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Peer reviewedBuckland, Michael K. – Canadian Library Journal, 1982
Orr's schema for measuring the quality and value of libraries is described and discussed with respect to three paradoxes--the evaluation of catalogs, optimal library size, and Lenin's view of public libraries in the U.S. Seven references are cited. (CHC)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Library Administration, Library Catalogs, Library Collections
Peer reviewedRothstein, Samuel – Reference Librarian, 1989
Considers trends in measurement and evaluation of reference service and summarizes research findings on the importance of reference work, library clientele, reference questions, duties of the reference librarians, and the effectiveness of reference service. Measures for the organization and performance of reference work, the adequacy of reference…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Collections
Download full textBoucher, Julie J. – 1992
The eighth in the current series, this volume contains responses from 91 libraries to all items in the Colorado Public Libraries Annual Report, summary statistics for seven ranges of population served and the state, and an index by data element. This edition uses, except for a few cases, the same populations figured from the 1990 U.S. Census.…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Audiovisual Aids, Library Circulation, Library Collections
