Self-Evaluation 3
1. Quantitative measures of the collection look at the appearance of the collection.
2. A shelflist measure counts the number of items on the shelf.
3. If you had 500 items in an area of your collection at the beginning of the year, and you added 60 items in this section last year, what is your acquisitions rate?
4. Appearance shelf-scanning examines the attractiveness of the books on the shelf.
5. When you look at the five books that you have in your physics section, you see that they have the following publication dates: 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, and 2000. What are the mean and median dates for these materials?
6. The inclusion of an item in a standardized list shows that the item is recommended by experts in the field.
7. Whatever a subject expert recommends should be purchased by the library.
8. The turnover rate allows the library to compare the use of one section of the library with other sections.
9. If there are a large number of interlibrary loans in a subject area, it may be an indication that the collection in that area should be strengthened.
10. User surveys are an easy way to find out the needs of the community.