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Heath, Fred – Library Quarterly, 2011
This essay served as the basis for the opening keynote speech during the Library Assessment Conference in Baltimore in 2010. It set the stage by tracing the demands for accountability in the beginning of the century and outlining progress made. It provided important background and context for the following four keynote papers delivered by Megan…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Public Libraries, Conferences (Gatherings), Accountability
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Dalbello, Marija – Library Quarterly, 2004
The emerging trends in digital(ized) collection development from 1997 are examined using a sample of projects accessible through Web-based registries of the Association of Research Libraries and the Digital Library Federation. The analysis focuses on thematic repertoire, narrative structuring, underlying historiographic principles, presentation,…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Library Services, Historiography, Research Libraries
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Kyrillidou, Martha; Giersch, Sarah – Library Quarterly, 2004
The Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) E-Metrics Project is an ongoing effort to develop new measures that describe and measure networked electronic resources and also to underscore the need for measuring the value of such resources. This article presents results from an ongoing iterative qualitative study with the following goals: (a) to…
Descriptors: Metric System, Research Libraries, Library Services, Qualitative Research