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The still-open question if and how public competition of libraries is possible and makes sense shall be separated from the discussion about the lacking acceptance of the library index. The differentiation between functional and competition-orientated benchmarking recommends for both systems different tools which are methodically improperly connected in BIX. The question whether it is possible at all to generally assess library performance using indices is also critically examined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

University rankings are an important source of information for those interested in academic education, personnel managers and Third-Party donors in order to be able to compare easily the performance of universities. Such rankings increasingly represent an important means of observing the achieving of targets in efficiency and effectiveness, compared with other universities. It is important for libraries to be able to correctly assess their role in such rankings and to know with which indicators the performance of libraries is measured in university rankings. Based on these findings, target systems and budget negotiations can be optimised. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]