Open AccessAcademic library assessment: Barriers and enablers for global development and implementation
Author(s) -
Martha Kyrillidou
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
college and research libraries news
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2150-6698
pISSN - 0099-0086
DOI - 10.5860/crln.79.10.566
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , academic library , field (mathematics) , political science , scarcity , public relations , business , knowledge management , library science , computer science , economics , ecology , mathematics , pure mathematics , biology , microeconomics
Academic library assessment has grown as a field over the last 20 years. The pressures of increased competition over scarce resources and rapid technological changes have put pressures on academic libraries as they have on their parent institutions. In the midst of all the pressures and transformations lies a strong desire to be user-focused and responsive to the changing needs of faculty and students.