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Title: Choosing the Best Tools for Evaluating Your Library


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Choosing the Best Tools for Evaluating Your
Library
  • Neal K. Kaske, Ph.D.
  • Director of Statistics and Surveys
  • U.S. National Commission on Libraries and
    Information Science
  • Library Assessment Conference
  • September 25 and 27, 2006
  • Charlottesville, VA

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A Big Question
  • Which one(s) of these library assessment tools
    should I use to demonstrate the library adds
    value to our parent organization?

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The Questions
  • Why are we evaluating?
  • Who will use the results?
  • Do we have baseline or do we need to establish
    one?
  • What will this tool tell us and what is the
    precision of its measurement?
  • What new information will we gain?
  • What are the initial and continuing costs for
    using this tool?
  • What are the staffing requirements and what new
    operational knowledge does the staff gain?
  • Will the assessment resonate with and help
    support the goals of the librarys parent
    organization?
  • How will the findings be used by the librarys
    parent organization?
  • How might the findings from the assessment be
    used against the library?

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What Questions Should Be Added or Deleted?
  • Why are we evaluating?
  • Who will use the results?
  • Do we have baseline or do we need to establish
    one?
  • What will this tool tell us and what is the
    precision of its measurement?
  • What new information will we gain?
  • What are the initial and continuing costs for
    using this tool?
  • What are the staffing requirements and what new
    operational knowledge does the staff gain?
  • Will the assessment resonate with and help
    support the goals of the librarys parent
    organization?
  • How will the findings be used by the librarys
    parent organization?
  • How might the findings from the assessment be
    used against the library?

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Thank you for your comment!
  • Neals contact information
  • 202-606-9200
  • nkaske_at_nclis.gov
  • U.S. National Commission on Libraries and
    Information Science1800 M Street, NW Suite 350
    North TowerWashington, DC 20036-5841
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