This pilot study examines the problem, "Has adult input into children's library services, resulted in services that children perceive as not relevant to their own recreational and information needs?". In examining this problem a questionnaire survey was conducted of a specific population of children, parents and teachers. In addition to the questionnaire survey, structured record sheets were used to record children's use of the public library serving the specific population, and children's services actually provided by the local library. The population consisted of middle and upper primary school children, from Holt Primary School, Canberra, and their parents and teachers. The study indicated discrepancies in what children perceived as important library services for children and what parents and teachers perceived as important. Discrepancies were also found between what children wanted and what was actually provided by the local library service for children.

The basic purpose of this study is to analyse in general terms Schools Commission policy and planning in regard to the development of library resources and services for Australian primary schools in both the government and non-government education systems. The core of the study is a survey of the provision and needs of primary school libraries in the Australian Capital Territory, based on the Schools Commission Guidelines for library services in primary schools. The survey is not an end in itself, but is a means of appraisal of the school libraries program of the Australian government as viewed at the grass roots level in one particular area. The report falls into two sections. Section I is an introductory section which gives firstly an overview of the work of the Federal government in the development of school libraries and services between 1968 and 1975. The introductory section also analyses the development of the Schools Commission guideline standards for primary school libraries, and explains the role of the standards in relation to both the 'needs' criterion of the Commission's educational program and the equitable distribution of government funds. The standards are not absolutes in terms of precise structural specifications to be applied in all circumstances, but rather an affirmation of possibility in relation to a given ambit. It is in Section II that the data from the survey of the primary school libraries in the Australian Capital Territory is analysed, and some comparisons are made with the Monash University study of provision and needs in primary school libraries carried out in 1975. The objectives of the ACT survey are not, however, oriented simply to a factual statement of provision and needs, but also to highlighting the instrinsic and recurring administrative problems associated with the provision of library resources services in schools. Issues raised by the survey relate to differentiated staffing patterns, obsolescence of materials, centralised versus decentralised collections, tolerable loss rate for books, custodial attitudes of teacher-librarians, teacher attitudes to the library, production and use of audiovisual materials by teachers and students, community use of school libraries, identification of needs by individual schools, availability of central support services for selection and processing of materials, funding for resource provision. In regard to conclusions the report does not attempt to offer anything but tentative suggestions, because of the range of variables in most cases, which could not be eliminated or controlled in a survey of this. type. However, some factors do emerge which could be the basis for more detailed analysis, such as the nature of obsolescence in regard to school library materials, and the relationship between types of library service and the 'open' or traditional1 structure of the school program. There is one factor which the survey does show quite clearly, namely the gap that exists between policy decisions taken at the national level and the implementation of that policy at the local level.

<p>The aim of this case study was to measure the compliance, or not, of the library services and resources of Wesfleur public library to the twenty-two principles of UNESCO Public Library Manifesto of 1994. The UNESCO Public Library Manifesto is a global guideline and framework for public libraries around the world to use and also to measure their library services and resources. The City of Cape Town has adopted this manifesto for all the public libraries in the Metropole. Wesfleur public library is one of these public libraries. Limited research has been done globally to measure library services and resources with the UNESCO Public Library Manifesto. No research has been done in South Africa, and or, the Western Cape to measure public library services with reference to the UNESCO principles. This study is a contribution towards filling this gap.</p>

<p>The aim of this case study was to measure the compliance, or not, of the library services and resources of Wesfleur public library to the twenty-two principles of UNESCO Public Library Manifesto of 1994. The UNESCO Public Library Manifesto is a global guideline and framework for public libraries around the world to use and also to measure their library services and resources. The City of Cape Town has adopted this manifesto for all the public libraries in the Metropole. Wesfleur public library is one of these public libraries. Limited research has been done globally to measure library services and resources with the UNESCO Public Library Manifesto. No research has been done in South Africa, and or, the Western Cape to measure public library services with reference to the UNESCO principles. This study is a contribution towards filling this gap.</p>

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Northern Arizona University, 1991. / "May 1991"--Thesis t.p. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-104).

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Northern Arizona University, 1991. / "May 1991"--Thesis t.p. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-104).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Texas, 1991. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-194).

