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Main Authors: Childers, Thomas, Van House, Nancy A.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1989
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ402685
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  • The Grail of Goodness: The Effective Public Library. Childers, Thomas Van House, Nancy A. Definitions Library Surveys Measurement Techniques Models National Surveys Organizational Effectiveness Public Libraries Questionnaires Scaling Describes a national survey aimed at defining effectiveness for public libraries that asked 7 constituent groups (library managers, staff, trustees, users, friends of the library, local officials, and community leaders) to rate the importance of 61 effectiveness indicators. The complex and multidimensional nature of the results is discussed and further research is suggested. (5 references) (CLB)