Three impact evaluations in the province of Barcelona libraries
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BENET, Enric, FELIU, Toni and ORTE, Andreu (2019) Three impact evaluations in the province of Barcelona libraries. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2019 - Athens, Greece - Libraries: dialogue for change in Session 272 - Metropolitan Library Section, Public Libraries Section and Statistics and Evaluation Section.
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Three impact evaluations in the province of Barcelona libraries
In recent years, Barcelona Provincial Council has followed a strategy of evaluating the impact of its library programmes. This article presents the impact evaluation results of three such programmes. The impact evaluation of ‘easy-to-read’ clubs was made using a before-and-after methodology, and it showed a 54% increase in participants’ reading habits, and an 18% increase in their language skills. Digital training courses for over 55s were evaluated through randomized control trials. Participants increased their use of communication apps by 15%, and their use of Internet for leisure purposes and access to media by 18%. Finally, a reading promotion programme called ‘Velocirepte’ was analysed to evaluate its impact on the use of library services, through a quasi-experimental matching methodology. On average, participants took out almost 9 more library books per year than the control group.Tres evaluaciones de impacto en las bibliotecas de la provincia de Barcelona
La Diputación de Barcelona ha impulsado en los últimos años una estrategia de evaluar el impacto de los programas bibliotecarios. En este artículo, se presentan los resultados de las evaluaciones de impacto de tres programas. La evaluación de impacto de los Clubs de Lectura Fácil se realizó con una metodología antes / después, y mostró que los participantes incrementaron un 54% su hábito lector, y un 18% sus competencias lingüísticas. Los talleres de capacitación digital para mayores de 55 años se evaluaron mediante un diseño experimental con una asignación aleatoria. Los participantes incrementaron el uso de las aplicaciones relacionadas con la comunicación un 15% y el uso de internet para cualquier propósito relacionado con el ocio y el acceso a medios de comunicación un 18%. Finalmente, el programa de promoción de la lectura llamado “Velocirepte” fue analizado para evaluar su impacto en el uso de los servicios bibliotecarios, mediante un diseño casi-experimental con la técnica del matching. En promedio, los participantes realizaron 9 préstamos bibliotecarios anuales más que el grupo de control.Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) | ||||||||||||
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Conference details: | IFLA WLIC 2019 - Athens, Greece - Libraries: dialogue for changeSession 272 - Entering the Third Dimension: Use of Outcome Measurement in Metropolitan Public Libraries - Metropolitan Library Section, Public Libraries Section and Statistics and Evaluation Section |
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Divisions: | Division 1 Library Types > Metropolitan Libraries Section Division 1 Library Types > Public Libraries Section Division 4 Support of the Profession > Statistics and Evaluation Section |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Impact evaluation, public library, statistics, province of Barcelona | ||||||||||||
Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2019 09:02 | ||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2019 09:02 | ||||||||||||
URI: | https://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/2488 |
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