What is it about?
This article looks at different approaches that have been used to study the value of academic libraries. It provides these approaches and critically looks at methods used within each genre
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Why is it important?
It is important in the error of performance management where library administrators are challenged to prove their own worth and why they should exist
Perspectives
It is an important background paper to introduce the professionals to the concept of value in academic libraries
Mr Thembani Malapela
University of Cape Town
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This page is a summary of: Theories of Value and Demonstrating their Practical Implementation in Academic Library Services, The Journal of Academic Librarianship, November 2018, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2018.09.018.
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