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Title: | Peer performance appraisal of reference librarians in a public library |
Author(s): | King, Geraldine B.; Mahmoodi, Suzanne H. |
Subject(s): | Reference services (Libraries)
Evaluation Public libraries |
Abstract: | The reference librarians at Ramsey County Public Library, a suburban Twin Cities public library, developed an innovative performance appraisal system that includes self-evaluation and a peer group / discussion. Each librarian rates her/himself on a thirteen-page list of reference librarian competencies and assesses the effect of other factors on his/her ability to do the job. A summary of these two parts plus a report on past objectives, a draft of future objectives, and a list of prioritized duties are given to each member of the reference department prior to a one-hour group discussion. Initial evaluations of the process were primarily positive; all twelve participants wished to continue its use. Relating competencies to objectives resulted in a specific self development plan. Relating self-development needs and job duties facilitated priority setting. The process has now been expanded to include nonprofessional public services personnel, technical services staff, and branch libraries. |
Issue Date: | 1991 |
Publisher: | Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Citation Info: | In B. Allen (ed) Evaluation of Public Services and Public Services Personnel (Papers presented at the Allerton Park Institute held October 28-30, 1990): 167-203. |
Series/Report: | Allerton Park Institute (32nd : 1990) |
Genre: | Conference Paper / Presentation |
Type: | Text |
Language: | English |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/615 |
ISBN: | 0878450866 |
ISSN: | 0536-4604 |
Publication Status: | published or submitted for publication |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2007-04-15 |
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1990: Evaluation of Public Services and Public Services Personnel
Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 32, 1990); Edited by Bryce Allen