Michael D. Cooper

Professor Emeritus

School of Information

University of California, Berkeley

102 South Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-4600
Email: cooper atnospam ischool.berkeley.edu

Research

TECHNICAL REPORTS

  • Cooper, Michael D. A Quantitative and Qualitative Investigation into Failures in the Prediction of Relevance in Catalog Searches. School of Information, University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, California 94720-4600. January 2017. 40pp. PDF

  • Cooper, Michael D. Melvyl Log File Design Specifications. School of Information Management and Systems, University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, California 94720-4600. November 2002. 14pp. PDF

  • Cooper, Michael D. A Comparison of the Costs of Providing Electronic vs. Printed Copies of Journal Articles to University of California Users: A Conceptual Design Framework for Data Collection and Analysis. School of Information Management and Systems, University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, California 94720-4600. May 2000. 28pp. PDF Also available as Appendix R in Collection Management Strategies In A Digital Environment: A Project of the Collection Management Initiative of the University of California Libraries. Final Report to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Brian E.C. Schottlaender, Principal Investigator, Gary S. Lawrence, Co-Principal Investigator, Cecily Johns, Project Director. University of California, Office of the President, Office of Systemwide Library Planning, January 2004. PDF

  • Cooper, Michael D. Design Issues in Building a Digital Library for [United Nations Regional Center for Latin America and the Caribbean] FAORLC. School of Information Management and Systems, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-4600. February 2001. 10pp. PDF

  • Cooper, Michael D. Pilot Installation of a Document Management System at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Center for Latin America and the Caribbean (FAORLC). School of Information Management and Systems, University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, California 94720-4600. May 2000. 33pp. PDF

  • Cooper, Michael D. A Cost Analysis of Book Storage Options at the National Library of Medicine. School of Information Management and Systems, University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, California 94720-4600. May 1999. 42pp. PDF

  • Cooper, Michael D. User Requirements and Institutional Needs for an Electronic Document Management System at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Center for Latin America and the Caribbean (FAORLC). School of Information Management and Systems, University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, California 94720-4600. March 1999. 92pp. PDF

  • Cooper, Michael D. and Bernard J. Halliwell. A Plan for Implementing New Library Services in the OCSS Library. Prepared for the OCSS Library, Operations Consulting and Support Services, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California. March 15, 1996. 85pp.

  • Baker, Judith A. and Michael D. Cooper. Final Report on Internet/Fulbright Project. Prepared for the United States Information Agency, E Bureau, Office of Technology, Washington, D.C., Purchase Order Number 304-0208. September 8, 1993. 88pp. PDF

  • Cooper, Michael D. and Cristina Campbell. An Analysis of User-Designated Ineffective Medline Searches. Technical Report, School of Library and Information Studies, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. July, 1989. 144pp. PDF

  • Wilson, Sandra R., Norma Star-Schneidkraut, and Michael D. Cooper. Use of the Critical Incident Technique to Evaluate the Impact of MEDLINE. Final Report, September 30, 1989. Submitted to National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. American Institutes for Research, Palo Alto, CA, Contract No. N01-LM-8-3529. Technical Report No. AIR-64600-q/89/-FR. 340pp. PDF

  • Cooper, Michael D. Automation of 'Books in French' List Preparation and Book Processing at Africa Regional Services. Embassy of the United States of America, Paris, France. Technical Report. October 1988, 41 pp. PDF

  • Heath, Mary K. and Michael D Cooper. A Study of Data-Processing Requriements in the Training Resources Division [of Applied Risk Management]. Technical Report. School of Library and Information Studies, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. June 1, 1988. 15 pp. PDF

  • Cooper, Michael D. The Status of Library Automation at Thirteen USIS Posts. School of Library and Information Studies, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. July 1989. 198 pp. PDF

  • Cooper, Michael D. Evaluation of Personal Computer-Based Acquisitions Systems. Technical report prepared for United States Information Agency, Library Programs Division E/CL, Washington, D.C. April 1987. 248 pp. PDF

  • Cooper, Michael D. and Michael L. Wiseman. Analyzing Implementation of Office Support Systems in an Academic Environment. Technical report prepared for IBM-University of California, Berkeley Joint Study on Office Automation (BIJOU), December 1986. 325 pp. PDF

  • Roderer, Nancy K., Nancy A. Van House and Michael D. Cooper. Library Human Resources: A Study of Supply and Demand. NCES Contract no. 300-80-0704. King Research, Inc., Rockville, Md. March 1983, 229 pp.

