Practical evaluation techniques for librarians /

Library professionals need to have effective evaluation skills in order to be accountable to stakeholders and to effect informed improvement. Applegate shows you techniques for collecting data at the local level to enable informed managerial decision making. She describes and compares techniques tha...

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Main Authors: Applegate, Rachel
Published: Libraries Unlimited, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
Publisher Address: Santa Barbara, CA :
Publication Dates: [2013]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: Library professionals need to have effective evaluation skills in order to be accountable to stakeholders and to effect informed improvement. Applegate shows you techniques for collecting data at the local level to enable informed managerial decision making. She describes and compares techniques that can be used in any size library, and that any librarian can learn.
Carrier Form: ix, 232 pages ; 28 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781610691598 (paperback : acid-free paper) :
1610691598 (paperback : acid-free paper)
Index Number: Z678
CLC: G258.2-34
Call Number: G258.2-34/A648
Contents: Personal techniques -- Impersonal techniques -- Technique selection and sampling -- Planning for evaluation -- Reporting about evaluation.