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Collection evaluation in academic libraries : a practical guide for librarians / Karen C. Kohn.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Practical guides for librarians ; no 16.Publication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.Description: xvii, 185 p. : illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9781442238602 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 025.21877 23 K79
Contents:
1. How collection evaluation can benefit your library -- 2. Approaches to evaluating your collection -- 3. Before you start -- 4. Benchmarking : collecting and analyzing the data -- 5. Benchmarking : interpreting and acting on the data -- 6. List-checking : collecting and analyzing the data -- 7. List-checking : interpreting and acting on the data -- 8. Usage statistics : collecting and analyzing the data -- 9. Usage statistics : interpreting and acting on the data -- 10. Citation analysis : collecting and analyzing the data -- 11. Citation analysis : interpreting and acting on the data -- 12. Sharing what you found -- Index -- About author.
Summary: Collection Evaluation in Academic Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians equips academic collection managers to select and implement a method or several methods of evaluating their library collections.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. How collection evaluation can benefit your library --
2. Approaches to evaluating your collection --
3. Before you start --
4. Benchmarking : collecting and analyzing the data --
5. Benchmarking : interpreting and acting on the data --
6. List-checking : collecting and analyzing the data --
7. List-checking : interpreting and acting on the data --
8. Usage statistics : collecting and analyzing the data --
9. Usage statistics : interpreting and acting on the data --
10. Citation analysis : collecting and analyzing the data --
11. Citation analysis : interpreting and acting on the data --
12. Sharing what you found --
Index --
About author.

Collection Evaluation in Academic Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians equips academic collection managers to select and implement a method or several methods of evaluating their library collections.

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