1977 IATUL Proceedings Copyright (c) 2013 Purdue University All rights reserved. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers Recent Events in 1977 IATUL Proceedings en-us Wed, 15 May 2013 19:51:55 PDT 3600 The Role of a Research and Management Information Unit in a Large Library http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/24 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/24 Sat, 21 May 1977 00:00:00 PDT David Russon Policy Statement of the Library Network at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/23 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/23 Fri, 20 May 1977 00:00:00 PDT T. J. Tanzer Streamlining Library Operations to Increase the Technological University Library's Effectiveness in a Developing Country http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/22 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/22 Fri, 20 May 1977 00:00:00 PDT This paper deals with the services offered by the Central Library of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 600 036, India at the campus level, local level, national level and regional level, the standardised library practices and job classification adopted by it, projects completed so far by it, the projects available on hand, the involvement of students and faculty members in our activities and the international co-operation needed by it to increase its library effectiveness.

]]> C. Deenadayalu The Use of Technical Literature by Students http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/21 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/21 Wed, 18 May 1977 00:00:00 PDT M. Skaliks Training Students to Use the Library http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/20 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/20 Wed, 18 May 1977 00:00:00 PDT T. J. Tanzer Education of Students as Users of Scientific and Technical Information in Yugoslavia (With Special Regard to Conditions in Slovenia) http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/19 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/19 Tue, 17 May 1977 00:00:00 PDT The short report on training of students as users of scientific and technical information in Yugoslavia, with special regard to conditions in the republic of Slovenia, has shown that more than half of the total number of universities have already introduced organized study of informatics/documentation based on several programmes, yet training of students, in university libraries did not become an integral part at the very beginning. The Central Technical Library at the University in Ljubljana (CTK) has been organizing noncompulsory training of students which follows recommendations of UNESCO, IATUL and IFLA, since 1972/1973. So far, training programmes for freshmen and postgraduates, library guide, lists of reference materials, several test papers, a translation of the FID manual and testing and evaluating the draft of the UNISIST manual have been done. CTK continues the work and is preparing a study for the Yugoslav UNISIST committee now.

]]> Mara Slajpah Results of a Work Study of Interlibrary and Information Services at Helsinki University of Technology Library http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/18 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/18 Wed, 18 May 1977 00:00:00 PDT In 1975 statutes were enacted in Finland concerning costing principles for services rendered by public institutions to outside customers. The basis for costing is cost price. The regulations also concern university libraries, who, however, have not been able to follow the rules to the letter as regards interlibrary lending or copy services. The reasons for this are that interlibrary loans traditionally have been free and also the fact that average unit costs are not known.

Several work studies concerning library and information services and their service level have been reported in the literature (1). Studies have been carried out inter alia in the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany and in the U.S.A.

The project of the Nordic Committee of Scientific Information and Research Libraries aims at the development of a measuring system for the performance of discrete tasks in the field of information services. Statistical reporting of information services has been difficult, because there are no generally accepted definitions, no "Frascati manual". A Scandinavian study of interlibrary services revealed th at the figures obtained in different work studies depended on both actual differences in the service costs and differences in the functional boundaries used (2, 3).

]]> Arja-Riitta Haarala et al. Surveys of Journal Use in the Library of the University of Surrey, 1972-1975. A Methodology http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/17 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/17 Wed, 18 May 1977 00:00:00 PDT D. Eardley et al. The "Steady State" Library: Problems of Acquisition and Discarding in a Small University Library http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/16 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/16 Wed, 18 May 1977 00:00:00 PDT A. C. Bubb User Studies to Support Library Effectiveness in Germany http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/15 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/1977/papers/15 Wed, 18 May 1977 00:00:00 PDT K. W. Neubauer