Masters Theses

Date of Award

6-1983

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Major Professor

George A. Wagoner

Committee Members

Betty J. Brown, Helen Petree, Michael J. Pemberton

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis was to determine the role interlibrary loan service of National Association of Business Teacher Education (NABTE) schools play in the search process of doctoral dissertations. The study investigated the extent NABTE schools are involved in in interlibrary loans (ILL) , the helpfulness of librarians in locating material, and ILL'S involvement throughout the United States. Also investigated in this study was the relationship between (1) index ownership by libraries and loan policies, and (2) school's nonparticipation in University Microfilms International and involvement in ILL. The study was limited to schools which are members of NABTE and which have conferred doctoral degrees in the years 1975—79 in various programs in Business Education. The three-page questionnaire mailed to each of the 48 NABTE member schools yielded an 89.6 percent return.

Across the United States, the involvement of interlibrary loan services ranges by section from 64.3 percent to 77.8 percent, with the schools in the west being the most active. Of the 43 schools participating in this study, all but one have an interlibrary loan function at their library. All schools will lend to faculty or students, and 40 (93.0 percent) lend dissertations; but most schools have some type restriction such as lending microfilm or second copies only.

When a request is made to a school, three-fourths will try a variety of approaches to find the information. About half the libraries belong to a statewide or regional network or consortium.

Many dissertations are found at University Microfilms International (UMI) but there are seven schools that do not require their students to send their dissertations to UMI. However, these schools will lend their dissertations through interlibrary loan. Charges for photocopying dissertations are made by less than a third of the schools; two-thirds of the schools do not photocopy dissertations. From dissertation approval to library shelf, the time lag found from this study is six weeks to two years.

In conclusion, NABTE schools are active in interlibrary loan of doctoral dissertations, but most schools are supportive of UMI as a clearinghouse for dissertations.

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