Kanık, Leyla2021-06-232021-06-232012978-981-4350-29-7https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12491/7329https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814350303_00392nd Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries -- MAY 25-28, 2010 -- Chania, GREECEStaff appraisal is one of the controversial and significant topics of staff management. Staff appraisal is an important component of a well organized staff management. It influences areas such as employment criteria, task planning, waging policy, promotion, professional development, motivation, career development and training etc. The issue of performance appraisal has become widespread in libraries since 1980s. Today, rapid development in the world affects libraries like any other institutions. It is vital for libraries providing service in a competitive environment to improve the quality of their service and efficiency. For this reason, libraries should benefit from staff appraisal methods in each phase of their services. The research aims to reveal how and by whom staff appraisal efforts are carried out in university libraries in Turkey and how library staff perceive and consider staff appraisal. In the research, the applications in public and private sector libraries were compared; the points to be considered in a modern staff appraisal model applicable throughout the country were presented while the troubles observed as a result of the evaluation and the expectations on performance appraisal criteria were pointed out. In the research, which uses the descriptive method, the data were collected by use of such techniques as literature survey, questionnaire and interview. The questionnaire was applied to all staff working in university central libraries in public and private sector in Ankara. The hypothesis that advocates "the current performance appraisal methods applied in university libraries adversely affect the attitude of the library staff" has been proved at the end of the research. As a result, it is established that the opinions of the university library directors and staff about the efficiency of the performance appraisal method used are negative. Other findings of the research reveal that there is a significant difference in the attitude of the staff working in university libraries towards the performance appraisal method applied depending on the status of the library and their position as a director or staff.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessPerformance AppraisalPerformance ManagementStaff ManagementUniversity LibrariesConference Object323330WOS:000303267600039N/A