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Direct linkJurczyk, Eva; Jacobs, Pamela – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2014
This article discusses a project undertaken to assess the journals in a Big Deal package by applying a weighted value algorithm measuring quality, utility, and value of individual titles. Carried out by a national library consortium in Canada, the project confirmed the value of the Big Deal package while providing a quantitative approach for…
Descriptors: National Standards, Measurement Techniques, Quality Assurance, Use Studies
Forsyth, Ellen; Joseph, Mylee; Perry, Leanne – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2009
The "New South Wales Learning 2.0" training program is being made available to the entire NSW public library work force of over 2300 people in 2008-2009. This paper is a snapshot of the impact of the course as at September 2008, five months after it was launched. It explores how the training impacted on the staff skill levels, knowledge,…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Development, Labor Force
Peer reviewedCreaser, Claire – Journal of Documentation, 1999
Discusses associations between levels of service point use, population information and library inputs, based on data from two London boroughs in respect of individual static service points. Outlines methods of deriving catchment area data using membership information or postcode data from a user survey. Describes a method for librarians seeking to…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Libraries
Peer reviewedMostert, B. J. – International Information & Library Review, 1998
The purpose of this study was to determine norms against which the characteristics of community library services could be tested. The five oldest community libraries in the Pinetown (South Africa) public library system were examined. Results showed that certain public library systems, like Pinetown, have made significant progress toward becoming…
Descriptors: Community, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Download full textKatsirikou, Anthi – 1999
This paper examines the role of innovation in library operations, with an aim to incorporate innovative procedures that achieve convenience in practice, and efficiency and effectiveness in a simultaneous economic reduction. The methodology outlined in this paper is that of Best Practices. The objective of this method is to examine an…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Wolfe, Glenn – MultiMedia Schools, 2001
Explains a collection analysis process that was developed for the Taipei American School secondary school library. Evaluation criteria included the quality of records in the catalog database; age of the collection; number of titles per pupil; and how well the collection supports the curriculum. (LRW)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Library Catalogs
Transvaal Education Dept., Pretoria (South Africa). – 1989
This information guide is intended to assist principals and members of media committees in implementing the media policy of the Transvaal Education Department, this information guide was designed to be used in conjunction with the chapter on the education media service in the Manual for General School Organization (1986). Chapter 1 outlines…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedEphraim, Philip E. – Electronic Library, 1994
Argues that a mix of quantitative and qualitative measures is most efficacious in library collection analysis. Cases drawn from the literature in which a combination of these measures was profitably applied are considered, and the types of software packages for purposes of data manipulation are discussed. (Contains 15 references.) (KRN)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Data Processing, Evaluation Methods
Canadian Health Libraries Association. – 1998
Nine Canadian health libraries participated in a pilot test of the Benchmarking Tool Kit between January and April, 1998. Although the Tool Kit was designed specifically for health libraries, the content and approach are useful to other types of libraries as well. Used to its full potential, benchmarking can provide a common measuring stick to…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Cohen, Nathan M.; Denison, Barbara; Boehlert, Jessie C. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
During the last decade, research has become increasingly important to the profession of librarianship. Seven library schools now have doctoral programs, foundation grants have stimulated and supported scores of major projects, and the research method has been recognized as an accepted technique for solving library problems. The increasing volume…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations
Peer reviewedMurray, Janet – Education for Information, 2000
Discusses staff development opportunities for school librarians and teachers to improve skills in meeting the needs of disabled students. Discusses results of a four-year study which evaluated school library services to disabled students in Australia and emphasizes the need for staff development programs that include policy formation, collection…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
de Usabel, Frances; Roeber, Jane A. – 1992
This manual, written primarily for Wisconsin public librarians, is designed to provide practical assistance to those who wish to expand public library collections of American Indian (defined as people in the United States and Canada who trace their lineage to the original habitants of these lands) resources and to improve related library programs…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids
