If You Want to Evaluate Your Library
2nd Edition
Published on 17. September 1993
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-85604-083-9 (ISBN)
Description
The first edition of this book won the American Library Association's G.K. Hall Award in 1989. This second edition gives a review of current research into evaluation techniques appropriate to all aspects of reference and document delivery services. This edition has been updated and includes a new chapter on the evaluation of bibliographic instruction activities, as well as new material and case studies. The sections on evaluation of resource sharing, cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit studies are substantially extended.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Facet Publishing
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 159 mm
Width: 236 mm
Weight
699 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85604-083-9 (9781856040839)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Document delivery services; evaluation of the collection - formulae, expert judgement and bibliographic checking; evaluation of the collection - analysis of use; in-house use; evaluation of periodicals; obsolescence, weeding and the use of space; catalogue use; shelf availability; factors determining success in document delivery; reference services; question answering; database searching; evaluation of bibliographic instruction; other aspects; resource sharing; cost effectiveness considerations; cost-benefit studies; continuous quality control; references.