Submitted by Marcia Silva (marcia@latec.uff.br) on 2015-10-29T13:59:08Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissert Maria Bernarda Teixeira Duarte.pdf: 1549437 bytes, checksum: b3804fd76a14ca74fbb23e29a0439967 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-10-29T13:59:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissert Maria Bernarda Teixeira Duarte.pdf: 1549437 bytes, checksum: b3804fd76a14ca74fbb23e29a0439967 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-11-27 / Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear / Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo a proposição e aplicação de um modelo para a avaliação da satisfação dos usuários de uma biblioteca especializada, com respeito aos serviços prestados pela mesma. Uma extensa revisão da literatura nas bases Scientific Electronic Library Online - SciELO, Scopus e ISI Web of Science foi desenvolvida a fim de dar suporte à construção de um modelo para a avaliação dos serviços oferecidos por bibliotecas. Esta revisão foi especialmente útil para definir o conjunto de critérios de avaliação e para a elaboração do questionário aplicado em uma amostra composta por usuários de uma biblioteca especializada na área de tecnologia nuclear, neste caso, a do Instituto de Engenharia Nuclear – IEN. Como consequência, este trabalho pretendeu analisar os resultados visando a melhoria da qualidade dos serviços oferecidos. A amostra desta pesquisa foi composta por 117 respondentes dentre os quais retornaram 94 formulários. Como resultado, os dados coletados indicaram que os critérios nos quais a biblioteca teve melhor desempenho foram a conservação e a adequação do acervo. Por outro lado, os resultados também mostraram que os critérios atualização e cobertura internacional do acervo foram os que demandaram maior prioridade de ações de melhoria, visto que tiveram baixo desempenho e foram considerados de alta importância para os respondentes. / This research aims to propose a model for evaluating the satisfaction of the users of a specialized library, regarding the library services. An extensive literature review on the bases Scientific Electronic Library Online - SciELO, Scopus and ISI Web of Science was developed to support the construction of a model for the evaluation of the services offered by libraries. This review was especially useful to define the set of evaluation criteria and to prepare the questionnaire on a sample of users of a library specialized in the field of nuclear technology, in this case, the Institute of Nuclear Engineering – IEN. Consequently, this work intended to analyze the results to improve the quality of offered services. The sample was composed of 117 respondents of whom 94 returned forms. As a result, the collected data have indicated that the criteria on which the library best performed were the conservation and adequacy of the collection. Moreover, the results also have shown that the update criteria and international coverage of the collection are the ones have greater priority while promoting improvement actions, since they were perceived as having low performance and high importance by the respondents.

The study looked at the viability of using mobile phones by an academic health library to provide health information to rural women. It is understood that Mobile phones have become household items thereby providing an opportunity for organisation to use them for information delivery. Access to information by individuals is essential in reducing people’s levels of uncertainty especially in matters that relate to growth and survival such as health. The central research question upon which this study was based was, “How can an academic library adopt the use of mobile phones as an information delivery device to enhance access to health information for rural women?” with sub-questions focusing on information needs and sources of health information for women and the adaptation of mobile services within the library. It further looked at appropriate partnership needed in developing mobile services for health information delivery. Reviewed literature revealed that mobile phones are already being used by several organisations in making available information. In particular academic libraries have embraced the mobile revolution by creating mobile services for their users. A qualitative approach was adopted for this study and interviews were used for all the three categories of respondents, who are rural women from Buyengo sub-county, health workers from Kakaire health centre iv and librarians from Albert Cook Medical Library. Findings from the study have shown that in the information era where one’s survival is highly dependent upon information, rural women do not have access to credible sources of health information despite the fact that they have high demand for health information because of the soaring disease burden in rural areas. The study without doubt has led to the establishment that the use of mobile phones to fill this gap is a cost effective and life saving venture which if well set up and implemented will add to the global programmes initiated with the aim of reducing child mortality, maternal deaths and combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases. / Mini Dissertation (MIT)--University of Pretoria, 2015. / Information Science / MIT / Unrestricted

Magister Bibliothecologiae - MBibl / The aim of this case study was to measure the compliance, or not, of the library services and resources of Wesfleur public library to the twenty-two principles of UNESCO Public Library Manifesto of 1994. The UNESCO Public Library Manifesto is a global guideline and framework for public libraries around the world to use and also to measure their library services and resources. The City of Cape Town has adopted this manifesto for all the public libraries in the Metropole. Wesfleur public library is one of these public libraries. Limited research has been done globally to measure library services and resources with the UNESCO Public Library Manifesto. No research has been done in South Africa, and or, the Western Cape to measure public library services with reference to the UNESCO principles. This study is a contribution towards filling this gap. / South Africa