By Simon Ellis, Michael Heaney, Pierre Meunier and Roswitha Poll Abstract: When IFLA needed reliable data about libraries and their services worldwide, it became apparent that there are no such data. Therefore, the IFLA Section on Statistics and Evaluation, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) committee TC 46 SC 8 ‘Quality – statistics Read More…
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IFLA Library Statistics Manifesto
The IFLA Library Statistics Manifesto was endorsed by the IFLA Governing Board on 9 April, 2010. Snippet: The initiative for this document was taken by the IFLA President Claudia Lux at the Section’s conference in Montréal (August 2008). The idea is to have a certified document about the importance of library statistics, as they demonstrate Read More…