Towards an Assessment of Public Library Value: Statistics on the Policy Makers’ Agenda

Kristine Paberza
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Kristine Paberza: University of Latvia, Latvia

International Journal of Decision Support System Technology (IJDSST), 2010, vol. 2, issue 2, 42-51

Abstract: This paper presents methodology, early findings, possible applications of results and lessons learnt from the research study “Public libraries: value, trust and satisfaction”. The study was conducted in Latvia as the part of the impact assessment plan within the public library development project “Third Father’s Son”. The project’s goal was to improve people’s quality of life by strengthening the capacities of public libraries to facilitate better and proactive use of resources offered by free access to information technology and the Internet. In this paper, the author introduces practical results from the measurement of use-oriented value of public libraries by using information from the ecology approach and identifying the role of the public library within a context of other information sources used by the public.

Date: 2010
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