title: Hours of operation and service in academic libraries: toward a national standard
abstract: In an effort toward establishing a standard for academic library hours, the article surveys and compares hours of operation and service for ARL libraries and IPEDS survey respondents. The article ranks the ARL (Association for Research Libraries) libraries according to hours of operation and reference hours and then briefly discusses such issues as libraries offering twenty-four access and factors affecting service hour decisions
keyphrases: academic library hours ARL libraries IPEDS survey respondents Association for Research Libraries operation/service hours Integrated Post Secondary Education Data System