Journal of Japan Society of Library and Information Science
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Volume 47, Issue 4
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  • Assessing Public Library Efficiency Using Data Envelopment Analysis
    Hajime TAMURA
    Article type: Article
    2002 Volume 47 Issue 4 Pages 145-162
    Published: February 28, 2002
    Released on J-STAGE: May 04, 2017
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20651/jslis.47.4_145
    JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS
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    In this study, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method is introduced as a technique to measure the efficiency of public libraries, and is used to determine the relative efficiency of the city and ward libraries in Tokyo. Efficiency is defined as whether or not a library could reduce the inputs it uses equiproportionately and still produce the same output. Inputs are staffs, holdings, new books, number of libtaries and population. Output is circulation. We calculate the technical efficiency score (CCR efficiency score), pure technical efficiency score (BCC efficiency score) and scale efficiency score of each library. The subject libraries operate at 80% technical efficiency on the average, i.e., inputs could be reduce by 20% without sacrificing output if all libraries were as efficient as the benchmark efficient libraries identified by DEA.
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