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Efficiency in Turkish State Libraries a Data Envelopment Analysis Application

In: Proceedings of the Conference on Human and Economic Resources

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Sacit Hadi Akdede (Adnan Menderes University)
Yigit Kazancoglu (Izmir University of Economics)

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This paper investigates the relative efficiency of public (state) libraries of major cities in Turkey by applying a data envelopment analysis. Scale, technical, and overall efficiency scores are calculated. It is found that there is a negative correlation between economic and social development index of the cities and efficiency scores of state libraries of same cities. In order to understand the sources of technical inefficiencies, the slack analysis is employed. Book collection and library staff are turned out to be the most problematic inputs and library members and lending of the books the most problematic outputs.

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This chapter was published in: Sacit Hadi Akdede & Yigit Kazancoglu Proceedings of the Conference on Human and Economic Resources, , pages 72-81, 2006.

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Oguz Esen & Ayla Ogus (ed.), 2006. "Proceedings of the International Conference on Human and Economic Resources," Proceedings of the IUE-SUNY Cortland Conference in Economics, Izmir University of Economics, number 2006, November. [Downloadable!]
Keywords: public libraries; efficiency; data envelopment analysis; Turkey;

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  1. Chen, Tser-yieth, 1997. "A measurement of the resource utilization efficiency of university libraries," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 53(1), pages 71-80, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Hammond, Christopher J., 1999. "The technology of library service provision: a cost function analysis of public library systems in the United Kingdom," Information Economics and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 11(3), pages 271-295, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Andrew Worthington, 1999. "Performance Indicators and Efficiency Measurement in Public Libraries," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 32(1), pages 31-42. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Charnes, A. & Cooper, W. W. & Rhodes, E., 1978. "Measuring the efficiency of decision making units," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 2(6), pages 429-444, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Hammond, Christopher J, 2002. "Efficiency in the Provision of Public Services: A Data Envelopment Analysis of UK Public Library Systems," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 34(5), pages 649-57, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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