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Practical Evaluation Techniques for Librarians

by Rachel Applegate
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Evaluation is essential to library management: it provides the data that underlies informed and effective decision-making. This book is a one-volume, how-to guide to library evaluation techniques, planning, and reporting.
Library professionals—regardless of whether they operate in a school, public, or academic library setting—need to have effective evaluation skills in order to be accountable to stakeholders and to effect informed improvement. Practical Evaluation Techniques for Librarians provides information and guidance that is highly useful and accessible for all librarians looking to intelligently manage the strengths and weaknesses of their library as well as communicate its value to its stakeholders.
Rather than focusing on data-gathering methods appropriate for researchers, the book concentrates on data collection at the local level that enables informed managerial decision-making. It describes and compares techniques that can be used with any level or type of resource—staffing, software, and expertise, for example—in any size library. Author Rachel Applegate makes it clear that accountability is everywhere and imperative, and any librarian can learn the simple techniques to benefit from evaluation.

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    August 15, 2013

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      • ISBN: 9798216131243

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      • ISBN: 9798216131243
      • File size: 1915 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      February 1, 2014

      This insightful manual discusses how to evaluate and assess information using different techniques such as surveys and focus groups. The author stresses the importance of data collection to support libraries and other not-for-profit organizations as they face the daily challenge of defending their contributions to the communities they serve. With a focus on "proving and improving," Applegate encourages readers to take a critical look at the services they provide and determine their strengths and weaknesses through outcome-based evaluations. Several different evaluation techniques are described in depth, and they will enable professionals to extrapolate the data they need to compile concise organizational reports. Clear, easy-to-use outlines detail how to create and utilize a variety of surveys or gather specific focus groups that will provide the definitive information they seek. Other chapters explain how to format the data and how to create targeted evaluation reports. While the content is presented in a dry and process-driven manner, it is thorough. A useful guide for gathering practical information.-Allison Santos, Princeton Public Library, NJ

      Copyright 2014 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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