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"The love in the room": Evaluating the National Year of Reading in an Australian public library
Get PDFThis study was influenced by research into the impact of the UK National Year of Reading in 2008 using the Generic Social Outcome Framework from the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. In 2012 a National Year of Reading was held in Australia which offered another opportunity to investigate the nature of impact. While formal evaluation processes were put into place at the national level, our study was a small-scale qualitative research project which considered the evaluation of impact related to National Year of Reading activities at one urban public library service. Data collected included focus group interviews with library staff, as well as desk data from the library service. The findings suggest that it is necessary to give due consideration to impact measures and collection of appropriate data at the planning stages in order to evaluate impact effectively. Measuring impact is much more difficult but ultimately more worthwhile than that of measuring output. The evaluation of impact is an important tool in strategic planning and advocacy and new ways of measurement need to be incorporated into planning and management
HYDER, Eileen. Reading groups, libraries and social inclusion: experiences of blind and partially sighted people. Farnham: Ashgate. 2013.
Get PDFALOI, Michael J., FUSCO, Marjorie and KETCHAM, Susan E. Digital collections worldwide: An annotated directory. New York: Neal-Schuman. 2011.
Get PDFTITANGOS, Hui-Lan H. Local communities in the era of social media technologies: a global approach. Oxford: Chandos. 2013.
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The Ever-Changing World of Libraries: Six Years of “Treffpunkt Bibliothek” (“Meeting Point Library”)
Get PDFAgainst the backdrop of massive budget cuts in many cities, towns and villages in the Federal Republic, the German Library Association decided six years ago to initiate a large-scale awareness-raising publicity campaign. The campaign managed to generate tremendous media coverage for libraries on the local, regional and national level, to increase their visibility across the country, and to alert decision-makers and stakeholders on all levels to library-related issues
The use of a heuristic process to evaluate an online information retrieval interface.
No full textThis paper presents the results of a heuristic
evaluation with the Web of Science interface. Three
human factors experts carried out their independent
evaluation. The findings were then analysed and
combined to discuss them with expert members to
reach a consensus on usability issues identified. The
heuristic evaluation helped to identify a number of
both positive and negative aspects in the Web of
Science interface. The key strength of the then current
interface was its consistency in terms of conventions
used, screen layouts, minimum use of colours, and use
of graphics and icons.The main weakness lay in its
functionality, i.e., searching, navigation, online help, etc.
The results show the effectiveness of a heuristlc
approach to evaluating user interfaces to online
information retrieval systems
The use of library and information resources by research staff at Glascow Caledonian University
Get PDFThis research evaluates the use made of LIS by
researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University with a
view to effecting improvements where appropriate.The
interview method was used. As a result of the study
electronic requesting of inter library loans has been
introduced and special Library web pages for
researchers are now available. The need for cooperation
between the Library and the Research and
Commercial Development Office was recognised. The
research methodologies of researchers was found to
be extremely variable and often unsophisticated. Direct
contact with the Library is in decline
The future for Level 4 NVQs: a developmental approach?
Get PDFAn update on the development of Level 4 ILS NVQs
since 1998 is outlined.The extent to which the revised
standards will address the limitations of the original
standards in terms of underpinning knowledge and
higher level skills is discussed.The analysis takes into
account research into Level 4 ILS NVQs since\u27 1998 and
updates the findings and recommendations of the original
research paper. ln particular, it argues that the future for
these qualifications is dependent upon them being
viewed as developmental rather than simply a measure of
existing competence