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Peer reviewedHeath, Fred M.; Thompson, Bruce; Cook, Colleen; Thompson, Russel L.; Kyrillidou, Martha – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2002
Includes four articles that discuss LibQUAL+[TM], a collaborative effort of the Association of Research Libraries and Texas A&M University responding to the need for greater accountability in measuring the delivery of library services to research library users. Discusses the reliability of LibQUAL+[TM] scores in measuring perceived library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Accountability, Correlation, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCook, Colleen; Heath, Fred M.; Thompson, Bruce – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2003
One of the two major ways of interpreting LibQUAL+[TM] data involves placing perceived service quality ratings within "zones of tolerance" defined as the distances between minimally-acceptable and desired service quality levels. This study compared zones of tolerance on the 25 LibQUAL+[TM] items across undergraduate, graduate student and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Library Research
Peer reviewedThompson, Bruce; Cook, Colleen; Heath, Fred – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2001
Explores the number of dimensions needed to measure users' perceptions of library service quality based on data from the ARL (Association of Research Libraries) LibQUAL+ project. Results were consistent with a view that a single set of scores is one reasonable way to characterize user perceptions of library service quality. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Research
