Joseph McDonald, Basney Micikas, Lynda Basney Micikas

Academic Libraries

The Dimensions of Their Effectiveness

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a completely new approach to the measurement of academic library effectiveness. Based on a significant empirical investigation, it contradicts established practices such as the measurement of outputs as indicators of effectiveness and the tendency to focus the evaluation of library effectiveness on the success of isolated activities. The book also explores in detail the fundamental inadequacy of library-based bibliographic instruction and information-seeking skills development. It argues that a student learns in order to become information literate and does not become information literate in order to learn. In so doing, it challenges much of the accepted wisdom in libraries and information technology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 475g
• ISBN-13: 9780313272691
• ISBN-10: 0313272697
• Artikelnr.: 25565614

Autorenporträt

JOSEPH A. McDONALD is Associate Professor and Director of the Library at Fontbonne College. An authority on information systems design and management, his work has been published in journals such as Drexel Library Quarterly, Library Software Review, and The Reformed Journal. LYNDA BASNEY MICIKAS is an independent consultant in learning and information in Denver. She is also Director of The Human Genome Project: Information Access, Management, and Regulation for the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study at Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was formerly an Associate Professor and Chair of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Holy Family College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Library Effectiveness: A Review Library Effectiveness: A New
Approach Assessing Organizational Effectiveness Criteria for Assessing
Academic Library Organizational Effectiveness Research Methodology Results
and Discussion The Grail of Library Goodness Libraries and Information
Bibliography Appendix 1: Effectiveness Criteria Appendix 2: Questionnaire
Appendix 3: Questionnaire Items Keyed to Effectiveness Criteria Appendix 4:
Sample Characteristics Appendix 5: Statistical Analysis Appendix 6:
Variables Comprising Major and Minor Factors Appendix 7: Domains: Their
Dimensions and Variables