TY  - BOOK
AU  - Biblarz,Dora
AU  - Bosch,Stephen
AU  - Sugnet,Chris
TI  - Guide to library user needs assessment for integrated information resource management and collection development
T2  - Collection management and development guides
SN  - 0810841312
U1  - 025.58 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Scarecrow Press
KW  - Bibliotecas académicas
KW  - Desarrollo de colecciones
KW  - Administración
KW  - Catálogos de bibliotecas
KW  - Estudios de uso
N1  - Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association.´; Incluye bibliografía. (p. 61-65); _; The reasons for undertaking needs assessment, defining the value of user assessments, and the theory concerning user needs assessment --; The process for developing a needs assessment project --; Establish the goals of the assessment --; Assess available resources --; Establish project scope --; Define the user population --; Review current awareness --; Identify useful information --; Establish a time frame --; Complete the plan --; What can be measured and how to measure it: Types of assessment data that may be useful --; Direct user input (e.g., user surveys) --; Pros and cons of direct user input for needs assessment --; Methodology for direct user input --; Exploratory data collection --; Focus groups --; Qualitative input from surveys --; Crucial incident surveys --; Internal staff feedback --; User interviews --; Representative data gathering --; Techniques for random surveys --; Direct mailing --; Online forms --; Randomly timed surveys --; Secondary information: Data that describes current conditions --; Specific types of secondary data --; Demographic data --; Specific demographic data for academic libraries --; Specific demographic data for public libraries --; Number and distribution of student enrollment credit hours --; Course offerings --; Electronic resources use statistics --; Circulation statistics --; Circulation patterns of monographic/serial collections --; Statistics derived from patron requests for holds/recalls on currently circulating materials --; In-house use statistics for both serials and monographs --; Photocopy activity
ER  -