課堂筆記Peter's lectures

一 Information Transfer Process-

17/1 research & information generation

2 composition

3 recording

4 reproduction

5 distribution

6 collection & storage

7 organisation & control

8 retrieval

9 analysis

10 interpretation

11 evaluation

12 synthesis

13 packaging
re- packaging

14 distribution

15 physical access

16 assimilation
by end user

十七個步驟重複循環運作

二 Visualising disciplines & fields of study-
Subject profile analysis (SPA):
•SPA can also be applied to the source documents (references) - application of Coale’s (1965)
methodology
•Organise the aggregated cited documents by subject & discipline based on DDC or alternative
taxonomy

Sample SPA applied to source documents:
Discipline:
Philosophy & psychology
Religion
Social sciences
Language
Technology (Applied sciences)
Arts
*It showed that Social sciences and Arts were applied more cases than the others.

三 Information policy:
Information policy framework-
Perceptions of the nature & roles of information have an impact on information policies:
1.Information as a resource
2.Information as a commodity
3.Information as perception
4.Information as a constitutive force in society (Braman, 1989)
Definitions-
‘a set of interrelated laws & policies concerned with the creation, production, collection,
management, distribution & retrieval of information. Their significance lies in the fact that
they profoundly affect the manner in which an individual in a society, indeed a society itself,
makes political, economic & social choices’ (Mason, 1983)
Typical library policies-
•Eligibility for access (Use)
•Eligibility for borrowing & services (Use)
•Collection development policy (Collect)
•Circulation policy – loan periods, renewals, holds, fines, ILL, AV & special materials (Use,
Deliver)
•Reference policy – assistance, Information Literacy training (Access)

四 Evaluating libraries:
Why evaluate?
•To verify if the services & collections match user needs:
–Professional, curricular, recreational, etc
•To alert us to any problem/deficiencies in services & collections
•To demonstrate that services & collections have value - $$ well spent
Evaluation & quality
•Measure how well they are doing
•Change: Improve collections/services
Improve cost-effectiveness
Eliminate services
Introduce services

US school library benchmarks-

70% of the entire print collection will have a copyright date no later than 10 years from the
current year

School Collection Items/pupil
Elementary 12,000 20
Middle 15,000 25
High 18,000 30

Measure of quality:School libraries-

‘The measure of how successful an individual school library has been in integrating its
services & facilities into the curriculum may be seen in terms of the effect that the closure of
the school library would have on the school’s curriculum’- (Herring, 1982)