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By: “Mesurer le nébuleux” « Lirographe

“Mesurer le nébuleux” « Lirographe — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:12:09 +0000

[...] “Les bibliothèques doivent devenir meilleures à l’usage” (découvert via Librarian in black). Une preuve qu’un objet est bien fabriqué est qu’il se bonifie après usage. Songez [...]

By: Mylee Joseph

Mylee Joseph — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:00:48 +0000

In NSW (Australia) we are able to calculate the economic benefit a public library service provides to its community and the economic activity it generates in the community. It’s a useful way to demonstrate back to funding bodies the ‘return on investment’. See the publication at http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/public_libraries/publications/docs/enriching_communities.pdf and the calculations spreadsheets at http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/public_libraries/docs/calculate_economic_benefit.xls

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By: Jeff Scott

Jeff Scott — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:04:26 +0000

I commented on Aaron’s post similar to what I will post here. Thank you for bringing attention to this issue. I think the trend for most libraries are having a strategic plan or having some way to measure success locally as opposed to the statistical national standard that HAPLR and Library Journal are now pushing. If you read the discussion on PUBLIB you will understand that most management does not like these statistical markers nor to measure them or star them in this way.