Studies IDENTIFIERS Library Policy

The purpose of the project described in this paper was to gather information about online/CD-ROM database systems that would be useful in improving the services offered at the University of Findlay, a small private liberal arts college in northwestern Ohio. A survey was sent to 67 libraries serving colleges similar in size which included questions on: (1) whether the libraries offer online bibliographic services, CD-ROM searching, or both; (2) whether the services are equally available to all groups served by the library; (3) who pays for the services and how the fee is determined; (4) if libraries advertise their search capabilities, how they do so; and (5) where the online search workstation is located. Completed surveys were received from 57 institutions with a student population between 1,000 and 3,000. Most of the respondents offered both online and CD-ROM services. Virtually every library made search service