Evaluation of Library Collections, Access and Electronic Resources A Literature Guide and Annotated Bibliography

Subjects:

• Library & Information Science » Acquisitions & Collection
• Library & Information Science » Acquisitions & Collection

Reviews:

• This book captures the critical issues of library collection assessment....provides the specificity to investigate theory and applied studies, especially with electronic resources.
  —Technicalities September/October 2004

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Overviews of Evaluation
• Collection-Centered Approaches to Traditional Collection Evaluation
• The Conspectus
• Client-Centered and Combination Approaches to Traditional Collection Evaluation
• Collection Evaluation at the National and Multi-library Levels
• Performance Measures and Standards
• Serials Evaluation
• Evaluation of Use
• Use of Citation Analysis in Evaluation
• Journal Ranking Studies
• Evaluation of Electronic Resources
• Evaluation of Access