Thesis--Syracuse University. / Research done at University of Southwestern Louisiana Libraries. Photocopy of typescript. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1978. -- 22 cm. Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 290-297).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California at Berkeley, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 304-307).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Walden University (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1994. / Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [97]-102).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 1992. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 313-322).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-89).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California at Berkeley, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 304-307).

The purpose of this study was to develop information and understanding concerning the use of instructional resources, including library materials, by community junior college vocational-technical instructors.

Magister Bibliothecologiae - MBibl / South Africa

The objective of this study was to know the information searching process of doctoral education distance program Hispanic students offered by Anglo-American institutions of higher education. Standards related to the library services; theories of distance education by Holmberg, Knowles and Simonson; Zipf theory of Least Effort; and Liu and Yang Distance Learning Search Model were used as theoretical framework. The study design was descriptive with a quantitative approach and a survey as a technique. An anonymous self-administered questionnaire was applied to Hispanic students through the snowball sampling technique. The results of this research were analyzed using descriptive statistics with the help of the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) v.23 computer program. They revealed the profile of the students, the process they perform when looking for information and the factors, favorable and adverse, that affect them during this process. These data can help library administrators meet the information needs of Hispanic students as required by accrediting agencies, regardless of where they are at the time of education or the particularities they present. It concludes that students do not use the resources and services of the virtual library at their maximum power, need more guidance and show the slightest effort during the information searching process.

Introduction: For more than 10 years, public debate has stated that men’s reading and presence in the library is problematic. This is mostly due to a comparison between men and women, where women’s reading and library use is statistically much higher than men’s. By looking into the small region of Gotland, this inquiry’s purpose is to nuance the phenomena of men’s problematic reading and library use. Method: By using gender theory, and more specifically, masculinity theories, a deeper understanding of the history and practice of men’s relationship with novel reading has been attained. By using statistics, a survey, and research interviews, many aspects have been taken in to consideration as to how men read and use the library.  Analysis: 36 men answered a survey and 6 others were interviewed to attain a better understanding of how men read and use the library. Semi-structured interviews proved efficient in gaining understanding of men’s reading and library use. The online survey was efficient in gaining small statistics regarding how men on Gotland read in their spare time and used the library. Results: The qualitative analysis resulted in the men giving several aspects of their thoughts about reading and the library as well as their own practices. For example, a couple of informants stated that the reading they did at school and as children most likely did have an effect on their reading practices as adults. Conclusions: It became apparent that men do read, but that the constant comparison between men and women shifted the statistics in favour of women. The survey as well as the interviews showed that men on Gotland do visit the library often, but they rarely do an activity that is shown in the statistics. They read, work and browse in the library, but rarely make loans. This is a two years master’s thesis in Library and Information Science.