*Collection Evaluation and Assessment*
November 12-13, 2013
Hosted by Karen Harker and Patricia Reese
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Central: 9am – 5pm
Eastern: 10am – 6pm
With libraries having more limited funds, there is increasing interest in
ensuring that these funds are used effectively. Given that resources are a
key service provided by libraries, librarians may wish to look at their
collections more carefully. However, few librarians have implemented a
formal and routine method of evaluating their collections. Furthermore,
while there have been some recent developments in collection evaluation
methods, notably peer comparison tools, many of the measures of evaluation
have not changed in the last fifty years. Finally, there is little
consensus on what these measures mean or what they reveal about a
collection.
With this e-forum, we hope to stimulate discussions on differences between
evaluation and assessment, definitions and measures of quality in a
collection, methods, measures and tools used to evaluate the collection,
and what these measures actually mean. Please join us in this discussion
on “big picture” ideas, as well as “nitty-gritty” details.
*Karen R. Harker* is Collection Assessment Librarian at the University of
North Texas Libraries. She earned her MLS from Texas Woman's University in
1999, and her MPH from University of Texas School of Public Health in 2007.
Prior to joining UNT Libraries, Karen was librarian at UT Southwestern
Medical School for 10 years, followed by a short stint as biostatistician
for a clinical study. She is currently revising the collection assessment
plan for the UNT Libraries, with the goal of evaluating all subject
collections regularly.
*Pat Reese *is a Science Librarian at the University of North Texas with
liaison duties to the Departments of Psychology, Speech & Hearing Sciences,
and Behavior Analysis. She earned her MS in Medical Libraries from the
University of North Texas in 2000. With a background in Medical Technology
and Medical Records she enjoys working in the more clinical side of her
subject areas. Her goal is to develop the best collections possible in her
assigned areas.
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