...Carla J. Funk Purpose The paper seeks to discuss how medical librarians have used library standards, especially benchmark data, in advocating for the medical library and medical librarian to their communities, institutions, and other groups and the Medical Library Association's role in supporting...

... on the library context is deducted. The model is then validated by the implementation in two case studies. Findings The developed approach has shown to stand the test when implemented in practice. The model leads to a comprehensive basis for a benchmarking and optimisation of libraries in the future...

... made up of eight weighted performance indicators: staff survey, facility evaluation, service area, usage, building, site, staffing output, and capacity. Project data are benchmarked and compared with those of library systems around the USA in similarly sized cities. Findings The outcomes...