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Straipsnyje aptariamas Ðiaurës Suomijos bibliotekose vykdytas projektas. Projektas iðsiskyrë tuo, jog já ágyvendino praktikos bendruomenës, kurios buvo sudarytos ið skirtingø savivaldybiø bibliotekø atstovø. Straipsnyje pateikiami vienos ið bendruomeniø, kuri buvo atsakinga uþ informacijos paslaugø vertinimo priemoniø kûrimà, rezultatai. Bendruomenë ið pradþiø iðsiaiðkino, kas tai yra informacijos paslaugos, kokia jø sudëtis, kokiø iðtekliø bûtina turëti norint teikti tokias paslaugas, kokie vartotojø poreikiai, kokia kompetencija reikalinga informacinëms paslaugoms teikti. Vëliau bendruomenës nariai lankë kiekvieno projekto dalyvio bibliotekà, domëjosi jos filosofija, planais, istorija, iðtekliais, darbo praktika, sëkminga patirtimi, partneriais. Gautus duomenis komandos nariai lygino tarpusavyje, nes net ir to paties tipo bibliotekos su tais paèiais iðtekliais gali pasiekti visiðkai skirtingus rezultatus. Sukurta informaciniø paslaugø kokybës

Consortium benchmarking between information services of municipal librariesTerttu Kortelainen
SummaryCommunities of practice, comprising representatives of different libraries, applied informal consortium benchmarking in their development and evaluation project. Sharing knowledge and practices were considered very important by the participants, and even small units could contribute to the development. This paper describes the practices of sharing knowledge concerning information service in public libraries. The study is based on information gathered by interviews and questionnaires from the participants, and project documentation, the contents of which have been studied qualitatively*.

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The purpose of this paper is to develop an understanding of factors that affect the respondents to drop out of an already started survey on research data management. We decided to take a questionnaire on data management survey at Vilnius University and Oulu University implemented in 2017 as a case study. The data for the analysis was collected using the questionnaire, which was used in multinational research for Data Literacy and Research Data Management, performed by a group of researchers in more than ten countries, initiated by Serap Kurbanoğlu and Joumana Boustany. This paper describes the analysis of 1 185 survey samples, of which 515 were unfinished and 670 finished in both universities. For the analysis of the data, we used Framework for Web Survey Participation created by Andy Peytchev (2009). The collected data was analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics ver. 19 with descriptive and inferential statistical tests. The most significant factors on deciding not to finish the survey were the length of the survey, the scientific field, experience, age and the topic of the survey. No statistically significant difference was measured between those who finished the survey and unfinished evaluating the data by gender and job position. An important factor in not finishing the survey was the design of the survey.

The expectation that scientific research should provide answers to societal issues and support institutional decision-making is increasing, but still there are no systematic methods of identifying and measuring the wider societal impacts of research. In this article, various views on the meaning of impact, the different types of impact or influence that research can have on the society, and the potential of altmetrics to capture and measure this societal impact will be discussed.