Development of a Library Innovation Assessment Tool: Product Creativity and Customer Perspective

Abstract

The objective of this study was to develop a library innovation assessment tool. There were two major steps in this research, as follows: 1) to develop criteria and indicators for evaluating library innovation, including scoring and interpretation criteria, and 2) to validate the library innovation assessment tool. The library innovation assessment tool that was developed consists of three dimensions, divided into eight subscales and comprising fifteen bipolar adjective item pairs as semantic differential scaleson 7-point Likert scales. This library innovation assessment tool will be of benefit to teaching and learning. Library teachers can use this tool to evaluate the performance of students for subjects which focus on the creation of innovation by students and professional librarians. Professional librarians can use this as a guideline in the evaluation of library innovations in different contexts.