Assessment and supporting data have become of increasing interest in librarianship. In this paper, we describe the development and implementation of the Northwestern University Library Acknowledgments Database tool, which gathers and documents qualitative data, as well as its component reporting function. This collaborative project and resulting…

Any librarian who has managed electronic resources has experienced the--for want of words--"joy" of gathering and analyzing usage statistics. Such statistics are important for evaluating the effectiveness of resources and for making important budgeting decisions. Unfortunately, the data are usually tedious to collect, inconsistently organized, of…

During the fall of 1973, the Mankato State College library began improvements on its computerized serials processing system. A major data collection effort, involving many of the library staff, was accomplished in two main phases: the shelf list phase, from January 1 to April 30, 1974, and the kardex phase from May 1 to July 31, 1974. The data…