... on four levels: behaviour, reaction, learning, and results, using Donald Kirkpatrick’s widely recognised evaluation model. Design/methodology/approach The research employed a census sampling method and a questionnaire to gather information from 177 respondents employed in university libraries...

... the evaluation of school library services using certain methods so that they can be used to improve the quality of library services. The category of minimum expectations (minimum), namely the minimum expectations of users for the quality of library services; The category of ideal expectations (desired...

...Sara Valadi-khorram; Mohammad Reza Amiri; Mohammad Karim Saberi Purpose Considering the important role of public libraries in providing health information service as well as user feedback in improving the quality of health information services, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the quality...

... and given new tasks for the academic libraries to manage. Finland Academic libraries Statistics Evaluation Digitalization Cost-effectiveness © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only 07 01 2017 07 01 2017 23 01 2017...

...Jurgita Rudžionienė; Jaroslav Dvorak Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to define the problem and to initiate discussion on library evaluation as significant part of institutional evidence-based management from public administration approach. Design/methodology/approach – In order...

.... Secondary schools in all four home nations were ranked according to Ofsted evaluation and league table performance. A sample of schools was selected from each nation and interviews are currently being conducted with management, teaching staff, librarians and with focus groups of school pupils...

... in Finland during the 1990s (see Poll and Boekhorst, 1996) which is a good summary of the development in academic libraries. Some of its concepts caused changes in the way that management works, e.g. evaluating progress and setting goals, have been adopted from the private sector. One good example...

... --> Statistics Performance measurement Evaluation Libraries Having just returned from the 2003 IFLA Satellite Conference on Performance and Evaluation held at Northumbria University in Durham, UK, where I met many of the contributors to this collection of papers, I was very pleased to have...

...Maureen Jackson Discusses the reasons why the HyLiFe project, which focussed on hybrid libraries, needed to be evaluated, and the ways in which the information gathered was used to solve problems and aid decision making. It reviews who should be involved in the evaluation process, what should...

...Linda Ashcroft Focuses on the areas of promotion and evaluation, discussing findings of a recent Liverpool‐based study of electronic journals in academic libraries in the UK and North America. Traces the growth of electronic journals and their impact on the role of information professionals...

...   1999 . , ISBN: ISBN 1‐85604‐310‐X   £34.95 © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Networking Information retrieval Training Evaluation Libraries Reading the proceedings of a conference one has not attended is inevitably, to a degree, a frustrating experience. The conference format means...

...Celia Payne The development of reference services in public libraries is described and the importance of standards accentuated. The need for proper marketing and systematic evaluation, both qualitative and quantitative,is explained. An unobtrusive telephone test of 15 libraries is analysed...