... 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...

...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...

... rather noteworthy that the number of professional staff decreases. This is rather remarkably as many of the new tasks and objective public libraries work with like life‐long learning, information literacy and so on requires a highly qualified staff. For most of the spending, the statistics present...

...Sue Henczel The three workshop summaries provide a description of a workshop that was conducted by LISU directors aimed at demystifying statistics by developing an appreciation for performance indicators and statistics and examining the different types of statistics and their practical...

... of the outcomes of the project at Nijmegen University Library. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Benchmarking Statistics Performance measures University libraries The Netherlands In the mid‐1990s, university administrators in The Netherlands decided to found the IWI consortium (IWI = Innovatie...

...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...

...Maurice B. Line Claire   Creaser and others . LISU Annual Library Statistics 2000 Featuring Trend Analysis of UK Public and Academic Libraries 1989‐99 Including Public Library Statistics Report No.14 . Loughborough : Library and Information Statistics Unit, Department...

...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...

... decrease predicted, following a fall of 13.6 per cent in 1999/2000. Returns for most individual authorities in this publication show separate statistics for “audio” and “video” expenditure. However, the figures for the two media have been combined in Tables XIII and XIV . Also included under...

... 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, but there has been nothing similar for the special library sector. The Library...

... of Polish library collections is listed in computer catalogues. The only option is an expensive statistical analysis of appropriately selected samples of collections and acquisitions. Estimating the size of periodical collections turned out to be the most difficult task in the entire survey...

...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. © MCB UP Limited 1994...