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Volume 11, Issue 5
1 May 1990
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Research Article| May 01 1990

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS: THE LIBRARIAN′S CHALLENGE Available to Purchase

Abby Day
Abby Day
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7921
Print ISSN: 0143-5124
© MCB UP Limited
1990
Library Management (1990) 11 (5): 24–28.
https://doi.org/10.1108/01435129010143628

Performance indicators are described as political tools in use, being largely subjective. Clear objectives, matching the benefits sought by various groups, will allow measurement of the right kind of outputs – not inputs which usually relate to cost‐effectiveness,not benefits.

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Libraries, Librarians, Performance indicators, Politics
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