Download or read book An Evaluation of the Benefits and Value of Libraries written by Viveca Nyström and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-12-14 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Evaluation of the Benefits and Value of Libraries provides guidance on how to evaluate libraries and contains many useful examples of methods that can be used throughout this process. There is substantial focus on the importance of goals and objectives, along with advice on strategies that can be used in the case of libraries that may not be well resourced for conducting surveys. The text will be useful as a handbook, and does not assume prior knowledge of finance or economics. A guide on how to conduct a cost-benefit analysis on library services and a discussion on how to use scenario analysis and the persona method is provided, as are examples of customer surveys, for users and non-users alike. Provides guidance on library evaluation, monitoring and methods Provides practical examples and customer surveys Applies economic methods to library management
Download or read book Measuring Your Library s Value written by Donald S. Elliott and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With tax-funded organizations under microscopic scrutiny, library directors need to make a strong public case for the value their library provides. Measuring Your Library's Value, designed to serve large to medium-sized public libraries, gives librarians the tools to conduct a defensible and credible Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA). Based on research funded by IMLS and PLA, this hands-on reference covers the economic basics with librarian-friendly terms and examples, preparing library leaders to collaborate with economist-consultants. Library directors and trustees will learn how to credibly measure the dollars and cents value your community receives from library services and access proven examples for communicating what different community stakeholders need to hear.
Download or read book Fool s Gold written by Mark Y. Herring and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work skeptically explores the notion that the internet will soon obviate any need for traditional print-based academic libraries. It makes a case for the library's staying power in the face of technological advancements (television, microfilm, and CD-ROM's were all once predicted as the contemporary library's heir-apparent), and devotes individual chapters to the pitfalls and prevarications of popular search engines, e-books, and the mass digitization of traditional print material.
Download or read book The Value of Public Libraries written by Svanhild Aabø and published by Fagbokforlaget. This book was released on 2005 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For hver skattekrone folkebibliotekene får på landsbasis, får innbyggerne fire ganger så mye tilbake. Dette er Svanhild Aabøs konklusjon i en undersøkelse hvor befolkningen ble spurt om å verdsette bibliotekene. 94 prosent av befolkningen mener det er en demokratisk rettighet å ha et folkebibliotek i kommunen. Dette viser at biblioteket har en verdi både for dem som bruker det, og for dem som ikke selv er bibliotekbrukere. I denne avhandlingen presenterer forfatteren resultatene av denne undersøkelsen. Engelsk tekst. 270 s. 2005. Forhåndsomtale.
Download or read book Evaluation of Costs and Benefits of Libraries written by Ferdinand F. Leimkuhler and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Evaluation and Measurement of Library Services written by Joseph R. Matthews and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide provides library directors, managers, and administrators in all types of libraries with complete and up-to-date instructions on how to evaluate library services in order to improve them. It's a fact: today's libraries must evaluate their services in order to find ways to better serve patrons and prove their value to their communities. In this greatly updated and expanded edition of Matthews' seminal text, you'll discover a breadth of tools that can be used to evaluate any library service, including newer tools designed to measure customer and patron outcomes. The book offers practical advice backed by solid research on virtually every aspect of evaluation, including quantitative and qualitative tools, data analysis, and specific recommendations for measuring individual services, such as technical services and reference and interlibrary loan. New chapters give readers effective ways to evaluate critical aspects of their libraries such as automated systems, physical space, staff, performance management frameworks, eBooks, social media, and information literacy. The author explains how broader and more robust adoption of evaluation techniques will help library managers combine traditional internal measurements, such as circulation and reference transactions, with more customer-centric metrics that reflect how well patrons feel they are served and how satisfied they are with the library. By applying this comprehensive strategy, readers will gain the ability to form a truer picture of their library's value to its stakeholders and patrons.
Download or read book Getting Started with Evaluation written by Peter Hernon and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally library managers have a workbook to help them master key concepts of service quality assessment, offering directed exercises and worksheets to guide them.
