Practical Evaluation Techniques for Librarians (Paperback, New)

Evaluation is essential to library management: it provides the data that underlies informed and effective decision-making. This book is a one-volume, how-to guide to library evaluation techniques, planning, and reporting. Library professionals-regardless of whether they operate in a school, public, or academic library setting-need to have effective evaluation skills in order to be accountable to stakeholders and to effect informed improvement. Practical Evaluation Techniques for Librarians provides information and guidance that is highly useful and accessible for all librarians looking to intelligently manage the strengths and weaknesses of their library as well as communicate its value to its stakeholders. Rather than focusing on data-gathering methods appropriate for researchers, the book concentrates on data collection at the local level that enables informed managerial decision-making. It describes and compares techniques that can be used with any level or type of resource-staffing, software, and expertise, for example-in any size library. Author Rachel Applegate makes it clear that accountability is everywhere and imperative, and any librarian can learn the simple techniques to benefit from evaluation. Provides specific directions for writing surveys, conducting interviews, and performing a wide range of evaluation techniques, accompanied by examples to follow Covers the evaluation of library's electronic and physical collections, face-to-face and virtual service, and facilities Supplies a framework and specific tools for proving your library's value and improving how it operates Lays out a clear methodology for quantifying and demonstrating progress towards an objective: measure, analyze, and report

General

Imprint:	Libraries Unlimited
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	August 2013
Authors:	Rachel Applegate
Dimensions:	280 x 216 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-61069-159-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > Library, archive & information management Promotions
LSN:	1-61069-159-8
Barcode:	9781610691598

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