Peter Hernon, Charles R. McClure

Evaluation and Library Decision Making

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Evaluation, which is a critical component of the planning process, assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of library programs and services in the context of stated goals and objectives. This book views evaluation as a type of research study in which evaluators collect either research or management data. Chapters discuss steps of the evaluation process and provide practical examples of the application of these steps to specific library problems. The overall objectives of the volume are to introduce readers to the relationship between planning and evaluation; to discuss the components of an evaluation study in clear prose so that readers can easily understand the different steps; to foster an attitude that recognizes the importance of evaluation for the development of library programs and services; to offer examples of each component of the evaluation process; to identify writings on evaluation in libraries and information centers; and to encourage organizational change and underscore the importance of evaluation to library decision making.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 439g
• ISBN-13: 9780893916862
• ISBN-10: 0893916862
• Artikelnr.: 21597956

Autorenporträt

Peter Hernon is professor of library and information science at Simmons College, Boston, MA. He is the author of 50 books, including Library Unlimited's Viewing Library Metrics from Different Perspectives and Making a Difference: Leadership and Academic Libraries; and Praeger's Federal Information Policies in the 1990s: Views and Perspectives.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Evaluating Library and Information Services Overview of the
Evaluation Process Exploiting the Literature on Evaluation The Steps in
Conducting an Evaluation Study Evaluating Designs and Data Collection
Techniques Sampling Improving the Evaluation Process with a Library
Management Information System Importance of Performance Measures in the
Evaluation Process Evaluation of Library Reference Services. Sample Topic:
Interlibrary Loan Analysis as a Collection Development Tool (By Barbara
Klein) Sample Topic: Student Nonuse of Library Literature on CD-ROM (By
Elizabeth H. Murray) Communication of Study Findings Barriers to
Evaluation-The Political Context Organiztional Change Bibliography Author
Index Subject