Download or read book CUET PG Library Information Science Practice Question Bank Book 3000 Question Answer As Per Updted Syllabus written by DIWAKAR EDUCATION HUB and published by DIWAKAR EDUCATION HUB. This book was released on 2024-01-07 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CUET-PG Library & Information Science Question Bank 3000+ Chapter wise question With Explanations As per Updated Syllabus [ cover all 6 Chapters] Highlights of CUET-PG Library & Information Science Question Bank- 3000+ Questions Answer [MCQ] 500 MCQ of Each Chapter [Unit wise] As Per the Updated Syllabus Include Most Expected MCQ as per Paper Pattern/Exam Pattern All Questions Design by Expert Faculties & JRF Holder
Download or read book 4 to 1 Public Library Benefits and Budgets written by Walt Crawford and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A good public library is at the heart of any healthy community and deserves appropriate funding. While much of the true value of a library is hard to measure, even the measurable benefits usually return more than $4 in benefits for every $1 spent. This book offers a detailed overview of library benefits and spending in 2011 and how it's changed from 2009, to help libraries and their supporters understand where they are and how to tell the library story in order to sustain and improve funding.
Download or read book Towards Electronic Journals written by Carol Tenopir and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to help scientists, librarians and publishers better understand the dynamic nature of the journal system so they can make more informed decisions regarding electronic journals in the future.
Download or read book Economic Benefits of Public Libraries written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Environmental Protection Agency EPA Library Closures written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bottom Line written by Joseph R. Matthews and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2002-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facing budget and personnel cuts, special librarians increasingly need to justify the cost of library operations—often even the library's existence. Expert Joseph Matthews illustrates how to evaluate library services and successfully communicate the library's value to upper management. Describing how value is added and how it can best be measured, Matthews explains different types of evaluations (models, implications, and methods) and a variety of measures (input, process, and output). He shows how a cost-benefit analysis and a library balanced scorecard, along with effective communication, can position the library as a value center rather than a cost center. A glossary, list of recommended reading, and an appendix (including a library benefits survey and a table of measures with respective definitions) make this the ultimate means of establishing the value of your library—an essential guide no special librarian should be without!
Download or read book Library and Information Center Management written by Barbara B. Moran and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential, single-volume textbook supplies a comprehensive introduction to library management that addresses all the functions of management, specifically within the ever-evolving modern library environment. Strategic planning. Facilities management. Leadership, ethics, communication, and motivation. Human resources and staffing. Change, library development, and innovation. Marketing. Measurement and evaluation. Fiscal responsibility and control. These are just some of the wide range of responsibilities and necessary skills of contemporary library managers—not all of which are typically covered in detail in LIS educational programs. Now updated and expanded for its ninth edition, Libraries Unlimited's Library and Information Center Management is the core management text for library information science programs. This latest text adds new information on grant writing as well as more about budgets, marketing, financial management, assessment, and evidence-based management. The authors include various real-world examples from international settings to help readers understand and conceptualize the place of the library and information center in our global world. Each chapter ends with two helpful sections that present numerous examples and opportunities to apply newly gained information: "Practice Your Skills" and "Discussion Questions."
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science written by Allen Kent and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-10-29 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science provides an outstanding resource in 33 published volumes with 2 helpful indexes. This thorough reference set---written by 1300 eminent, international experts---offers librarians, information/computer scientists, bibliographers, documentalists, systems analysts, and students, convenient access to the techniques and tools of both library and information science. Impeccably researched, cross referenced, alphabetized by subject, and generously illustrated, the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science integrates the essential theoretical and practical information accumulating in this rapidly growing field. The self-contained Supplements (each Supplement contains A-Z coverage) highlight new trends, describe the latest advances, and profile key people making critical contributions to the field. Recent individual Supplements considered topics such as Archival Science to User Needs Concept-Based Indexing and Retrieval of Hypermedia Information to Using Self-Checkout Technology to Increase Productivity and Patron Service in the Library Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Approach to Fraud Investigation to Visual Search in Modern Human-Computer Interfaces Supplement Volumes 36-61 are available; additional supplements in preparation."
Download or read book Microeconomics for Public Managers written by Barry P. Keating and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-10-06 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microeconomics for Public Managers presents a rigorous non-mathematical introduction to the study of microeconomics geared towards managers of nonprofit institutions. Provides an introduction to the economist’s toolkit for students destined for not-for-profit enterprises and public institutions Topics are selected for their relevance to the non-profit sector, enabling key issues to be covered in greater depth than standard microeconomic textbooks Pertinent case studies and cost-benefit analysis are utilized throughout Features end-of chapter problem sets and study questions Describes economic decision-making applicable to non-profit managers Accompanying website with instructor materials is available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/keating
Download or read book Project for Evaluating the Benefits from University Libraries written by University of Durham and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: