... as effectively as possible. The purpose of this paper is to analyse how the use of data compiled from different sources, such as statistics and assessing user experience, as a tool for analysing the effectiveness of the library’s economic resources and how this has effected on the use of the libraries. Design...

... were those seen as mutually important by both parties, and even changes in university strategy could be reflected by adjusting the statistics and divisions within the formula. Research limitations/implications – This study was restricted to only one institution. Originality/value...

...Markku Laitinen; Jarmo Saarti Purpose Quality management, and its associated evidence‐based ideology, have influenced library management from at least the beginning of the 1990s. Both concepts emphasize that decisions have to be based on facts. Libraries have a long history of using statistics...

...Cathie Jilovsky Purpose This paper aims to describe the design and implementation of a pilot project for the benchmarking of library statistics for Asian academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach The project was facilitated through the development, set‐up and management of an online...

...Niels Ole Pors Libraries Statistics Budgets Public libraries UK LISU has for many years produced very good statistical reports and analyses of the library and information services in the UK. This statistical publication focuses on the libraries spending on materials and on the budget...

...Penelope Fenley Edited by David C.   Fowler . Usage Statistics of e‐Serials . Haworth Press , 2007 . 338 pp. , ISBN: 13: 978‐0‐7890‐2988‐1, 10: 0‐7890‐2988‐X © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Statistics Electronic journals Electronic information...

...Sue Henczel Edited by Claire   Creaser . Statistics in Practice: Measuring & Managing, Proceedings of the IFLA Satellite Conference, Loughborough, August 2002 . LISU Occasional Paper No. 32 , , ISBN: 1 901786 52 8 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004...

... of the outcomes of the project at Nijmegen University Library. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Benchmarking Statistics Performance measures University libraries The Netherlands In 1996 and 1997, several institutions and experts were consulted about the best way to set up such a quality audit...

...Maurice B. Line Sally   Maynard Compiled by, Sharon   Fletcher Compiled by . Public Library Materials Fund and Budget Survey 2000‐2002 . Loughborough University : Library and Information Statistics Unit (LISU)   September 2001 . i, 259 pp. , ISBN: 1 901786 42 0; ISSN 0967...

...Yan Quan Liu Librarians have been involved in collecting and disseminating statistics for many years. Utilising statistics to describe and assess the operation of library activities as a part of library tradition has received growing attention from researchers, policymakers, library managers...

... are photocopies) peaked in 1995‐96; why, I wonder? Special Library Statistics are based on small samples, and should be taken as indicative rather than representative. National Library Statistics cover the British Library’s published figures, which usefully include performance measures for the Document Supply...

... Public libraries Statistics United Kingdom Funding Costs The regular LISU Public Library Materials Fund and Budget Survey (2000a) on which this paper is based takes the pulse at several important pressure points of the entire system. The resulting volume of extensive and detailed...

...Suzanne Burge © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Special libraries Statistics United Kingdom For years, special librarians have bemoaned the fact that there are no detailed statistics available for their sector. Public and academic libraries are well documented in regular compilations...

... Limited 1999 Poland Statistics University libraries In physical education libraries, there are currently about 200 to 220 titles (two libraries gave exact numbers of 166 and 194). There was a decrease of volumes acquired of Polish periodicals of 26 per cent and of foreign periodicals...

...Yan Quan Liu Through an analytical and comparative study, examines the development and current status of the USA’s and China’s national library statistical systems, their natural functions and key system characteristics, usability of performance measures, and each system’s strengths...

...John Sumsion More comprehensive trend data on UK academic libraries’ operations and resources are now available. Explains the extended scope of annual published statistics ‐ along with a summary of results for 1994/95 and the previous ten years. Discusses the general statistical approach including...

.... Recommends that inventories be improved and loss determined precisely in order to improve the accuracy of statistics collected, making for better evidence on theft; tough legal deterrents be implemented and that authorities should also develop their own definite security policies. Discovering that books...