The Complete Collections Assessment Manual : ALA Neal-Schuman : 9780838918685 : 0838918689 : 30 Oct 2020 : Assessment is increasingly integral to building, managing, and justifying library collections. Unfortunately, assessment can also be a daunting undertaking. And though every institution is unique, as this manual demonstrates, there's no need to reinvent the wheel. Spanning both concept and practice, Kelly offers a holistic assessment framework suitable to a variety of collections and contexts. With a structure that makes it applicable as both a training tool for practicing librarians and a useful course text for library students, this manual introduces foundational assessment methodologies then provides concrete guidance on how to contextualize those methodologies within a holistic collections assessment program;covers topics such as assessment goals, assessment stakeholders, selecting data and methodologies, working through project constraints, and project planning;includes samp