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Longmeier, Meris Mandernach; Murphy, Sarah Anne – College & Research Libraries, 2021
Assessing digital scholarship services offered either through academic libraries or elsewhere on campuses is important for both program development and service refinement. Digital scholarship support is influenced by fluid campus priorities and limited resources, including staffing, service models, infrastructure, and partnership opportunities…
Descriptors: Library Services, Academic Libraries, Scholarship, Computer Use
Rawles, Beverly – 1975
The Appalachian Adult Education Center has developed a method of planning the expansion of library services to disadvantaged adults. Preplanning activities include assessing community needs and resources, assessing the resources of the library, and selecting and inviting the people to attend the planning session. The planning session itself should…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods, Guides
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Hardsog, Ellen L.; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1992
Three articles consider methods of demonstrating the value of library services. The first discusses showing the relevancy of public library services at New England town meetings; the second describes ways in which the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library evaluates user satisfaction; and the third discusses justifying the value of a special library.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Evaluation Methods, Library Services, Library Statistics
Boos, Jo Ellen – 1996
In recent years there has been a push for libraries to develop and use systematic measures to determine the effectiveness of library service. Materials availability, or fill rate, is one of many output measures used in libraries. This technique measures the degree to which library customers are able to acquire the materials they want during their…
Descriptors: Children, Early Adolescents, Evaluation Methods, Library Collections
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Moeckel, Nancy; Presnell, Jenny – Reference Librarian, 1995
Presents a model that can be used to develop or expand academic library services for international students based on survey results from Ohio academic libraries. Highlights include functional barriers, including critical thinking skills; cultural barriers; and model programs, including promotional, instructional, staff development, written,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Critical Thinking, Cultural Differences, Evaluation Methods
Rogers, A. Robert – 1975
The goals of Project Outreach were: to place library materials in agencies throughout the county; to offer film programs, filmstrip presentations, and talks; to continue cooperative ventures in the use of braille and talking books; to continue to utilize tape cassettes; to provide materials to handicapped persons; to make available large print…
Descriptors: Braille, Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods, Films