The poster will display some example questions from the survey, and will also show examples of how we reported on the survey results using various types of written reports, presentations, and data visualizations. For example: Students in the Alternative Wayfinders group were more diverse in terms of race and gender identity than University Navigators. For this study, the UTF had to rely on others to distribute a recruitment email and the sample ended up not meeting the study needs in terms of size and demographic makeup. Two groups emerged from the cluster analysis during the quantitative stage: one with high levels of academic capital and low levels of library anxiety (named University Navigators), and one with low levels of academic capital and high levels of library anxiety (named Alternative Wayfinders). A corrective plan of action was developed by a senior finance administrator and employed to begin a multi-year corrective strategy. The paper will present a method for predicting the impact of ATO on a DDA that uses STLs. The tentative conclusion indicates that UL100 may have a positive impact upon these students information literacy competencies, compared to the General Education students who are not taking UL100 concurrently. Should we try this again in a few years? These findings are quite unique in the area of library assessment and research; understanding how people think about their library data will allow libraries to offer appropriate choices to patrons, and may even point the way to new services that can be offered for patrons who do want some of their data retained. Additionally, the concluding year of the project includes participant surveys of the previous two cohorts to determine the impact of the program on the participants since completion of their cohort in the program. Design, methodology, or approach Library services informed by these studies findings may therefore be of limited efficacy and could even be counterproductive for the students they are intended to support. This poster session will show how our team used multiple methods to assess and evaluate a first-year orientation escape room. Show AbstractClosePurpose and goals For the University of Michigan Library's 2-year website redesign project, assessment was integrated into the work and timeline from the start. Coders could enter a free text explanation of why a chat did not meet the standard, and these explanations were later grouped and analyzed to understand specific areas that needed improvement. Findings Unable to hire a full-time assessment librarian Analysis of both surveys was shared with the entire staff through brief reports and a set of visualizations designed to spur discussion on how the pilot implementation of FWAs could be improved upon. Practical implications or value Poster Explore implications for academic libraries if this is a national and/or global trend. With respect to the importance of library support related to research, the top four resources/ services rated as Very/Extremely important were: online journals (97%), databases to find literature (92%), interlibrary loan (75.8%) and Ebooks (70.5%). Our purpose for assessing the Book Club-in-a-Bag pilot was to understand the following: If the titles offered were engaging/interesting/appropriate Provide a plan outline for sustainably assessing electronic resources, including tips on resource prioritization, timelines, and tools Getting the Most Information Out of Your Escape Room Program (link opens in a new tab) Of interest to all libraries, the research generates questions about how hybrid work environments impact organizational culture. We will explore how non-library resources are used. Our experiences can help other institutions use similar methods to investigate the status of equity and inclusion in their libraries, and what areas most need improvement. They Came, They Saw, but Did They Actually Get Help? We hope to leverage our study to expand interest in the creation of an academic OverDrive consortium in order to reduce costs and expand access to more public Oklahoma universities. A Qualitative Study (link opens in a new tab) The transcripts of these focus groups were coded using NVIVO and a follow up survey was sent to this same group. Subject experts from the GLAMR community were hired to review the Best Practices and enhance as needed. Pretest Confidence (10 Likert scale items) and IL knowledge (8 MC items) Poster session attendees will have the opportunity to learn how they might deploy similar mechanisms and strategies in their library and share their own successes in going beyond usage statistics to better understand the value they provide. Practical implications or value Also, while graduate students are expected to require silent spaces for more intensive research, they want to be a part of a community of users rather than work in isolating spaces. However, the rubric can be adapted to other types of literacies, based on the focus of the evaluated program or service. Faculty find that the quality of student work varies significantly. This talk will cover the process behind, and lessons learned over the course of, a library-wide data inventory. The feedback has been almost 100% positive. Assessing the Needs of Users with Disabilities in Pursuit of More Accessible, Inclusive Libraries (link opens in a new tab) Be a champion for the work and changes that come with keeping up with something as fluid as accurate branded signage Poster Black/African American students were most likely to seek academic support and other resources, and indicate the highest level of comfort speaking with academic advisors. Or an Assessment-Minded Culture? (link opens in a new tab) The hope is that other libraries that are interested in assessing workplace climate and culture can benefit from hearing about both our missteps and our accomplishments. Most importantly, we learned that we could pull it together when necessary and prioritize whats truly important to stay afloat. Design, methodology, or approach WILU (Workshop for Instruction in Library Use) McGill University, Montreal, Qubec, Canada 2023 In addition to informing plan revisions, two key findings emerged from the workshops which improve the ability for personnel to see their efforts reflected in planning. When conducting ClimateQUAL, the work was to woo staff to participate, and the method of wooing was to be transparent, make promises (about confidentiality, data curation, and communication of results) and to stick to those promises. While the prevalence of these issues may vary by library, they are issues that are relevant to most libraries. This case study illustrates how technology advancements and situational contexts can inform practice evolutions. achievement, and retention. What is the average completion time for tasks performed in Google Scholar versus tasks performed in Encore? The development and testing phases were the most important and the most intensive parts of this assessment. Relationship building is crucial: As the diary study progressed, students showed more comfort in sharing their thoughts and feedback. Black/African American students were most likely to seek academic support and other resources, and indicate the highest level of comfort speaking with academic advisors. A mock environment with a dual search tab set-up and direct access to Google Scholar. Challenge Talk proposals will be evaluated using the following criteria: To submit a proposal, please visit the proposal submission site. This research project originated with the desire to determine if assessment skills are mentioned more frequently in library job postings in comparison