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Effective library evaluation is critical to a successful library. But what do we mean by evaluating libraries and how can they be used to improve library service? This book provides…

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Effective library evaluation is critical to a successful library. But what do we mean by evaluating libraries and how can they be used to improve library service? This book provides a practical guide for school principals, managers and practitioners on how to effectively use existing sources of information for evaluation activities to improve academic library services. Library evaluation data work together to provide a simple assessment of library standards that detail how they can be used to improve the academic library. Thebook takes common sources of data that academic libraries will already do, offering simple qualitative and quantitative techniques that can be used to evaluate and evaluate their services, in detail and in general.

Different assessment methods are presented from a practical perspective with theoretical grounding, and include practical case studies to illustrate how methodologies have been applied successfully. The book covers: the conceptual framework for evaluation, purpose, tools and techniques used for surveys of national and international students and schools, how they can be prosecuted for improving library service, the history and development of standardized library questionnaires (eg libQUAL +), and how they have been used and impacted by internal library surveys and case studies For qualitative evaluation in the library, through a comprehensive approach to library evaluation through advocacy and strategic planning.

This book will be essential for reading to library and information service managers, administrators, evaluation practitioners, teachers and politicians. It will also be useful for students and researchers interested in library evaluation..



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