Cover image for Academic library impact : improving practice and essential areas to research
Academic library impact : improving practice and essential areas to research
Title:
Academic library impact : improving practice and essential areas to research
ISBN:
9780838989760
Publication:
Chicago, Illinois : Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, 2017.
Physical Description:
ix, 124 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents:
Introduction : demonstrate your library's value. Communicate the library's contributions -- Match library assessment to institution's mission -- Include library data in institutional data collection -- Quantify the library's impact on student success -- Enhance teaching and learning -- Collaborate with educational stakeholders -- Using this report -- Literature review. Evaluation and assessment literature -- Learning and success -- Measuring student learning and success outside the library -- Relevant ACRL documents -- Methods. Data collection -- Data analysis -- Findings. Selected LIS and higher education literature -- Focus group interview -- Provost semi-structured individual interviews -- Comparing three data sources -- Discussion -- Priority areas for future research and effective practices -- ACRL Framework agenda for student learning and success. Communicate the library's contributions -- Match library assessment to institution's mission -- Include library data in institutional data collection -- Quantify the library's impact on student success -- Enhance teaching and learning -- Collaborate with educational stakeholders -- Visualizing academic library impact : the ACRL/OCLC Literature Analysis Dashboard. Literature search tool -- Charts and graphs tool -- Administration and sandboxed content tagging -- Usability testing -- Searching the visualization component using the priority areas -- Limitations -- Conclusions.