Professional paper
Evaluation of university library impact on students’ academic success
Ivana Morić Filipović
Abstract
The paper gives a theoretical framework for library evaluation, and indicates possible effects the library collections and services might have on students’ academic achievement. The paper discusses terminological problems, the importance of evaluation for library performance, library statistics, and focuses on the measurement of impact of library collections and services on their users. So far, there has been no research in Croatia about the impact of university libraries on student academic achievement, and the studies that deal with this topic are rare even around the world. The reason for this lies in the fact that the outcomes are very difficult to measure, and are therefore avoided in measurements. However, they represent extremely important indicators of university library impact on students’ academic performance.
Keywords
evaluation; impact; library outcomes; students; academic success; university libraries
Hrčak ID:
93685
URI
Publication date:
14.10.2012.
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