Archived: Library Research: 1983-1997

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Library Research: 1983-1997

Table IVA: Federally Funded Library Research

(Listed in chronological order)

Sponsor	Program	Focus	Type	Funding	P.I.	Institution
OERI	HEA II-B 1983	Roles of school, academic, special, and community libraries in providing view text information services	assessment	60,000	Mary Deweaver	Lawrence Johnson & Assocs, Inc.
OERI	HEA II-B 1983	Determine impact of Title II-B fellowships on the library and information science profession	assessment	20,000	Mildred Lowe	St. John's University
OERI	LSCA 1983-84	Public library effectiveness: theory, measures, and determinants	assessment		Nancy A. Van House	Maryland State Library
OERI	HEA II-B 1985	Cooperative system for public library data collection, to provide data for NCES	pilot program	54,423	Mary Jo Lynch	ALA
OERI	HEA II-B 1985	Status of libraries in literacy education	survey	148,037	Douglas Zweizig et al.	University of Wisconsin, Madison
OERI	HEA II-B 1986	Update of, and comparison with, a 1971 survey of library services to the aging	Survey	22,674	Betty J. Turock	Rutgers University
OERI	HEA II-B 1986	Identifying researchable issues to help librarians attain or maintain leadership positions in an information society	Assessment	348,966	Kate Joyce and Mary Kahn	Washington Consulting Group
OERI	LSCA 1986	Relationship between length of loan period and circulation in public libraries	Survey	>25,000	Susan Nelson and Herbert Goldhor	Illinois State Library
OERI	HEA II-B 1987	Cognitive models to facilitate information seeking	Development & test model	94,703	Carol Kuhlthau	Rutgers University
OERI	HEA II-B 1987	Evaluation of adult library literacy programs	Development & test manual	52,969	Douglas Zweizig	University of Wisconsin
OERI	HEA II-B 1987	The Public Library Effectiveness Study	Survey	132,000	Thomas Childers and Nancy Van House	Drexl University
OERI	HEA II-B 1987 or 1988	Institute to review trends in key subjects related to urban libraries [grant mentioned in monograph]	Conference		Mohammed Aman and Donald Sager	University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
OERI	HEA II-B 1988	Assessing the information needs of rural Americans	Survey and training materials	59,443	Bernard Vavrek	Clarion University
OERI	HEA II-B 1988	Nature and improvement of librarian-user interaction and on-line searching for information delivery in libraries	model development and search analysis	84,823	Tefko Saracevic	Rutgers University
OERI	HEA II-B 1988	A study of the dissemination of the Public Library Planning Process	assessment	57,143	Verna L. Pungitore	Indiana University
OERI	HEA II-B 1988	Medical literature as a source of new knowledge	citation and content analysis	41,248	Ron R. Swanson	University of Chicago
OERI	HEA II-B 1988	Facilitating information seeking through cognitive modeling of the search process	surveys	93,553	Carol Kuhlthau	Rutgers University
OERI	HEA II-D 1988	Develop comparative research data on two library instruction methods for undergraduate engineering students	assessment	84,545	Frances Benham, Associate Dean of Libraries	University of Alabama
OERI	HEA II-D 1988	Evaluating use of new technology	assessment	101,622	Jack O'Bar, University Library	University of Alaska
OERI	HEA II-D 1988	Research to measure effects of a three-college automation project on users, staff, and institutions	assessment	102,643	Thomas A. Childers and Belver C. Griffith	Drexel University
OERI	HEA II-D 1988	Purchase of hardware and research and demonstration of technical requirements for a consortium	demonstration project	89,438	Patricia M. Kelly, University Library	George Washington University
OERI	HEA II-D 1988	Program to teach and guide students in using on-line public catalog and computerized and print reference sources	prototype development	117,558	Virginia Tiefel	Ohio State University Libraries
OERI	HEA II-D 1988	Providing principles, guidelines, and desirable features for a 3rd-generation on-line public access catalog	case study	106,987	Nicholas Belkin and Tefko Saracevic	Rutgers University
OERI	HEA II-D 1988	Evaluate use of fax copiers or scanners in lieu of sending actual items or photocopies	controlled tests	175,746	Robert J. Bertholf	SUNY Buffalo
OERI	HEA II-B 1989	Developing a prototype system for intelligent information retrieval	development and field test	63,500	Philip J. Smith and Rebecca Darling	Ohio State University
