ABSTRACT

Assessment as Information Practice provides information about a range of collection and service-based assessment approaches that can be applied in different contexts to benefit institutions and the users they serve by enhancing quality, efficiency, and effectiveness.

With contributions from practitioners and researchers in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and the United States, the chapters discuss practical and theoretical aspects of assessment in collecting institutions. Each chapter focuses on specific assessment approaches or contexts while providing guidance on method and use. The chapters can be read alone or as a series to gain an appreciation of assessment approaches, including assessment-oriented research; storytelling; design thinking; data visualisation; mixed methods assessment for digital resources; data for institutional repository assessment; bibliometric methods; and impact assessment.

Assessment as Information Practice serves as a resource for practitioners involved in assessment activities. Detailing the processes and considerations that will contribute to more effective and sustainable assessment programmes, the book is also relevant to faculty, researchers, and students working in the information sector.

chapter 1|11 pages

Assessment as information practice

chapter 5|15 pages

The assessment and analysis of materials availability

A mixed-methods approach

chapter 6|16 pages

Data visualisations for library collections

Applying an inquiry-based approach

chapter 8|14 pages

Taking a quantitative approach to collection assessment

An introduction to bibliometrics in practice

chapter 9|12 pages

Assessment in practice

Effectiveness and impact