Planning and evaluating library networked services and resources / edited by John Carlo Bertot and Denise M. Davis. - Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2004. - xvii, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Network service and resource evaluation planning / John Carlo Bertot -- Selecting evaluation approaches for a networked environment / John Carlo Bertot and J.T. Snead -- Methods and tools for assessing network services and resources / John Carlo Bertot -- Needs assessment / Denise M. Davis -- Requests for proposals, licenses, and contracts: assessing negotiated agreements for network-based collections and services / Denise M. Davis -- Policies to ensure use of and access to network-based services and resources / Denise M. Davis and John Carlo Bertot -- Resource allocation in the networked environment / Judith Hiott and Syma Zerkow -- Getting the most out of vendor-supplied usage statistics / Wonsik Shim -- Usage statistics from the vendor's perspective / Oliver Pesch -- Key issues, themes, and future directions for evaluating networked services / Charles R. McClure.

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Library information networks.
Libraries--Special collections--Computer network resources.
Electronic information resources--Use studies.
Library administration--Decision making.
Library planning.
Library statistics.

Z674.7 / .P52 2004