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RELATIVE EFFICIENCY OF UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN CROATIA: A WINDOW DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS APPROACH

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Publicado en:Management : Journal of Contemporary Management Issues vol. 30, no. 1 (2025), p. 31
Autor principal: Čiković, Katerina Fotova
Otros Autores: Mandić, Antonija, Šipek, Tanja
Publicado:
Sveuciliste u Splitu
Materias:
Croatia
Teaching
Higher education
Information literacy
Data envelopment analysis
Colleges & universities
Policy making
Academic libraries
Collection management
Distance learning
Efficiency
Library users
COVID-19
Library management
Decision making
Pandemics
Epidemics
Librarians
Digital Age
Coronaviruses
Libraries
Data analysis
Data
Academic achievement
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Resumen:The main objective of this paper is to assess the efficiency of university libraries in Croatia in the period from 2018 to 2022, taking into account both the years before and after COVID-19. For this purpose, the study employed the well-known non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method, specifically the window DEA (WDEA), to analyse a sample of 8 university libraries in Croatia. The study considered three inputs (Number of books held, Number of library staff, and Actual allocated budget) and three outputs (Circulation, Number of books added, and Number of registered members). The findings indicate that none of the university libraries in Croatia demonstrated relative efficiency during the observed period. These results provide valuable insights for university management and policy makers. This study is characterised by its original approach, as it is the first known attempt to use the DEA method to assess the performance of academic libraries in Croatia and the South East European region. Glavni cilj ovog rada je procijeniti ucinkovitost sveutilisnih knjiznica и Hrvatskoj и razdoblju od 2018. do 2022. godine, uzimajuci и obzir godine prije 1 nakon pandemije COVID-19. U tu svrhu, istrazivanje koristi poznatu neparametrijsku metodu Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), tocnije njezinu varijantu window DEA (WDEA), kako bi analiziralo uzorak od osam sveucilisnih knjiznica и Hrvatskoj. Uistrazivanju su koristena tri ulazna pokazatelja (broj knjiga и knjiznici, broj zaposlenika knjiznice i stvarno dodijeljeni proracun) te tri izlazna pokazatelja (broj posudbi, broj novih knjiga i broj registriranih lanova). Rezultati pokazuju da nijedna od analiziranih sveucilisnih knjiZnica nije pokazala relativnu ucinkovitost tijekom promatranog razdoblja. Ovi nalazi pruzaju vrijedne uvide za upravljanje sveucilistima i donositelje politika и podruéju visokog obrazovanja. Ovaj rad je jedinstven po svom pristupu, buduci da predstavlja prvi poznati pokusaj primjene DEA metode za procjenu uspjesnosti akademskih knjiznica и Hrvatskoj 1 regiji Jugoistocne Europe.
ISSN:1331-0194
1846-3363
DOI:10.30924/mjcmi.30.1.3
Fuente:ABI/INFORM Global