OERI	HEA II-B 1989	Hypermedia and research methodology	Software development and user observation	55,500	Eleanor Langstaff	Baruch College, CUNY
OERI	HEA II-B 1989	Age analysis of public library collections	sampling and comparisons	78,375	Danny Wallace	LSU
OERI	HEA II-B 1989	Local implementation of the public library planning and role setting process	field studies	57,187	Verna Pungitore	Indiana University
OERI	HEA II-B 1989	Output measures for children?s services in public libraries	development and field test	42,014	Virginia Walter	ALA
OERI	HEA II-B 1989	Assessing the role of the rural public library	survey and training manual	58,389	Bernard Vavrek	Clarion University
OERI	HEA II-D 1989	To determine if hands-on exercises improve ability to use computer-based research tools	assessment	85,677	Marvin Wiggins	Brigham Young University
OERI	HEA II-D 1989	Benefit to rural-area students and faculty of regional information networks	demonstration project	38,128	Patricia J. Cutright	Eastern Oregon State College
OERI	HEA II-D 1989	Development of an "electronic textbook" in human physiology	system development	200,287	Naomi C. Broering, Biomedical Information Resources Center	Georgetown University
OERI	HEA II-D 1989	Development and study of an intelligent reference information system (ISIS)	system development	99,852	Robin N. Downes, University Library	University of Houston
OERI	HEA II-D 1989	Pilot computer-based training modules for staff training libraries	demo. project	66,901	Pauline S. Bayne, Music Library	University of Tennessee Knoxville
OERI	HEA II-B 1989	Factors influencing the outcome of challenges to materials in middle, junior, and high school libraries	case study	65,750	Diane Hopkins	University of Wisconsin
OERI	HEA II-B 1989	Economics of public libraries and library funding	survey; case study	57,100	Jane B. Robbins, Douglas Zweizig	Urban Libraries Council
OERI	HEA II-B 1990	The impact of school library media centers on academic achievement	data analysis	66,664	Keith Curry Lance	State Library and Adult Education Office, Colorado Department of Education
OERI	LSCA Title III 1990	Book deterioration in Ohio libraries	Assessment		Edward T. O?Neill & Wesley L. Boomgaarden	OCLC & Ohio State Library
OERI	LSCA Title I 1991	Hypermedia project to provide information in four county library systems	Demonstration project	80,000		New Jersey State Library
OERI	HEA II-B 1991	Public library planning process in smaller libraries.	case study	45,700	Verna Pungitore and Carole Nowicke	Indiana University
OERI	HEA II-B 1991	Assessment of the public library?s mission in society	survey and analysis	108,354	George D?Elia	University of Minnesota
OERI	HEA II-B 1991	The use of children?s materials in school and public libraries	survey and analysis	57,833	Kathleen Garland	SUNY Buffalo
OERI	HEA II-B 1991	Embracing the tiger: learning from public library literacy programs	case study	62,949	Andrew J. Seager	RMC Research
OERI	HEA II-B 1991	Assessing information on the Internet: library services for computer-mediated communication	site and content analysis	48,675	Martin Dillon	OCLC
OERI	HEA II-D 1991	Testing a new design for subject access to on-line catalogues	field test		Karen Drabenstott	University of Michigan
OERI	LSCA Title I 1991	Hypermedia project to provide information in 4 county library systems	demonstration projects	80,000		Camden County, Neptune Public, South Brunswick, and Somerset County Bridgewater Branch libraries
U.S. Congress	1993	Adult literacy and new technologies: tools for a lifetime.	assessment		Office of Technology Assessment
NCLIS	1994	Public libraries and the Internet: study results, policy issues, and recommendations.	baseline study	67,759	Charles R. McClure, John Carlo Bertot & Douglas L. Zweizig
NEH	Public Programs 1994	Research and demonstration to produce a substantial body of information about the organizational, financial, and technical issues involved in applying digital imagery in the preservation arena.	demonstration project	363,491	Paul L. Conway	Yale University
NCLIS & NSF	1995	Internet costs and cost models for public libraries; publication.	baseline study	112,529	Charles R. McClure, John Carlo Bertot & John C. Beachboard	Syracuse University
NCLIS	1996	Public Libraries and the Internet	National Survey	76,965	John Carlo Bertot, et al	Syracuse University
NCLIS	1997	Public Libraries and the Internet	Update	10,000	Charles R. McClure, John Carlo Bertot & John C. Beachboard	Syracuse University

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[The Data]

[Table IVB: Privately Funded Library Research]