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The complete collections assessment manual : a holistic approach / Madeline M. Kelly.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : ALA Neal-Schuman, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: xx, 250 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780838918685
  • 0838918689
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Contents:
Part I. Planning a collections assessment program. Holistic collections assessment ; Assessment goals ; Assessment stakeholders ; Selecting data and methods ; Project planning ; Communication best practices ; Special considerations -- Part II. Metrics and methods. Putting the pieces together : How to use Part II ; Inventory ; Reputable bibliographies ; Modified brief test ; Uniqueness ; Peer benchmarking ; E-Resource environmental scan ; Patron demographic mapping ; User surveys ; Interviews ; Focus groups ; Persona exercises ; Circulation analysis ; Physical item return on investment ; Interlibrary loan analysis ; E-Resource use analysis ; Turnaway analysis ; Citation analysis ; Constituent publishing outlets ; Bibliometric analysis ; Altmetric analysis -- Part III. Appendixes. Appendix A : Assessment planning templates ; Appendix B : Software to support assessment ; Appendix C : Sample collections assessment portfolios.
Summary: Spanning both concept and practice, the author 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.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Assessment is increasingly integral to building, managing, and justifying library collections. Unfortunately, assessment can also be a daunting undertaking. And though every institution is unique, as this manual demonstrates, there's no need to reinvent the wheel. Spanning both concept and practice, Kelly offers a holistic assessment framework suitable to a variety of collections and contexts. With a structure that makes it applicable as both a training tool for practicing librarians and a useful course text for library students, this manual

introduces foundational assessment methodologies then provides concrete guidance on how to contextualize those methodologies within a holistic collections assessment program; covers topics such as assessment goals, assessment stakeholders, selecting data and methodologies, working through project constraints, and project planning; includes sample assessment program structures and other useful templates; provides step-by-step instructions for more than a dozen specific methodologies, describing which aspect of the collection is being measured, what goals the methodology can address, technological requirements, recommended visualizations, and other helpful pointers; and shares best practices for communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders about assessment projects, with sample communication plans that can be easily adapted.

Spanning both concept and practice, the author 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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Planning a collections assessment program. Holistic collections assessment ; Assessment goals ; Assessment stakeholders ; Selecting data and methods ; Project planning ; Communication best practices ; Special considerations -- Part II. Metrics and methods. Putting the pieces together : How to use Part II ; Inventory ; Reputable bibliographies ; Modified brief test ; Uniqueness ; Peer benchmarking ; E-Resource environmental scan ; Patron demographic mapping ; User surveys ; Interviews ; Focus groups ; Persona exercises ; Circulation analysis ; Physical item return on investment ; Interlibrary loan analysis ; E-Resource use analysis ; Turnaway analysis ; Citation analysis ; Constituent publishing outlets ; Bibliometric analysis ; Altmetric analysis -- Part III. Appendixes. Appendix A : Assessment planning templates ; Appendix B : Software to support assessment ; Appendix C : Sample collections assessment portfolios.

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