Gaps in performance: benchmarking of the Czech and Slovak city libraries

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/LM-11-2016-0085" target="_blank" >http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/LM-11-2016-0085</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/LM-11-2016-0085" target="_blank" >10.1108/LM-11-2016-0085</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Gaps in performance: benchmarking of the Czech and Slovak city libraries

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to identify gaps in performance of city libraries from the Czech and from the Slovak Republic engaged in the project Benchmarking of Libraries. The subject of research consists of input and output performance variables of selected 51 city libraries for the period of 2011-2015 and their mutual dependence and influence. Design/methodology/approach - To analyse relationships among ten input and four output variables, the correlation and regression analyses were used. Regression analysis was focussed on four output variables numbers of physical visitors of libraries, numbers of loans, numbers of visitors using the internet in the library, and numbers of registered readers. Interpretation of results was supplemented with classification multidimensional analysis Chi-square automatic interaction detection. Findings - Findings reveal that besides others the significant gap in performance was represented by library additions, which means the renewal of library collections. Performance differences were also found between city libraries in the Czech Republic and those in the Slovak Republic. Research limitations/implications - This paper evaluates gaps in the performance on representative sample of city libraries. The number of population served among individual selected 51 libraries ranges between 15 and 35 thousand inhabitants. Analysed data are from years 2011-2015. Originality/value - The paper analyses, by using statistical methods, data that are generated within the benchmarking project. This methodology proves and reveals causalities among performance indicators of city libraries in an unconventional way.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Gaps in performance: benchmarking of the Czech and Slovak city libraries

Popis výsledku anglicky

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to identify gaps in performance of city libraries from the Czech and from the Slovak Republic engaged in the project Benchmarking of Libraries. The subject of research consists of input and output performance variables of selected 51 city libraries for the period of 2011-2015 and their mutual dependence and influence. Design/methodology/approach - To analyse relationships among ten input and four output variables, the correlation and regression analyses were used. Regression analysis was focussed on four output variables numbers of physical visitors of libraries, numbers of loans, numbers of visitors using the internet in the library, and numbers of registered readers. Interpretation of results was supplemented with classification multidimensional analysis Chi-square automatic interaction detection. Findings - Findings reveal that besides others the significant gap in performance was represented by library additions, which means the renewal of library collections. Performance differences were also found between city libraries in the Czech Republic and those in the Slovak Republic. Research limitations/implications - This paper evaluates gaps in the performance on representative sample of city libraries. The number of population served among individual selected 51 libraries ranges between 15 and 35 thousand inhabitants. Analysed data are from years 2011-2015. Originality/value - The paper analyses, by using statistical methods, data that are generated within the benchmarking project. This methodology proves and reveals causalities among performance indicators of city libraries in an unconventional way.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50204 - Business and management

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Library Management

ISSN

0143-5124

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

38

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4-5

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

263-275

Kód UT WoS článku

000402935000008

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85019154755