TY - BOOK AU - Heaney,Michael TI - Library Statistics for the Twenty-First Century World: Proceedings of the conference held in Montréal on 18-19 August 2008 reporting on the Global Library Statistics Project T2 - IFLA Publications SN - 9783598441677 AV - Z669.8 .L53 2009eb U1 - 026 22 PY - 2009///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - K. G. Saur, KW - Bibliography. Library science. Information resources KW - Library statistics KW - Congresses KW - Bibliothekswesen KW - Statistik KW - Bibliotheksstatistik KW - gnd KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; FOREWORD --; ADDRESS OF WELCOME --; HOW TO USE STATISTICS TO PUT 'LIBRARIES ON THE AGENDA --; The Global Statistics Project --; GLOBAL LIBRARY STATISTICS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY --; STANDARDISATION OF LIBRARY STATISTICS --; THE 2007 INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY SURVEY IN LATINAMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN --; EXPERIENCIA EN LA BUSQUEDA DE DATOS ESTADISTICOS SOBRE BIBLIOTECAS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA --; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S RESPONSE TO UNESCO'S SURVEY ON GLOBAL STATISTICS --; BENCHMARKING IN THE FORM OF PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND BALANCED SCORECARD --; CURRENT TRENDS IN THE COLLECTION AND USE OF STATISTICS IN ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN AFRICA --; LIMITS OF THE 'GLOBAL STATISTICS' MODEL AND SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW RESULTS ARE USED --; Libraries' Contribution to Cultural Development and Literacy Education --; INFORMATION LITERACY INDICATORS: A MUST FOR COUNTRIES --; KNOWING YOUR READERS AND YOUR COMMUNITY - TOWARDS A BROADER ROLE FOR LIBRARY STATISTICS --; Public Libraries --; CANADA'S PUBLIC LIBRARIES COUNT! --; ANNUAL SURVEY OF QUÉBEC'S PUBLIC LIBRARIES: A MAJOR REVISION --; UNDERSTANDING THE METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC LIBRARY NATIONAL RATING SYSTEMS --; PRESENTATION OF NORWEGIAN INDICATORS --; QUALITY STANDARDS AND TARGET OUTPUTS BASED ON BENCHMARKING STUDIES IMPROVED BY A PROPOSED PROSPECTIVE BALANCED-SCORECARD MODEL FOR THE MONTRÉAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES SYSTEM --; BIX - THE BIBLIOTHEKSINDEX: STATISTICAL BENCHMARKING IN GERMAN PUBLIC LIBRARIES --; University Libraries --; LIBRARY STATISTICS DATABASE OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LA PLATA (ARGENTINA): A COOPERATIVE EXPERIENCE --; ONLINE STATISTICS FOR AUSTRALIAN, NEW ZEALAND AND ASIAN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES --; LIBQUAL CANADA 2007: SERVICE QUALITY BENCHMARKING ON A NATIONAL SCALE --; LES PROGRAMMES ET PROJETS COMMUNS SUR LES STATISTIQUES DANS LES BIBLIOTHEQUES UNIVERSITAIRES DU CANADA --; TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH BENCHMARKING IN DUTCH ACADEMIC LIBRARIES --; UK HIGHER EDUCATION LIBRARY STATISTICS --; INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE EVALUATION OF DIGITAL LIBRARIES: AN EMERGING STRATEGY FOR MANAGING RESOURCES, CAPABILITIES AND RESULTS --; Conclusions --; WHERE SHALL WE GO FROM HERE? --; GLOBAL LIBRARY STATISTICS - WHAT NEXT FOR IFLA? --; Backmatter; Open Access UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783598441677 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9783598441677.jpg ER -