Academic Libraries: The Dimensions of Their Effectiveness

by Joseph McDonald, Lynda Basney Micikas, Basney Micikas

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313272697
• ISBN13: 9780313272691
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"