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This authoritative guide to conducting assessments within academic libraries is organized into four section: services, resources, spaces, and personnel. The book serves as a springboard to adopt, adapt, or create assessments to describe a library’s value and to plan for improvement.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents
List of Figures, Tables, and Chapter Appendices
Preface
Chapter 1: Assessment Framework
Chapter 2: Service Assessments
Chapter 3: Case Study: Assessing Services and Staffing for Library Service Points
Chapter 4: Learning from Our Users: A Usability Study of a Library Website
Chapter 5: Assessing & Evaluating the Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Chapter 6: Resources Assessments
Chapter 7: Weeding Decisions for a Science and Engineering Print Collectio
Chapter 8: A Playbook for Journal License Negotiations: Data Informed Assessment
Chapter 9: Space Assessments
Chapter 10: Creating Space with Our Community in Mind: A Library Building Assessment
Chapter 12: Facilitating Innovative Research, Creative Thinking and Problem-Solving:
Chapter 13: Personnel Relationship Assessments
Chapter 14: A Deep Bench: Staff Enrich Library Assessment Activities in an Academic Library
Chapter 15: Sorting Out Library Programs, Services, and Tasks: Identifying Strategic
Chapter 16: Communication Networks Within an Academic Library
Chapter 17: What's Next?
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Holt Zaugg is the assessment librarian at Brigham Young University. Prior to becoming the assessment librarian, he worked in the K-12 education system in Alberta, Canada. In addition to his teaching duties he was trained to present over 30 teacher professional development workshops on topics including differentiated instruction, team building, time management, classroom management, cultural competence, resiliency, and First Nations, Metis and Inuit education. He holds a master’s degrees in instructional science and library science and a doctorate in educational inquiry, measurement, and evaluation. For the past six years he has led the assessment efforts at the BYU Library to evaluate services, resources, spaces, and personnel relationships.
Zusammenfassung
This authoritative guide to conducting assessments within academic libraries is organized into four section: services, resources, spaces, and personnel. The book serves as a springboard to adopt, adapt, or create assessments to describe a library’s value and to plan for improvement.
