Library data
Subtitle: empowering practice and persuasion
By: Darby Orcutt, editor.
Contributors: Orcutt, Darby.
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781591588269; 9781591588276
Subjects: Library statistics; Library statistics -- United States; Academic libraries -- Statistics
Genres: Statistics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Yielding to persuasion : library data's hazardous surfaces / Jamene Brooks-Kieffer; title: Using educational data to inform and persuade / Kate Zoellner; title: Telling your library's story : how to make the most of your data in a presentation / Anne C. Elguindi and Bill Mayer; title: Collection evaluation : selecting the right tools and methods for your library / Lucy Eleonore Lyons; title: Comparing approval and librarian-selected monographs : an analysis of use / Erin L. Ellis ... [et al.]; title: E-journal usage statistics in collection management decisions : a literature review / Andrée J. Rathemacher; title: Perspectives on using e-journal usage statistics in a serials cancellation project / Andrée J. Rathemacher and Michael C. Vocino; title: Using "meta-analysis" in electronic resource decision-making / Tracie J. Ballock, Carmel Yurochko, and David A. Nolfi; title: Usage statistics : resources and tools / Margaret Hogarth; title: Moving beyond the hash mark : capturing the whole reference transaction for effective decision-making / Danielle Theiss-White, Jason Coleman, and Kristin Whitehair; title: Maximizing the value of reference data : a case study / Erika Bennett, Sommer Berg, and Erin Brothen; title: Instruction by the numbers : using data to improve teaching and learning / Wendy Holliday, Erin Davis, and Pamela Martin; title: If the library were a business, would it be profitable? How businesses go beyond numbers / Michael A. Crumpton; title: The use of grounded theory in interlibrary loan research : compliance always occurs / David E. Woolwine and Joseph A. Williams; title: Investing in electronic resources using capital budgeting / Timothy M. McGeary; title: Data for repositories : making the case and integrating into practice / Hilary Davis; title: How library homepage vocabulary influences database usage : use of vendor-provided usage data for homepage design / Melissa Johnson; title: NUC accreditation data and evidence-based library management in Nigerian university libraries / Samuel C. Utulu.