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Collection evaluation in academic libraries : a practical guide for librarians, Karen C. Kohn
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- Summary
- Librarians have long used data to describe their collections. Traditional measures have simply been input and output: volumes acquired, processed, owned, or circulated. Since the growth of culture of assessment beginning in the 1990s, librarians have sought statistics that are evaluative rather than simply descriptive. More recently, increasing journal prices and economic recession have intensified the need to make careful purchasing decisions and to justify these to administrators. A methodical evaluation of a library collection can help librarians understand and meet user needs and also communicate to administrators that maintaining the collection is a good use of an institution's money. Collection Evaluation in Academic Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians equips collection managers to select and implement a method or several methods for assessing library collections. It describes four crucial evaluation tools: Comparison to peer institutions; Core lists; Usage statistics from circulation and interlibrary loans; Citation analysis. Chapters on each of these approaches present the advantages and disadvantages of the method, instructions on data collection and analysis - with screenshots - and suggested steps after completing the analysis. With a unique combination of step-by-step instructions and discussions of the purpose and meaning of data, this comprehensive, practical guide to collection evaluation will be indispensable for collection development librarians and anyone looking to strengthen the culture of assessment within their library. -- from dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 185 pages
- Contents
-
- How collection evaluation can benefit your library
- Approaches to evaluating your collection
- Before you start
- Benchmarking : collecting and analyzing the data
- Benchmarking : interpreting and acting on the data
- List-checking : collecting and analyzing the data
- List-checking : interpreting and acting on the data
- Usage statistics : collecting and analyzing the data
- Usage statistics : interpreting and acting on the data
- Citation analysis : collecting and analyzing the data
- Citation analysis : interpreting and acting on the data
- Sharing what you found
- Isbn
- 9781442238602
- Label
- Collection evaluation in academic libraries : a practical guide for librarians
- Title
- Collection evaluation in academic libraries
- Title remainder
- a practical guide for librarians
- Statement of responsibility
- Karen C. Kohn
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Librarians have long used data to describe their collections. Traditional measures have simply been input and output: volumes acquired, processed, owned, or circulated. Since the growth of culture of assessment beginning in the 1990s, librarians have sought statistics that are evaluative rather than simply descriptive. More recently, increasing journal prices and economic recession have intensified the need to make careful purchasing decisions and to justify these to administrators. A methodical evaluation of a library collection can help librarians understand and meet user needs and also communicate to administrators that maintaining the collection is a good use of an institution's money. Collection Evaluation in Academic Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians equips collection managers to select and implement a method or several methods for assessing library collections. It describes four crucial evaluation tools: Comparison to peer institutions; Core lists; Usage statistics from circulation and interlibrary loans; Citation analysis. Chapters on each of these approaches present the advantages and disadvantages of the method, instructions on data collection and analysis - with screenshots - and suggested steps after completing the analysis. With a unique combination of step-by-step instructions and discussions of the purpose and meaning of data, this comprehensive, practical guide to collection evaluation will be indispensable for collection development librarians and anyone looking to strengthen the culture of assessment within their library. -- from dust jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1978-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kohn, Karen C.
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Z675.U5
- LC item number
- K765 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Practical guides for librarians
- Series volume
- no. 16
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Academic libraries
- Collection development (Libraries)
- Library Collection Development
- Label
- Collection evaluation in academic libraries : a practical guide for librarians, Karen C. Kohn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- How collection evaluation can benefit your library -- Approaches to evaluating your collection -- Before you start -- Benchmarking : collecting and analyzing the data -- Benchmarking : interpreting and acting on the data -- List-checking : collecting and analyzing the data -- List-checking : interpreting and acting on the data -- Usage statistics : collecting and analyzing the data -- Usage statistics : interpreting and acting on the data -- Citation analysis : collecting and analyzing the data -- Citation analysis : interpreting and acting on the data -- Sharing what you found
- Control code
- ocn903473797
- Dimensions
- 29 cm.
- Extent
- xvii, 185 pages
- Isbn
- 9781442238602
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2015004170
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)903473797
- Label
- Collection evaluation in academic libraries : a practical guide for librarians, Karen C. Kohn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- How collection evaluation can benefit your library -- Approaches to evaluating your collection -- Before you start -- Benchmarking : collecting and analyzing the data -- Benchmarking : interpreting and acting on the data -- List-checking : collecting and analyzing the data -- List-checking : interpreting and acting on the data -- Usage statistics : collecting and analyzing the data -- Usage statistics : interpreting and acting on the data -- Citation analysis : collecting and analyzing the data -- Citation analysis : interpreting and acting on the data -- Sharing what you found
- Control code
- ocn903473797
- Dimensions
- 29 cm.
- Extent
- xvii, 185 pages
- Isbn
- 9781442238602
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2015004170
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)903473797
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