TY - BOOK AU - Dugan,Robert E. AU - Hernon,Peter AU - Nitecki,Danuta A. TI - Viewing library metrics from different perspectives: inputs, outputs, and outcomes SN - 9781591586654 (acid-free paper) : AV - Z669.8 .D84 2009 U1 - 025.5/877 22 PY - 2009///] CY - Santa Barbara, Calif. PB - Libraries Unlimited KW - Academic libraries KW - United States KW - Statistics KW - Library statistics KW - Evaluation KW - Libraries KW - Libraries and colleges KW - Libraries and institutions KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Related literature -- Assessment and evaluation -- The library perspective -- The customer perspective -- The institutional perspective-- The stakeholder perspective -- Benchmarking and best practices -- Metrics for marketing and public relations -- Management information systems -- Utilizing metrics: interpretation, synthesis, and presentation -- The joys of metrics -- Appendices : A. Inputs: library perspective (reported as numbers) -- B. Inputs: library perspective (reported as ratios/percentages) -- C. Outputs: library perspective (reported as numbers) -- D. Outputs: library perspective (reported as ratios/percentages) -- E. Selected examples of process metrics -- F. Selected examples of trend metrics -- G. Examples of qualitative metrics -- H. Customer perspective -- I. Institutional perspective -- J. Stakeholder perspectives (examples) -- K. Selected metrics used by libraries for benchmarking and best practices -- L. Marketing and public relations -- M. Selected metrics from library reports -- N. Some metrics related to scholarly communication -- O. COUNTER Code of Practice, release 3 (August 2008) ER -