1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910821959103321

Autore

Hernon Peter

Titolo

Getting started with evaluation / / Peter Hernon, Robert E. Dugan, and Joseph R. Matthews ; cover design by Kimberly Thornton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, [Illinois] : , : ALA Editions, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8389-9682-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

027.0029

Soggetti

Libraries - Evaluation

Public services (Libraries) - Evaluation

Library administration - Decision making

Library statistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Getting Started with Evaluation; Contents; Figures, Tables, and Text Boxes; Preface; Chapter 1: Evaluation; The Concept; Planning Context; Evaluation Questions; Sources of Evidence; Benchmarking and Best Practices; Concluding Thoughts; Notes; Chapter 2: Evidence-Based Planning and Decision Making; Evidence-Based Library and Information Practice; Concluding Thoughts; Notes; Chapter 3: Library Metrics; Overview; Library Perspective; Institutional-Level and Stakeholder Perspectives; Broader Organization Perspective; Concluding Thoughts; Notes

Chapter 4: Internal Evaluation for Planning and Decision MakingThree Factors Supporting Internal Evaluation; The Internal Evaluation Process; Data to Collect for Internal Evaluation; What to Evaluate Internally; Internal Evaluation and External Comparisons; Concluding Thoughts; Notes; Chapter 5: External Evaluation to Inform Stakeholders and to Guide Continuous Improvement; Considering "What" and "How" to Evaluate; Quality; Administration and Management; Partnerships; Customer Satisfaction; Supporting Education; Reputation; Concluding Thoughts; Notes; Chapter 6: Measuring Satisfaction

Gaps Model of Service QualityMethods of Data Collection; Customer



Comments; Customer Satisfaction Index; Customer Satisfaction Metrics; Concluding Thoughts; Notes; Chapter 7: Measuring Service Quality; E-Service Quality; Other Means of Listening to Customers; Concluding Thoughts; Notes; Chapter 8: Measuring Return on Investment (ROI ); Economic Benefits; Total Value; Concluding Thoughts; Notes; Chapter 9: Measuring the Value of the Library and Its Services; Framework for Establishing Value; Value of Public Libraries; Examples from the Literature; Outlining a Process for Getting Started

Concluding ThoughtsNotes; Chapter 10: Using and Communicating the Results; To Whom Do We Communicate?; What Do We Communicate?; How Do We Communicate?; Why Do We Communicate?; When Do We Communicate?; Concluding Thoughts; Notes; Chapter 11: Positive Organizational Change; Institutional Effectiveness; Planning; Creating Positive Organizational Change; Concluding Thoughts; Notes; Appendix: Answers to Chapter Exercises; Selected Readings; About the Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Finally library managers have a workbook to help them master key concepts of service quality assessment, offering directed exercises and worksheets to guide them.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISANNIOMIL0082714

Autore

Straughan, Brian <matematico ; 1947->

Titolo

The energy method, stability, and nonlinear convection / Brian Straughan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York \etc.!, : Springer, c1992

ISBN

0387976582

Descrizione fisica

XII, 242 p. : ill. : 25 cm.

Collana

Applied mathematical sciences ; 91

Disciplina

532

532.05

532.0501515355

Soggetti

Fluidi - Dinamica - Modelli matematici

CALORE - CONVEZIONE - MODELLI MATEMATICI

Equazioni differenziali non lineari

Collocazione

SALA DING 532                     STR.en

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia