Using a journal availability study to improve access

Purpose: Identify journal collection access and use factors.

Online tables of contents for books: effect on usage*

Objectives: To explore whether the presence of online tables of contents (TOC) in an online catalog affects circulation (checkouts and inhouse usage). Two major questions were posed: (1) did the presence of online tables of contents for books increase use, and, (2) if it did, what factors might cause the increase?

Non-librarian health professionals becoming librarians and information specialists: results of an Internet survey

Objectives: To obtain basic information about non-librarian health professionals who become librarians and information specialists.