Useful links related to Library Evaluation

Institutions

• ISO TC 46 / SC 8 "Library statistics and performance evaluation"
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• The Library & Information Statistics Unit (LISU), Loughborough

Projects

• ARL Statistics & Measurement Program
• Developing National Library Network Statistics and Performance Measures / C.R. McClure; J.C. Bertot
• D-Lib Working Group on Digital Library Metrics
• EQUINOX: Library Performance Measurement and Quality Management System
• LIBQUAL Association of Research Libraries
• Measures for Electronic Resources (E-Metrics)  Association of Research Libraries
• MIEL2: Management Information Systems and Performance Measurement for the Electronic Library: eLib Supporting Study. Final Report, [PDF]
• BIX – Der Bibliotheksindex

Conferences

• 6th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services, Durham, August 22-25, 2005
• 5th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services, Durham, July 28-31, 2003
• 4th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services, Pittsburgh, PA, August 12-16, 2001
• Proceedings of the Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services: 1-4
• The New Culture of Assessment in Academic Libraries: Measuring Service Quality. Symposium, October 20-21, 2000, Washington, DC

Journals/Mailing Lists

• Performance Measurement and Metrics
• lis-perf-measures

Bibliographies/Link Collections

• ACRL: Sources of Information on Performance and Outcome Assessment
• ARL: Performance Measures. Resources and Links
• McClure, Charles R.: Selected Sources related to Website Evaluation
• Robinson, Douglas: Performance Measurement and Performance Indicators: A Selective Bibliography
• Ryan, Joe: Library Statistics & Measures