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Colleen Cook, Fred Heath LibQUAL+TM
LibQUAL+(tm) is a suite of services that libraries use to solicit,
track, understand, and act upon users' opinions of service quality.
These services are offered to the library community by the
Association of Research Libraries (ARL). The program's centerpiece is
a rigorously tested Web-based survey bundled with training that helps
libraries assess and improve library services, change organizational
culture, and market the library. The goals of LibQUAL+(TM) are to:
The LibQUAL+(tm) survey evolved from a conceptual model based on the SERVQUAL instrument, a popular tool for assessing service quality in the private sector. The Texas A&M University Libraries and other libraries used modified SERVQUAL instruments for several years; those applications revealed the need for a newly adapted tool that would serve the particular requirements of libraries. ARL, representing the largest research libraries in North America, partnered with Texas A&M University Libraries to develop, test, and refine LibQUAL+(tm). This effort was supported in part by a three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE). Bielefeld University Library - last update: 01/11/2006 |