Description: "Written specifically to address the library's role in education, this book provides guidance on performing assessment at academic institutions that will serve to improve teaching effectiveness and prove your library's impact on student learning outcomes--and thereby demonstrate your library's value"--
Brief description: Joseph R. Matthews has assisted numerous libraries and local governments in a wide variety of projects, and teaches regularly in the areas of library information systems, strategic planning, and evaluation of library services.
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"The book provides any academic librarians with up-to-date and practical information that is valuable for planning and implementing library assessment. It should prove appropriate and a must-have for all assessment librarians in an academic setting. The book will absolutely be a valued addition to any academic library collection. Library Assessment in Higher Education will make a significant contribution to the existing literature on assessment of higher institutions and academic libraries." --Performance Measurement and Metrics
"The broad perspective format of the book provides a good way to see many of the issues associated with assessment. It is recommended for academic libraries." --College & Research Libraries "[The author] aims the book explicitly at library directors and managers, who will find the blend of theory, application, and data more appealing. Librarians who have the responsibility to manage a library's assessment activities will also find value in the specific guidelines and examples of other academic library assessment plans. . . . Some of Matthews's comments are pithy reminders of important aspects of assessment. For those individuals who become mired in the data,Matthews reminds us that "assessment is a process and not a goal" (p. 205). As such, reading Library Assessment in Higher Education is an excellent part of that process." --Technical Services Quarterly