Biblioteques i eLciència: adaptació de l'indicador de la potència del sistema de la metodologia Secaba-Rank per a noves necessitats al servei d'una societat canviant

Abstract

Objective: This study has two objectives. The Urst is to create a new conUguration for the System Potency indicator from the Secaba-Rank methodology, which includes measures related to the budget, loans, visits, Internet use and attendance at cultural activities in libraries. The results are then used to obtain information on the euciency of Spanish public libraries. The second objective is to compare and analyse the results of the ranks based on the new measures of the System Potency indicator. The overall aim is to assess the measurement of the euciency of libraries in the context of a changing society. Methodology: With regard to the Urst objective, the method is the adaptation of the System Potency indicator of the Secaba-Rank methodology. This indicator, which has been previously used to analyse euciency in both Spanish public and university libraries, reports libraries’ outputs and inputs and obtains information on their euciency. The new System Potency indicator takes into account activities of libraries such as loans, visits, Internet use and attendance at cultural activities. The comparison between the ranks generated for each dimension and the rank based on the total System Potency indicator is carried out by calculating the Spearman's rho correlation coeucient. Results: The results show that the Secaba-Rank methodology is suitable for studying the euciency of libraries according to their current role, especially in the analyses comparing loans and visits; Internet use and total euciency; and attendance at cultural activities and total euciency. Finally, the results for total euciency (considering the relationship between the budget and loans, visits, use of the Internet and the attendance at cultural activities), indicate that four systems in Spain were ineucient (Catalonia, Valencia, Andalusia and the Basque Country), while the rest were eucient.