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Download full textSwanson, Rowena Weiss – 1974
This report relates principles of system analysis and work study techniques to library activities in order to aid librarians in their assessment of library work. The meaning and methods of system analysis and work study are explored and the system concepts of organization purpose, work goals and performance objectives are defined and applied to…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Libraries, Management Systems, Performance Criteria
Leimkuhler, Ferdinand F. – 1978
Two trends in the use of quantitative methods of evaluating libraries that have evolved from general systems analysis are discussed in this literature review. The cost effectiveness approach is aimed at discovering new, improved procedures and devices for providing library services; such alternatives make it possible to evaluate how efficiently a…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Diagrams, Evaluation Methods, Libraries
White, Robert L. – 1977
As our society moves increasingly from an era of affluence to one of scarcity, the evaluation and assessment of publicly supported services will become even more crucial and necessary to ensure that public resources are being expended in the most effective manner. Evaluation of library service effectiveness is defined in this paper in terms of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Libraries
ENGEN, RICHARD B. – 1965
CONDUCTED BY THE OREGON STATE LIBRARY WITH DR. PRESTON P. LE BRETON FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SERVING AS THE CONSULTANT, THIS WEEK LONG INSTITUTE WAS HELD TO PREPARE LIBRARY ADMINISTRATORS FOR STATE-WIDE PLANNING FOR LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT IN OREGON. SPECIFIC GOALS OF INSTITUTE PARTICIPANTS WERE TO EXAMINE ACCEPTED MANAGEMENT AND…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Attitudes, Decision Making Skills, Evaluation Methods
