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An Overview of Performance Measures in Higher Education and Libraries.
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Kyrillidou, Martha – Journal of Library Administration, 2001
Discusses the concepts of accountability and quality assessment in higher education. Topics include performance indicators in academic libraries, including international standards; factors affecting the reliability and validity of data, including consistency, ease versus utility, and values; and recommendations for research libraries. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Accountability, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
An Evaluation of Patron Perceptions of Library Space Using the Role Repertory Grid Procedure.
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Potthoff, Joy K.; Weis, David L.; Montanelli, Dale S.; Murbach, Matthew M. – College & Research Libraries, 2000
Evaluates the Role Repertory Grid Procedure, a technique derived from personal construct theory, for its practicality and validity as a way of gathering patron perceptions about the effectiveness and efficiency of academic library space. Concludes that further research regarding validity and reliability is needed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Research, Higher Education, Library Facilities
Report on the Study of Library Use at Pitt by Professor Allen Kent, et al. (A Pittsburgh Reply).
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MacLeod, Murdo J.; Barkowski, Casimir – 1979
This report from the Senate Library Committee at the University of Pittsburgh evaluates a widely publicized study of monograph and periodical use conducted at Pitt by Professor Allen Kent and his associates from 1975-1977. Areas of the study which are examined include structure in text and footnotes, and experimental design, execution, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Library Acquisition, Library Collections
A Consistency-Driven Approach to CD-ROM Selection.
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Duszak, Zbigniew; Koczkodaj, Waldemar W. – Library Software Review, 1994
Discussion of CD-ROM evaluation and selection processes focuses on a pairwise comparison method for knowledge acquisition with a consistency measure as a validation technique. Highlights include human experts' preferences and judgments; a CD-ROM selection model, including format, contents, usage, and technical considerations; and consistency…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Psychometric Properties of Scores from the Web-based LibQUAL+ Study of Perceptions of Library Service Quality.
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Cook, Colleen; Thompson, Bruce – Library Trends, 2001
Investigated the psychometric integrity of scores from the LibQUAL+ evaluation of perceived library service quality conducted by ARL (Association of Research Libraries). Examines score structure, score reliability, score correlation and concurrent validity coefficients, scale means, and scale standardized norms, and considers the potential of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Concurrent Validity, Correlation, Evaluation Methods
Development and Evaluation of a Measure of Library Automation.
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Pungitore, Verna L. – Library and Information Science Research, 1986
Construct validity and reliability estimates indicate that study designed to measure utilization of automation in public and academic libraries was successful in tentatively identifying and measuring three subdimensions of level of automation: quality of hardware, method of software development, and number of automation specialists. Questionnaire…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Automation, Library Surveys