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Library Performance Measurement in the UK and Ireland
This survey was a joint initiative between SCONUL and ARL that focused on assessment activities in UK and Irish academic institutions, and reflects a SCONUL desire to provide tools, techniques,...
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Safeguarding Collections at the Dawn of the 21st Century
This report responds to a recommendation of the 2006 ARL Task Force on the Future of Preservation in ARL Libraries. The task force encouraged ARL to conduct a high-level investigation...
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Proceedings of the 2008 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment
Steve Hiller et al., eds. 2009 | ISBN 1-59407-814-9 | EAN 9781594078149 | 552 pages $150, plus shipping and handling (print or CD-ROM) This second Library Assessment Conference—following the successful...
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SPEC Kit 303: Library Assessment (December 2007)
SPEC Kit 303 examines the current state of library assessment to provide a starting point for those seeking to develop a library assessment program at their own institutions. It includes...
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Special Collections in ARL Libraries
Until this 1998 survey, no systematic data had been collected on special collections in ARL libraries for nearly 20 years. The results of this survey provide a snapshot of these...
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Using Sampling to Assess Library Collections
This 2001 document is designed to demonstrate the use of sampling to obtain accurate information about a library collection. Two research projects are explicitly described; the sampling methodology as described...
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SPEC Kit 287: Instructional Improvement Programs (August 2005)
A scanned version of SPEC Kit 287 is available full view through HathiTrust. View the document here » A print copy is available for $45.00 ($35.00 ARL members) plus shipping and...
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Library Assessment Conference Thessaloniki 13-15 June 2005
This volume includes papers from the June 2005, Library Assessment Conference, co-sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Alexander Technological Educational Institution of Thessaloniki Library, and partially...
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The Gerould Statistics 1907/08-1961/62
This is a compilation of annual statistics for university libraries that were collected by James Gerould, first at Minnesota and later at Princeton. 1st edition, 1986, by Robert E. Molyneux...