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The Influences of Traditional Services on Library Use

Year: 1979

Type: article

Abstract: The Influences of Traditional Services on Library UseThis study, on the relationship between user preferences, library characteristics, and the freq uency of library use, employing a sample of 655 students in fi ve medical schools, supports in a tentative fashion some traditional principles relating library characteristics to frequency of use.Other factors assumed to influence library use, such as the availability of audiovisual materials or the physical comfort of the library , do not appear to be related to frequency of use.THE SUCCESSFUL PLANNING AND DESIGN of any information system must ultimately depend on an understanding of user needs and preferences in seeking information.One important measure of a library's success as an information system is the degree to which its various services and facilities are used by its potential user group.This measure is simultaneously a good indicator of how well the library 's planners and operators understand user needs related to information seeking.A recognition of this relationship between users' needs and preferences in information

Source: College & Research Libraries

DOI: 10.5860/crl_40_03_214

Authors: John A. Kernaghan, Salvinija G. Kernaghan, Robert D. O'Keefe, Albert H. Rubenstein

Institutions: Northwestern University, DePaul University, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University

Language: English

Topic: Library Science and Information Literacy

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine

OpenAlex ID: W2067520533

FWCI: 6.201

Cites: 4

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10