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Kiger, Jack E.; Wise, Kenneth – Library Administration and Management, 1995
Discusses how to use attribute sampling to assess the accuracy of a library circulation system. Describes the nature of sampling, sampling risk, and nonsampling error. Presents nine steps for using attribute sampling to determine the maximum percentage of incorrect records in a circulation system. (AEF)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Guides, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedCarrigan, Dennis P. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1996
Argues that evaluating a library's collection is not an acceptable substitute for evaluating the collection development process and its developers. With increasing materials costs, overselection can be much more serious than underselection. Several useful methods for evaluating collection development incorporate statistics regarding proportional…
Descriptors: Costs, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Information Technology
Download full textHenderson, William Abbot, Ed.; McAbee, Sonja L., Ed. – 1992
This document reports on an assessment of the Jacksonville State University's Houston Cole Library collection that employed a variety of methodologies and tools, including list-checking, direct collection examination, shelflist measurement and analysis, WLN (Washington Library Network) conspectus sheets, analysis of OCLC/AMIGOS Collection Analysis…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
