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The complete collections assessment manual : a holistic approach / Madeline M. Kelly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelly, Madeline M., 1987- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Collection management (Libraries)--Evaluation.
- Collection management (Libraries).
- Evaluation.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 250 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : ALA Neal-Schuman, 2021.
- Summary:
- "Spanning both concept and practice, Kelly offers a holistic assessment framework suitable to a variety of collections and contexts. This manual is applicable as both a training tool for practicing librarians and a useful course text for library students"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Planning a Collections Assessment Program
- 1. Holistic Collections Assessment
- Process Improvements
- Assessment Outcomes
- Organizational Benefits
- Further Reading
- References
- 2. Assessment Goals
- How to Set Goals
- Examples: Goals
- Putting Goals, Questions, and Actions Together
- 3. Assessment Stakeholders
- How to Identify Stakeholders
- Working with Stakeholders
- The Engagement Time Line
- Examples: Collaboration Time Lines
- 4. Selecting Data and Methods
- Choosing Your Framework
- The Universe of Data
- Mapping Your Goals to the Data
- Methods
- Achieving Balance
- Pursuing Inclusion
- Achieving Sustainability
- Assessment Tools
- 5. Project Planning
- Anticipating Challenges
- Developing a Formal Project Plan
- Incorporating Assessment into the Workload
- Example of a Project Plan
- 6. Communication Best Practices
- Ongoing Communication
- Communicating Your Results
- Data Visualization
- Sample Communication Plans
- 7. Special Considerations
- Sampling
- Structuring Data
- Basic Data Cleaning
- Merging Data
- Pivot Tables
- Data Validity
- Interdisciplinary Assessments
- Outcomes Assessment
- User Privacy
- pt. II Metrics and Methods
- 8. Putting the Pieces Together: How to Use Part II
- COLLECTIONS
- 9. Inventory
- 10. Reputable Bibliographies
- 11. Modified Brief Test
- 12. Uniqueness
- 13. Peer Benchmarking
- 14. E-Resource Environmental Scan
- USERS
- 15. Patron Demographic Mapping
- 16. User Surveys
- 17. Interviews
- 18. Focus Groups
- 19. Persona Exercises
- USAGE
- 20. Circulation Analysis
- 21. Physical Item Return on Investment
- 22. Interlibrary Loan Analysis
- 23. E-Resource Use Analysis
- 24. Turnaway Analysis
- CITATIONS
- 25. Citation Analysis
- 26. Constituent Publishing Outlets
- 27. Bibliometric Analysis
- 28. Altmetric Analysis
- pt. III Appendixes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780838918685
- 0838918689
- OCLC:
- 1138995880
- Publisher Number:
- 99986101146
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