[Libs-Or] New book at the State Library: Evaluation and Measurement of Library Services

[Ross Fuqua]

This new book is available for interlibrary loan from the State Library of Oregon. It is part of the Library and Information Science Collection<http://osl-lis.blogspot.com/>, which is supported in whole by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act.

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Matthews, J. R. (2018). The Evaluation and Measurement of Library Services<https://osl-lis.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-evaluation-and-measurement-of.html> (2nd ed.) foreword by Lisa Hinchliffe. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited (ABC-CLIO, LLC). ISBN: 9781440855368.

Publisher's Description
This guide provides library directors, managers, and administrators in all types of libraries with complete and up-to-date instructions on how to evaluate library services in order to improve them.

  *   Helps librarians to thoroughly examine their libraries' services toward making improvements
  *   Enables librarians to answer with authority the question "what difference do we make?"
  *   Explains the most effective ways of conducting library measurement and evaluation, covering qualitative and quantitative tools, data analysis, and specific methodologies for measuring and assessing specific services
  *   Offers a highly readable and clear treatment of a topic of paramount importance, but that librarians often find difficult

More information from the publisher.<http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A5391P>

If you would like to request this or other materials from the State Library of Oregon please use your library's established interlibrary loan process (e.g. OCLC or ALA request form). Otherwise, send your full name, the name of your library, complete title information, shipping address, and a phone number to the document delivery department at library.request at state.or.us<mailto:library.request at state.or.us> or (fax) 503-588-7119. Items will be checked out to your library, not to you personally, for 4 weeks (print materials) or 2 weeks (videos). Materials will be delivered via mail or Orbis Cascade Alliance Courier, and you may return them the same way. Normally a single copy is purchased and is loaned on a first-come-first-serve basis. You may be put on a hold list for several weeks.

Most library staff are able to use their library's interlibrary loan service to borrow professional development material. However, if you do not have access to these services or are not currently affiliated with a library, please contact me<mailto:ross.fuqua at state.or.us> to discuss alternative options for borrowing the material.

Be sure to check out our Library and Information Science (LIS) blog<http://osl-lis.blogspot.com/> to discover the most recent additions to our LIS collection and search our catalog<https://ccrls.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/oslpublic/> for our complete holdings. The library science collection is meant to support the whole Oregon library community. Library Support and Development Services welcomes your suggestions for acquisitions - see the blog for an input form or email us!


Ross Fuqua
Data & Federal Programs Consultant
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