Methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of state cultural institutions (on the example of the Kostroma regional universal scientific library)

Abstract

Today, for cultural institutions, in particular, for libraries, the issue of evaluating the effectiveness of their activities is particularly relevant. There is still no single assessment methodology that takes into account the interests of all stakeholders: outside experts, library managers and staff, investors and sponsors of library activities. The purpose of the study is to develop an integrated methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of state cultural institutions (using the example of a library), taking into account the needs of all potential users. The scientific novelty lies in the development, based on the results of an empirical study, of an indicator for measuring the effectiveness of the activities of state cultural institutions (on the example of a library), as well as an integrated methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of the library, taking into account the economic and non-economic interest of the activity and providing a comprehensive application of financial and managerial, information and organizational, control and analytical measures, which together contribute to improving the effectiveness of the activity. As a result, the author proposed a unified methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of state cultural institutions on the example of the Kostroma Regional Universal Scientific Library