Academic library impact : improving practice and essential areas to research / Lynn Silipigni Connaway, William Harvey, Vanessa Kitzie, Stephanie Mikitish.
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, author.; Harvey, William (Software engineer), author.; Kitzie, Vanessa, author.; Mikitish, Stephanie, author.
2017
Z675.U5 C735 2017 (Mapit)
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Title Academic library impact : improving practice and essential areas to research / Lynn Silipigni Connaway, William Harvey, Vanessa Kitzie, Stephanie Mikitish.
Author Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, author.
ISBN 9780838989760 (paperback)
0838989764 (paperback)
Published Chicago, Illinois : Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, 2017.
Language English
Language Note Text in English.
Description ix, 124 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Call Number Z675.U5 C735 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 027.7
Summary Now more than ever, academic libraries are being asked to demonstrate value to their institutional stakeholders, funders, and governance boards. Academic Library Impact builds on ACRL's 2010 Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report and the results of the subsequent Assessment in Action program. It demonstrates how libraries are now measuring library contributions to student learning and success, and recommends where more research is needed in areas critical to the higher education sector such as accreditation, student retention, and academic achievement. This action-oriented research agenda includes: a report on all project phases and findings; a detailed research agenda based on those findings; a visualization component that filters relevant literature and creates graphics that can communicate library value to stakeholders, http://experimental.worldcat.org/valresearch; a bibliography of the literature analyzed; and a full bibliography of the works cited and reviewed, http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/themes/works-cited.pdf. All components were produced in partnership with OCLC Research and include analyses of library and information science (LIS) and higher education literature, focus group interviews and brainstorming sessions with academic library administrators at different institution types within the United States, and individual interviews with provosts. Building on established best practices and recent research, Academic Library Impact clearly identifies priority areas and suggests specific actions for academic librarians and administrators to take in developing programs, collections, and spaces focused on student learning and success. It includes effective practices, calls out exemplary studies, and indicates where more inquiry is needed, with proposed research designs. It identifies the next generation of necessary research to continue to testify to library value. This new report is a significant milestone for ACRL's Value of Academic Libraries initiative and for the profession. -- From publisher's description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 80-104).
Added Author Harvey, William (Software engineer), author.
Kitzie, Vanessa, author.
Mikitish, Stephanie, author.
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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.

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