Author : Virginia A. Walter
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 44,71 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838907955
A call to action for libraries serving children. Honouring the accomplishments of children's services pioneers of the past, Virginia Walter evaluates the current situation and envisions futures where children, technology and libraries intersect.
Author : Virginia A. Walter
Publisher : Chicago : Association for Library Service to Children, Public Library Association, American Library Association
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 50,46 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
This manual has been designed as a practical guide to quantifying and measuring the results, or outputs, of public library service to children. The basic output measures presented are tailored to reflect library services to children (defined as persons 14 years old and younger) and their care givers. Six categories of measures are presented: (1) library use (children's library visits per child, building use by children, and furniture/equipment use by children); (2) materials use (circulation of children's materials per child, in-library use of children's materials per child, and turnover rate of children's materials); (3) materials availability (children's fill rate, homework fill rate, and picture book fill rate); (4) information services (children's information transactions per child and chldren's information transaction completion rate); (5) programming (children's program attendance per child); and (6) community relations (class visit rate, child care center contact rate, and annual number of community contacts). The first of three parts of the manual provides an overview of measurement and evaluation, basic information about statistics and data collection and analysis, and suggestions for managing the measurement effort in a particular library. The second part presents each output measure in detail, including the data elements needed and instructions for calculating the measure. The third part presents some techniques for collecting more subjective data, such as focus groups and user surveys, that may help to understand and interpret the quantitative output measure data. Copies of all of the blank forms needed are appended. (4 references) (BBM)
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 30,89 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Computer programs
ISBN :
Author : Phyllis Van Orden
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 32,97 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780810851696
"This revised edition features policy statements, reports, and research studies not readily identified in any one source and serves to update coverage of the print materials listed in Library Service to Children: A Guide to the Research, Planning, and Policy Literature (1992). All electronic sources are new, and the coverage of biographical literature and materials about the history of children's services and children's librarianship has been expanded."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Melissa Gross
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 22,82 MB
Release : 2016-01-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838914160
Featuring plentiful examples of how to proceed through each phase of the OBPE model, this book boils down planning and evaluation into an approachable, easy to understand process for public librarians, library managers, and grant writers.
Author : International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Section of Public Libraries
Publisher : NBD Biblion Publishers
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 19,85 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783598218279
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a group, protect their interests, and find solutions to global problems.
Author : Virginia A. Walter
Publisher :
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 11,63 MB
Release : 1992
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Kathleen de la Pena McCook
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 30,86 MB
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 083891506X
Put simply, there is no text about public librarianship more rigorous or comprehensive than McCook's survey. Now, the REFORMA Lifetime Achievement Award-winning author has teamed up with noted public library scholar and advocate Bossaller to update and expand her work to incorporate the field's renewed emphasis on outcomes and transformation. This "essential tool" (Library Journal) remains the definitive handbook on this branch of the profession. It covers every aspect of the public library, from its earliest history through its current incarnation on the cutting edge of the information environment, including statistics, standards, planning, evaluations, and results;legal issues, funding, and politics;organization, administration, and staffing;all aspects of library technology, from structure and infrastructure to websites and makerspaces;adult services, youth services, and children's services;associations, state library agencies, and other professional organizations;global perspectives on public libraries; andadvocacy, outreach, and human rights. Exhaustively researched and expansive in its scope, this benchmark text continues to serve both LIS students and working professionals.
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Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 20,91 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780160483080
The tables in this report summarize information about public libraries in fiscal year 1993. These data were collected through the sixth Public Libraries Survey. Respondents for this census were the 8,929 public libraries identified in the 50 states and District of Columbia, by state library agencies. Over 71% of the population of legally served areas in the United States were served by fewer than 11% of public libraries; 1,454 public libraries (over 16%) reported one or more branch library outlets, with a total of 7,017; total operating expenditures for public libraries were over $4.7 billion in 1993; libraries reported a total of nearly 111,945 paid full-time equivalent (FTE) staff; and total nationwide circulation of library materials was nearly 1.6 billion, or 6.5 per capita. The report begins by presenting highlights of the findings. The introduction then describes the terminology used in the document; the universe represented by the data; data collection and use of the technology; and quality review of the data. Also included are caveats for using the data; information on ordering machine readable data and publications; and a source for further information on public library statistics. The data are presented in 19 sets of tables, which make up the major part of this report. Data is provided on staffing; operating income and expenditures; type of governance; type of administrative structure; size of collection; and service measures such as reference transactions; public service hours; interlibrary loan; circulation; and library visits. Appendices include background of the Federal-State Cooperative System (FSCS), a glossary, and a list of states with overlapping population of legal service area. (MAS)
Author : United States. Department of Education. Office of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation
Publisher :
Page : 1002 pages
File Size : 32,6 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Education
ISBN :
