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  • × author_ss:"Vaughan, L.Q."
  • × theme_ss:"Informationsdienstleistungen"
  • × year_i:[1990 TO 2000}
  1. Vaughan, L.Q.: Information search patterns of business communities : a comparison between small and medium-sized businesses (1997) 0.00 
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    Abstract
    To identify the information search patterns of business communities, 2 surveys were conducted, one aimed at small businesses and the other at medium sized businesses. Use of different information sources, especially the public library, for business purposes were examined. Results show that businesses obtain information more through informal sources than formal ones. The customer is the most important business information source. Although less than 50% of the businesses surveyed reported using public libraries for business purposes in the previous year, the majority of those who did use the library sought help from library staff. Public libraries are more important for small businesses, especially those in their early stages of development, than for medium-sized businesses
    Theme
    Information Resources Management
  2. Vaughan, L.Q.; Tague-Sutcliffe, J.; Tripp, P.: ¬The value of the public library to small businesses (1996) 0.00 
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    Abstract
    Examines the role of public libraries in providing different kinds of information to small businesses in light of results of a questionnaire survey of small businesses in the London, Ontario, area. Data was analyzed according to: how small businesses get information; what kind of information they need; and the importance of library resources and services. Results confirm the long held suspicion of business librarians in public libraries that their largest user group is the small business owners in the initial phase of business formation. The findings are expected to add ammunition to public libraries in their efforts to market services both to local funding bodies and small business communities

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