John Crawford Culture of Evaluation in Library and Information Services

Annotation

This practical book is written from the point of view of the practitioner, rather than the researcher. It presents current and recent work in the subject area in a way relevant to practitioners, researchers and students. The book includes practical examples of survey and research work and discusses honestly the practical difficulties involved. Aimed at an international audience, examples of good practice are drawn from a number of countries across the world.An up to date review/summary of activity in the subject areaProvides international comparisons of library and information service evaluation activityProvides practical/real life research and survey data useful to practitioners and academics which they can apply in their own situations