Re: Quantity to Quality Workshop Report

[Marloth _at__ t-online.de (Heinz Marloth)]

Liebe KollegInnen,
die folgende mitteilung von CAMILE leite ich gerne an sie weiter:

> The  ?What's New? section of the Telematics for Libraries web site
> [ http://www2.echo.lu/libraries/en/libnew.html ]
> contains the following report which may be of interest to you. 
> Thanks go to Rosalind Johnson ( UKNFP ) for directing to this 
> report.
>
> +++  From Quantity To Quality: +++
> Collection, Analysis and Use of Statistics for Libraries, 
> Luxembourg, 9-10 December 1997: A European workshop
> for suppliers and users of library statistics - Executive Summary. 
> http://www2.echo.lu/libraries/en/statwks.html
> The full document is also available for downloading.
>
> Executive Summary  [abbreviated from web version ]
> The European Commission hosted a workshop on the collection, analysis
> and use of library statistics in Luxembourg on 9th and 10th December
> 1997, which was attended by delegates from 24 countries.
>
> The current theme "From Quantity to Quality"concentrates on the need
> for a statistical basis capable of producing indicators which describe
> the quality of services. The participants of the workshop from
> international organisations such as UNESCO, IFLA and ISO as well as
> from all Member States and most countries of Central and Eastern
> Europe unilaterally endorsed LIBECON 2000 which will meet the need for
> a robust pan-European framework for the collection of library
> statistics. Participants also stressed the importance of reliable
> statistics to generate information about the contribution made by
> libraries to the economic development of an enlarged Europe. The
> delegates from Central & Eastern Europe had contributed their data to
> the latest study of European library activities. Delegates from the
> international organisations pledged their participation in continuing
> to co-operate towards the efficient development of information that
> measures the quality of library services.
> Steve Bunyan, Department of Information and Communications, 
> Manchester Metropolitan University, Humanities Building, 
> Rosamond St West, off Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6LL
> Tel: +44(0)161 247 6142 Fax: +44(0)161 247 6351 
> email: s.bunyan _at__ mmu.ac.uk

mfg   H.M.
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