Assessing Academic Library Performance - A Handbook

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.

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Holt Zaugg
• Assisted by: Holt Zaugg (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781538149232
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4923-2
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Medical Library Association Books Series; Medical Library Association Bo
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; Library & information services, Academic & specialist libraries