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E-metrics for library and information professionals : how to use data for managing and evaluating electronic resource collections / Andrew White and Eric Djiva Kamal.
- Title
- E-metrics for library and information professionals : how to use data for managing and evaluating electronic resource collections / Andrew White and Eric Djiva Kamal.
- Author
- White, Andrew C. (Andrew Carl), 1966-
- Publication
- New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2006.
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- Additional Authors
- Kamal, Eric Djiva, 1968-
- Description
- xix, 249 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "White and Kamal show how to use e-metrics to measure library performance and value in the digital age. With this book, you can learn how to use effectively the electronic data captured from various network activities to manage library collections, budgets, and services. Using e-metrics, the authors identify expensive and underused digital resources, visualize virtual user behaviour patterns, and construct new collection development strategies."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Electronic information resources.
- Statistics
- Use studies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-243) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Defining e-metrics -- Using e-metrics in libraries -- Understanding vendor-supplied e-metrics -- Using e-metrics for public relations -- Using e-metrics for collection management -- Using e-metrics for library administration -- E-metrics and e-resources: designing solutions to capture usage statistics on e-journals, databases, e-books, and digital documents -- E-metrics and infrastructure: assessing servers, workstations, and other technical considerations -- E-metrics and staffing: creating the team and defining the project -- E-metrics and the future: standards, restrictions, implementation, and emerging technologies.
- ISBN
- 1555705146 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2004054678
- OCLC
- 55744952
- SCSB-10476188
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library