  • Cooper, Michael D. Automation in the National Bibliographic and Scientific Computer Center of the General Egyptian Book Organization. Technical Report prepared for the United Nations Unesco General Information Program Cairo 30 March 1983. 15 pp. PDF

  • ACM Publications Implementation Plan: July 1982 - June 1985 Technical Report. Prepared for ACM [Association for Computing Machinery] Council by the Publications Board and the Publications Planning Committee: R.L. Ashenhurst, M.D. Cooper, A. Goldberg, J. Goaden, M.S. Lynn (Chairman), C. Montgomery, J.R. Rice, E.A. Swan, S. Zilles (Guest). May 1982. 48 pp. PDF

  • ACM Three-Year Publications Implementation Plan FY 80 - FY 82 Technical Report. Prepared for ACM [Association for Computing Machinery] Council by the Publications Planning Committee: M. Stuart Lynn (Chairman), Robert Ashenhurst, Mike Cooper, Raymond E. Miller, Christine Montgomery, Joel Moses, Tom Murray, Evelyn Swan. November 1, 1978. 40 pp. PDF

  • Cooper, Michael D. and Nancy A. DeWath. The Cost of On-Line Bibliographic Searching. Technical Reports ACR-003-75-01. Applied Communication Research, Stanford, CA, December 1975, 48 pp. PDF

  • Mitchell, Joan S. and Michael D. Cooper. Proposal for Conversion of the Bancroft Library Picture Collection to Machine Readable Form. School of Librarianship, University of California, Berkeley, California, October 1974, 35 pp. PDF

  • Cooper, Michael D. and Nancy A. DeWath. A Financial and Staffing Analysis of the Mill Valley PublicLibrary. School of Librarianship, University of California, Berkeley, California. May 1973, 44 pp. PDF

  • Cooper, Michael D. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Information Services. A Tutorial Presented at the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. October 1972. Sponsored by the Special Interest Group on Costs, Budgeting and Economics. 170 pp. PDF

  • Henrie, Samuel N., Michael D. Cooper and Nancy A. DeWath. An Integrated Information System for Educational Innovations: A Preliminary Design and Cost Study. Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. Information/Utilization Division, Berkeley, California, October 1972, 74 pp. PDF

  • Patrick, Ruth J. and Michael D. Cooper. Information Needs of the Nation: A Preliminary Analysis. School of Librarianship, University of California, Berkeley. May 25, 1972, 36 pp.

  • Cooper, Michael D. Evaluation of Information Retrieval Systems: A Simulation and Cost Approach. Ph.D. Dissertation, School of Librarianship, University of California, Berkeley, California. May 1971. PDF

  • Leimkuhler, Ferdinand F. and Michael D. Cooper. Analytical Planning for University Libraries. Office of the Vice President-Planning and Analysis, University of California, Berkeley, California. No. P-1, January 1970. PDF

  • Leimkuhler, Ferdinand F. and Michael D. Cooper. Cost Accounting and Analysis for University Libraries. Office of the Vice President-Planning and Analysis, University of California, Berkeley, California. No. P-2, January 1970. PDF

  • Patrick, Ruth J. and Michael D. Cooper. "A User Study." In: Laura Gould, Deborah D. Barrett and Ralph M. Shoffner. An Experimental Inquiry Into Context Information Processing. Institute of Library Research, University of California, Berkeley, California. Chapter 4, pp. 79-91, January 1969.

    CONFERENCE PAPERS

  • Cooper, Michael D. Changing Patterns of Expenditures for Information Services. Conference Paper Presented at a Seminar on the Economics of Research Libraries at the University of California, Berkeley, on April 29, 1985. 6 pp. PDF

  • Cooper, Michael D. "Library Manpower". Technical Segment Addressed: Manpower. In Information Science in Action: System Design Volume II. Edited by Anthony Debons and Arvid G. Larson. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague. 1983, pp. 784-785. Proceedings of Nato Advanced Institute on Information Science, Crete, 1978. ISBN 90-247-2807-X.

  • Cooper, Michael D. "Future Research Directions in the Economic Analysis of Information Systems." Workshop proceedings: Third Indo-US Workshop on Scientific and Technological Information. Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi, (March, 1980) 111-117. PDF



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