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Collection Assessment, SPEC Kit 352, Published by ARL

spec-kit-352-coverThe Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Collection Assessment, SPEC Kit 352, an exploration of which collection assessment methods, measures, and practices ARL member libraries currently employ. This study gathered information on which library staff collect and analyze data, for what purposes the results are used, with whom data is shared, and how well assessment questions are answered. The survey also investigated whether the available methods, data, and tools are aligned with the purposes for assessing collections.

Register by October 5 for our free webcast on collection assessment This SPEC Kit includes examples of job descriptions of library staff who are responsible for collection assessment, data collection and analysis policies and procedures, and examples of how collection data is used and shared with a range of constituents.

Ordering Information

SPEC Kit 352, Collection Assessment
Karen R. Harker and Janette Klein
September 2016 • 180 pp.

Free Online Edition

SPEC Kits on the ARL Digital Publications platform are open access and freely available to all readers.

Read/download SPEC Kit 352.

Print Edition

Print copies of SPEC Kit 352 are available for purchase.

ISBN 1-59407-963-3 • $40 ARL members/$50 all others

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2016 print subscription, four issues (350–353), shipping included (additional postage may apply outside North America), plus free access to four SPEC Kit webcasts • ISSN 0160-3582 • $225 ARL members/$300 all others.

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About the Association of Research Libraries

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 124 research libraries in the US and Canada. ARL’s mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the web at https://www.arl.org/.

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