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Jones, Kyle M. L.; Salo, Dorothea – College & Research Libraries, 2018
In this paper, the authors address learning analytics and the ways academic libraries are beginning to participate in wider institutional learning analytics initiatives. Since there are moral issues associated with learning analytics, the authors consider how data mining practices run counter to ethical principles in the American Library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Ethics, Intellectual Freedom, Privacy
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Lakos, Amos – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2007
This paper is an extension of the author's earlier work on developing management information services and creating a culture of assessment in libraries. The author will focus observations on the use of data in decision-making in libraries, specifically on the role of leadership in making evidence-based decision a reality, and will review new…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Information Technology
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Howe, Eleanor – Knowledge Quest, 1998
Discusses action research and its implications for library media centers; measurement and study; and steps in the action research process: clarify research need and define research problem, plan research to provide relevant data, collect and organize, analyze and interpret, report to relevant audiences, and integrate the results into library media…
Descriptors: Action Research, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Learning Resources Centers
Edelman, Hendrik; Hazen, Dan C. – 1979
This report describes the aspirations and inspirations as well as the data collection and analyses which constituted the first phase of activity under the Mellon Foundation grant to examine collection development and management at Cornell. The emphasis is mainly on analytical and planning processes rather than specific results during this first…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Cargill, Jennifer – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1987
Provides a detailed guide to preparing library budgets and describes several types of budgets. Steps to preparing a final document are outlined, including identifying objectives, assessing and prioritizing needs, data collection and analysis, presentation to the funding agency, and evaluation and monitoring of the final budget. (CLB)
Descriptors: Accounting, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis
Schwarz, Philip; Olson, Linda – 1981
This study was conducted to fulfill two objectives: to gather the data necessary to define the core collection, i.e., a subset of the holdings that can be identified with reasonable assurance as being able to fulfill a certain predetermined percentage of the future demand on the present collection, and to examine the value of these data as a…
Descriptors: Classification, College Libraries, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Anderson, Mary Alice – Book Report, 1999
Focuses on effective data gathering in school libraries. Discusses the connection between program goals and statistical information; budget data; using spreadsheets to track and compare costs; circulation data and trends; copyright assessment of materials; material-quality evaluation; lab usage data; computer information; data on services and…
Descriptors: Budgets, Copyrights, Costs, Data Analysis
Anderson, Mary Alice – MultiMedia Schools, 1999
Examines how data is useful in three integral areas of media center management and decision making: collection development and budgets, including circulation data and media center usage; curriculum integration and information literacy, including the types of instructional support librarians offer teachers; and staff development and staff skills.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making