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Acquisitions, collection development, and collection use : a handbook for library management / by Kohl, David F.,1942-(CARDINAL)177620;
Bibliography: pages 343-398.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Acquisitions (Libraries); Collection development (Libraries); Library administration; Library use studies;

Planning and evaluating library networked services and resources / by Bertot, John Carlo.(CARDINAL)209149; Davis, Denise.(CARDINAL)273485;
Network service and resource evaluation planning / John Carlo Bertot -- Selecting evaluation approaches for a networked environment / John Carlo Bertot and J.T. Snead -- Methods and tools for assessing network services and resources / John Carlo Bertot -- Needs assessment / Denise M. Davis -- Requests for proposals, licenses, and contracts: assessing negotiated agreements for network-based collections and services / Denise M. Davis -- Policies to ensure use of and access to network-based services and resources / Denise M. Davis and John Carlo Bertot -- Resource allocation in the networked environment / Judith Hiott and Syma Zerkow -- Getting the most out of vendor-supplied usage statistics / Wonsik Shim -- Usage statistics from the vendor's perspective / Oliver Pesch -- Key issues, themes, and future directions for evaluating networked services / Charles R. McClure.
Subjects: Library information networks.; Libraries; Electronic information resources; Library administration; Library planning.; Library statistics.;

Analyzing library collection use with Excel / by Greiner, Tony.(CARDINAL)214336; Cooper, Bob,1963-(CARDINAL)282178;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-161) and index.Books are for use -- Excel basics -- Downloading data to Excel -- Cleaning up the data -- Determining the size and age of your collection -- Analyzing circulation -- Correlation and its uses -- The summary file -- Presenting your findings with color and graphs -- Management uses of Excel and future research.
Subjects: Microsoft Excel (Computer file); Library use studies.; Libraries; Collection management (Libraries);

Using digital analytics for smart assessment / by Farney, Tabatha,author.(CARDINAL)802207;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. The digital analytics process / Tabatha Farney -- Understanding digital analytics -- Collecting the data : tools and data points you should know -- Analyzing digital data : digital analytics and data analysis tools -- Digital analytics in practice : how helpful is your online content? -- Using digital analytics for collection development -- Part II. Expanding the digital analytics process -- On the road to learning analytics : the University of Michigan Library's experience with privacy and library data / Laurie Alexander, Doreen R. Bradley and Kenneth J. Varnum -- Ensuring data privacy in a library learning analytics database / Michael D. Doran -- Creating the library data dashboard / Laura Costello and Heath Martin -- The myth of the declining reference statistic : revealing dynamic reference services through digital analytics / Marissa C. Ball and Melissa Del Castillo -- Using digital analytics to assess your social media marketing efforts / Joel Tonyan.Your library has collected massive amounts of data, and the decision-making process requires that you analyze it. Digital analytics focuses on the digital data: from library websites, electronic resources, online collections, and even social media. Farney presents technical advice that you can use to develop your own digital analytics projects, and includes contributed essays that tackle the challenges your library will face.
Subjects: Libraries; Library administration; Library users; Library Web sites; Online library catalogs; Electronic information resources; Web usage mining.; Information visualization.;

Licensing and copyright management : best practices of academic, special and research libraries.
Subjects: Case studies.; Fair use (Copyright); Academic libraries; Special libraries; Research libraries;

E-metrics for library and information professionals : how to use data for managing and evaluating electronic resource collections / by White, Andrew C.(Andrew Carl),1966-(CARDINAL)278616; Kamal, Eric Djiva,1968-(CARDINAL)278615;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-243) and index.Defining e-metrics -- Using e-metrics in libraries -- Understanding vendor-supplied e-metrics -- Using e-metrics for public relations -- Using e-metrics for collection management -- Using e-metrics for library administration -- E-metrics and e-resources: designing solutions to capture usage statistics on e-journals, databases, e-books, and digital documents -- E-metrics and infrastructure: assessing servers, workstations, and other technical considerations -- E-metrics and staffing: creating the team and defining the project -- E-metrics and the future: standards, restrictions, implementation, and emerging technologies."White and Kamal show how to use e-metrics to measure library performance and value in the digital age. With this book, you can learn how to use effectively the electronic data captured from various network activities to manage library collections, budgets, and services. Using e-metrics, the authors identify expensive and underused digital resources, visualize virtual user behaviour patterns, and construct new collection development strategies."--Jacket.
Subjects: Digital libraries; Electronic information resources; Web usage mining.;

Library and patron response to the COM catalog : use and evaluation : report of a field study of the Los Angeles County Public Library System / by Butler, Brett.(CARDINAL)144234; West, Martha W.(CARDINAL)144301; Aveney, Brian.(CARDINAL)144436;
Bibliography: pages 69-71.
Subjects: Los Angeles County Public Library System.; Information storage and retrieval systems; Computer output microfilm devices.; Library use studies; Libraries;

A study in southern poetry, for use in schools, colleges and the library / by Stockard, Henry Jerome,1858-1914.(CARDINAL)213070;
Subjects: Poetry.; American poetry.; American literature; North Caroliniana.; Old State Library Collection.;

Keep up the good work(s) : readers comment on Documenting the American South / by Hewitt, Joe A.(CARDINAL)149565; Panitch, Judith M.(Judith Michelle)(CARDINAL)270408; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Documenting the American South (Project)(CARDINAL)530366; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Library.(CARDINAL)155444;
Readers from the general public: General interest readers, readers with special needs, readers doing creative work, Helping the younger generation, Reenactors -- College and university readers : students, faculty -- K-12 readers : students, teachers and school librarians -- International readers -- Some stories of revelation and epiphany.Selected email feedback from users of the Documenting the American South digital collection on the World Wide Web. A study of these messages is described in more detail in remarks made at the Doc South 1000th Title Symposium.
Subjects: Archival materials; Reading interests.; Internet users; Library Web sites;

Cumberland County library-community survey : a study of factors affecting the use of library services in Cumberland County, North Carolina / by Simpson, Richard L.(CARDINAL)194245; Wehr, Paul E.; American Library Association.Library-Community Project.(CARDINAL)600675; North Carolina.Division of State Library.(CARDINAL)163987;
Pt. 1. Survey -- pt. 2. Appendix.
Subjects: Cumberland County Public Library (N.C.); Adult education; Libraries and adult education;

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