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Fundamentals of planning and assessment for libraries / Rachel A. Fleming-May and Regina Mays.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780838949986 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: x, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Chicago : ALA Neal-Schuman, 2021.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction to Planning and Assessment -- History of Planning and Assessment in Libraries -- Planning -- Basic Principles of Assessment -- Approaches to Assessment -- Collecting Assessment Data -- Collecting Direct Evidence -- Collecting Indirect Evidence -- Analyzing Data -- Reporting and Presenting Data -- Collaboration and Relationship Management -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Sample Library Assessment Plan -- Appendix B: Sample Informed Consent Form -- Appendix C: Template for Recording Observation -- Appendix D: Suggested Journals and Conferences -- Appendix E: Sample Assessment Librarian Position Description. |
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| Subject: | Library planning > United States. Libraries > United States > Evaluation. |
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Rachel A. Fleming-May is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Prior to earning her Ph.D. from the University of Alabama in 2008, Fleming-May worked as a public and academic librarian for several years. Her teaching and research interests include academic libraries and librarianship, information sources and services, and library assessment. She has worked on two assessment-related Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)-funded grant programs: Experience Assessment: Building User Experience and Assessment Capabilities in Libraries and Information Centers (UX-A) (co-Principal Investigator), and Value, Outcome, and Return on Investment of Academic Libraries (Lib-Value) (management team member).
Regina Mays is? an Associate Professor and Head of Assessment Programs and Collection Strategy at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Libraries, where she has practiced, researched, and published on library assessment and planning for over a decade. She holds an MSIS from the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Her research interests include library assessment and planning, with a particular focus on the organizational structure of assessment in academic libraries, mentoring and assessment education for library professionals, strategic planning, and demonstrating library value.
