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If you want to evaluate your library--
Library Association Publishing, 1993
2nd ed.
Available at 6 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
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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