role within public libraries, sample reference questions	case study
Daniel Suvak	1993	Walsh College Library, North Canton, OH	Evaluating LSCA: The Evidence from Prison Libraries	Asks if LSCA, Title I, made a significant difference in the quality of state prison libraries compared with federal libraries	research report
Frank W. Goudy and Ellen Altman	1993	Western Illinois University and University of Arizona, Tucson	Local Public Library Funding in the 1980s	Analysis suggests that libraries received an increasing share of local government funds.	research report

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