Measuring for Results: The Dimensions of Public Library Effectiveness - Softcover

Matthews, Joseph

 
9781591581000: Measuring for Results: The Dimensions of Public Library Effectiveness
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1591581001 ISBN 13: 9781591581000
Verlag: Libraries Unlimited, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

Librarians have historically relied on the perceived value or goodness of the public library as a means to garner financial support. Yet it is now becoming apparent that public libraries must demonstrate, using an acceptable methodology, the economic value of the library and its services. A compendium of valuable information about the research and literature surrounding this issue of demonstration, this book reviews the various approaches that have been used in assessing the public library's value.

Matthews suggests methods for a library to develop better means of communicating with their funding decision-makers and other stakeholders. By analyzing input, process, and output measures, and combining these with measures of the economic and social benefits produced by the library, he offers a portfolio of approaches that enable today's librarian to both measure effectiveness and to communicate its value to its stakeholders-the communities it serves.

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Verlag
Libraries Unlimited
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1591581001
ISBN 13 
9781591581000
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
254
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