04644nam a22005173i 4500 EBC2081421 MiAaPQ 20220124140355.0 m o d | cr cnu|||||||| 211129s2015 xx o ||||0 eng d 9781442250659 (electronic bk.) 9781442238602 (MiAaPQ)EBC2081421 (Au-PeEL)EBL2081421 (CaPaEBR)ebr11072238 (CaONFJC)MIL809219 (OCoLC)913377698 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ Z675.U5 .K384 2015 025.218 Kohn, Karen C. author Collection Evaluation in Academic Libraries : A Practical Guide for Librarians / Karen C. Kohn. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015. ©2015. 1 online resource (205 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Practical Guides for Librarians ; v.16 Includes bibliographical references and index. Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Textboxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. How Collection Evaluation Can Benefit Your Library -- Chapter 2. Approaches to Evaluating Your Collection -- Chapter 3. Before You Start -- Chapter 4. Benchmarking-Collecting and Analyzing the Data -- Chapter 5. Benchmarking-Interpreting and Acting on the Data -- Chapter 6. List-Checking-Collecting and Analyzing the Data -- Chapter 7. List-Checking-Interpreting and Acting on the Data -- Chapter 8. Usage Statistics-Collecting and Analyzing the Data -- Chapter 9. Usage Statistics-Interpreting and Acting on the Data -- Chapter 10. Citation Analysis-Collecting and Analyzing the Data -- Chapter 11. Citation Analysis-Interpreting and Acting on the Data -- Chapter 12. Sharing What You Found -- Index -- About the Author. Librarians have long used data to describe their collections. Traditional measures have simply been inputs and outputs: volumes acquired, processed, owned, or circulated. With the growth since the 1990s of cultures of assessment, librarians have sought statistics that are evaluative rather than simply descriptive. More recently, exponentially increasing journal prices and an economic recession have intensified the need to make careful purchasing decisions and to justify these to administrators. A methodical evaluation of a library collection can help librarians understand and meet user needs and can help communicate to administrators that the library is a good use of the institution’s money. Collection Evaluation in Academic Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians equips collections managers to select and implement a method or several methods of evaluating their library collections. It includes sections on four tools for evaluation: • Comparison to peer institutions • Core lists • Usage statistics from circulation and ILL • Citation analysis Chapters on each of these approaches present the advantages and disadvantages of each method, instructions on data collection and analysis—with screenshots—and suggested action steps after completing the analysis. With a unique combination of step-by-step instructions and discussions of the purpose and role of data, this book provides an unusually thorough guide to collection evaluation. It will be indispensable for collection development librarians and anyone looking to strengthen the culture of assessment within the library. Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. Academic libraries 48690 Administration. Academic libraries 48690 Collection development. Collection development (Libraries) 77936 Evaluation Electronic books. Print version: Kohn, Karen C. Collection Evaluation in Academic Libraries Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,c2015 9781442238602 ProQuest (Firm) Practical Guides for Librarians https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=2081421 Acceso Remoto https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=2081421 Acceso en el Campus PUCPR lcc 7 296964 296964 0 0 ddc 0 0 10 10 45 2021-12-07 0 025.218 EBC2081421 2021-12-07 00:00:00 2021-12-07 7 0 0 lcc 0 0 12 12 45 2022-01-24 0 Z675.U5 .K384 2015 50000003283396 2022-01-24 00:00:00 Ebook c. 1 2022-01-24 7