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Library Assessment Plan

Assessment of resources, services, spaces, and programs

Print Books and E-Books Comparison

Print Books and E-Books Comparison (In Development)
Service Outcomes

A book collection that balances access to print and electronic formats and that is developed out of a data-informed strategy aimed at understanding subject overlap, format usage and demonstrated user preferences across and between disciplines.

Type of Assessment Coverage overlap, print circulation by subject area, e-book usage by subject area
Assessment Description User interaction patterns across print and electronic book collections will be analyzed by usage numbers and other resource specific metrics in order to better understand how the two collections overlap or complement each other; Broad and specific subject area analysis of the collections will also contribute to this understanding and guide future format selections by discipline.  
Responsibility Supervising Librarian for Electronic Services
Results Distribution Supervising Librarian for Electronic Services, Head of Library Collections,
Assessment Schedule not yet determined
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