iSchool Capstone

Beyond "Did You Find Everything You Were Looking For?" Developing Outcomes for Evaluating Library Collections

Project tags:

information behavior & user research

Project poster

This project focused on moving Douglas County Libraries away from solely using circulation outputs as the means of understanding their collection's success. Using interviews, surveys, and research on existing scholarship, the project provided the library system with new ways of thinking about collections and their success in meeting the needs of the library's community. Recommendations provided by the project focused on gathering qualitative data from the library's users to understand and evaluate why users interact with library collections and how collections facilitate or do not facilitate positive change in the lives of patrons.

Project participants:

Sarah Stevens

MLIS