Library Data

Empowering Practice and Persuasion

Darby Orcutt

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Year: 2009
• eBook ISBN: 9781591588276
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Library & Information Science
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Numerical evidence is everywhere and how best to handle and leverage it is a growing concern in the academic world in general and the academic library world in particular. Libraries are not only storehouses and key contacts for library patrons in accessing numbers, but are also collectors and users of their own data, which is integral to the functioning of the library itself. The essays in Library Data: Empowering Practice and Persuasion focus on interpreting and using library-generated and outside data in support of data-driven practice and data-strengthened persuasion. The collection includes such topics as how to make data presentations appealing and effective; applying capital-budgeting models to libraries; and using data for evaluation and improvement of collections and services. Articles also cover specialized scenarios, including reference, collection development, serial acquisitions, institutional repositories, web site design, interlibrary loan, and bibliographic instruction.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Part I: Approaching Data
• Chapter 1: Yielding to Persuasion: Library Data’s Hazardous Surfaces Jamene Brooks-Kieffer
• Chapter 2: Using Educational Data to Inform and Persuade Kate Zoellner
• Chapter 3: Telling Your Library’s Story: How to Make the Most of Your Data in a Presentation Anne C. Elguindi and Bill Mayer
• Part II: Evaluation of Monographic Collections
• Chapter 4: Collection Evaluation: Selecting the Right Tools and Methods for Your Library Lucy Eleonore Lyons
• Chapter 5: Comparing Approval and Librarian-Selected Monographs: An Analysis of Use Erin L. Ellis, Nikhat J. Ghouse, Monica Claassen-Wilson, John M. Stratton, and Susanne K. Clement
• Part III: Serials and E-Resources Management
• Chapter 6: E-Journal Usage Statistics in Collection Management Decisions: A Literature Review Andre´e J. Rathemacher
• Chapter 7: Perspectives on Using E-Journal Usage Statistics in a Serials Cancellation Project Andre´e J. Rathemacher and Michael C. Vocino
• Chapter 8: Using ‘‘Meta-Analysis’’ in Electronic Resource Decision-Making Tracie J. Ballock, Carmel Yurochko, and David A. Noli
• Chapter 9: Usage Statistics: Resources and Tools Margaret Hogarth
• Part IV: Reference and Instruction
• Chapter 10: Moving Beyond the Hash Mark: Capturing the Whole Reference Transaction for Effective Decision-Making Danielle Theiss-White, Jason Coleman, and Kristin Whitehair
• Chapter 11: Maximizing the Value of Reference Data: A Case Study Erika Bennett, Sommer Berg, and Erin Brothen
• Chapter 12: Instruction by the Numbers: Using Data to Improve Teaching and Learning Wendy Holliday, Erin Davis, and Pamela Mar in
• Part V: Specific Methods and Issues
• Chapter 13: If the Library Were a Business, Would It Be Profitable? How Businesses Go Beyond Numbers Michael A. Crumpton
• Chapter 14: The Use of Grounded Theory in Interlibrary Loan Research: Compliance Always Occurs David E. Woolwine and Joseph A. Williams
• Chapter 15: Investing in Electronic Resources Using Capital Budgeting Timothy M. McGeary
• Part VI: Emerging Contexts
• Chapter 16: Data for Repositories: Making the Case and Integrating into Practice Hilary Davis
• Chapter 17: How Library Homepage Vocabulary Influences Database Usage: Use of Vendor-Provided Usage Data for Homepage Design Melissa Johnson
• Chapter 18: NUC Accreditation Data and Evidence-Based Library Management in Nigerian University Libraries Samuel C. Utulu
• Index