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Library Association Publishing, 1993
2nd ed.
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Previous ed.: 1988
Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-343) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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