Academic Library Evaluation in the Institutional Environment(<Special Feature>National University Corporation)

大学図書館の評価は, 大学という枠組みにおいて実施されねばならない。これまでこの自明な枠組みの設定に難渋してきたが, 近年の大学評価の展開が, それを解消する契機となる可能性が高い。本論では, 先行する米国の地域認証機関の基準や, ARLとACRLの図書館評価のあり方を概観し, 大学コミュニティに結びついた図書館評価について論述する。また, 成果評価の現状を紹介するとともに, その際に実践と研究とをつなぐ必要性を示唆する。The evaluation of academic library has too much focused on how a library process its activities rather than how it play the role in the institution. This paper argues it should be done in institutional environment. Looking at the accreditation standards as well as precedent outcomes assessment activities in the ARL and ACRL libraries, it maintains that the library outcomes should be assessed along with the education/research activities of an academic institution, and it also suggest the evaluation with broad perspective on a library activities and its outcomes