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Direct linkHaynes, Abby – Australian Library Journal, 2004
This paper explores library evaluation in Australia and proposes a return to research fundamentals in which evaluators are asked to consider the centrality of philosophical issues and the role of different research methods. A critique of current evaluation examples demonstrates a system-centred, quantitative, input/output focus which fails to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Foreign Countries, Evaluators