to previous examinations such as Recruiting for Results: Assessment Skills and the Academic Job Market by Megan Oakleaf and Scott Walter and Core Competencies for Assessment in Libraries: A Review and Analysis of Job Postings by Sarah Passoneau and Susan Erikson. Practical implications or value the results showed that Ensure that students who graduate from my program are skilled at locating, evaluating and applying information was ranked the highest in importance (75.2%), followed by Have a link in Blackboard to UIC Library resources (53%). It provides an opportunity for the community to share their own lessons and engage in discussions about the future of library assessment. This poster discusses survey techniques employed which leveraged the reporting function of Qualtrics and related practices to maintain a sense of community, communicate organizational empathy, and enable action at the department level while maintaining and building trust in assessment initiatives. Examine minimum and desired means in the dimension for all items related to Information Control (IC 1- IC 8) between cohorts using ANOVAs as appropriate The hope is that other libraries that are interested in assessing workplace climate and culture can benefit from hearing about both our missteps and our accomplishments. Develop backup channels as part of the original protocol. There are many excellent resources on qualitative and quantitative collection assessment, holistic collection assessment, and case studies; however, a basic starting guide is an important and often overlooked aspect of electronic collection assessment. This study adds to the body of assessment research within reference services, an area not well represented in the LIS literature (Allen et al., 2018). Data literacy is the ability to read, understand, work with, analyze, and communicate with data. After many revisions were made to the web pages, the Usability Task Force (UTF) developed five key tasks to examine ease of use and ability to complete the task in a new round of testing. In 2019, both ULS and OUR colleagues agreed on initiating work that would allow us to consider ASRA outcomes that both partners were interested in achieving, and creating mechanisms for assessing if these outcomes are met. Title dashboard Libraries responded to the moment in part by surveying personnel about their work-related needs as well as their personal well-being. Poster This process could also be rolled out to other library services seeking more effective forms of measurement. The conference provides a mix of invited speakers, contributed papers and posters, and workshops that stimulate discussion and provide workable ideas for effective, practical, and sustainable library assessment. Practical implications or value Poster This presentation will present the completed Best Practices and discuss the development of the projects Educational Tools and online Toolkit. The Director of the Library and co-chair of the accreditation steering committee focused efforts on developing an annual reporting template that would be flexible, include progress on measurable outcomes, and tie out to larger organizational goals and strategies. Pretest Confidence (10 Likert scale items) and IL knowledge (8 MC items) Alisa B. Rod, Marcela Y. Isuster, and Tara Mawhinney (McGill University), Online Participatory Design: Activities and Approaches for User Engagement in the Remote Environment The purpose of this poster is to outline a guide for implementing a sustainable, systematic assessment plan for electronic resources. In some cases the statements were specific tasks (e.g. Poster Will Cook (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) The major issue at hand was that respondents used this survey as a time to voice all their thoughts and opinions of the libraries. Converting Climate Assessments into Evidence-Based Change (link opens in a new tab) Ellie Kohler (Virginia Tech University Libraries) This poster seeks to share the goals, work, and outcomes of the Grand Challenges project with the assessment community and highlight the contributions librarians are makingas well as the broader benefits library assessment practitioners may gainfrom this undertaking. Tinto, V. (1993). Design: This study used a pretest-posttest controlled experimental design to test the effectiveness of fully asynchronous modules that incorporated principles of Kolbs (1984) Experiential Learning Theory and best practices in online instruction (Darby & Lang, 2019) to develop information literacy in first-year doctoral students. This information was used to determine the knowledge bases success rate. Design, methodology, or approach Between the ongoing challenge of making time across the organization to focus on assessment and the onset of the pandemic, we completely changed our institutional assessment strategy to be more centralized and carried out by the library assessment team. The research team then sent out numerous recruitment emails to the samples, offering the experiment on 2 different days. Students addressed other issues unrelated to diversity (library hours, collection development, etc.) Our activities resulted in lessons shaping our program for the future: Prioritizing equity through our project choices and by raising the visibility of existing external data sources, enabling action-oriented conversations about how libraries can respond to wider trends in student needs. This study will be utilizing 12 months of data collected by individuals in the University Libraries through the use of LibConnect, a Springshare CRM software. Design, methodology, or approach Each of these instruments has its own local findings, and we are still drawing out of the cumulative data what we have learned, in sum, about various aspects of our organization and the work of its staff during this period. Show AbstractClosePurpose and goals Show AbstractClosePurpose and goals Some instructors noticed web accessibility features related to this content. Hector Escobar (University of Dayton) Applying the rubric led to revisions, and its second iteration was employed in 2021 for campus-level assessment. The authors will discuss what they discovered about how often library patrons use library resources for different purposes such as teaching, learning, research, leisure, and mental health. Finally, this paper demonstrates the importance of thinking about library assessment with an outward-looking lens, assessing not only how the institution is functioning internally, but also monitoring the external trends and patterns that ultimately impact the work of the library. Laura Spears (University of Florida) For example: Practical implications or value While the prevalence of these issues may vary by library, they are issues that are relevant to most libraries. For the 2021-22 academic year, staff worked mostly hybrid schedules resulting in, on a typical day, only some fraction of staff being onsite concurrently. All our techniques are easily adaptable, replicable and can use freely available tools like spreadsheets and any visualization or graphing software. Sephra Byrne, Karen Harker, and Christopher Hergert (University of North Texas) Findings The prevalence of questions related to other campus units, such as admissions, information technology, and human resources (non-library category) was unexpected. CARLI Counts is being evaluated using multiple methods, quantitative and qualitative, and includes feedback from participants, evaluation of program materials, and performance outcomes from participants. Applying the rubric led to revisions, and its second iteration was employed in 2021 for campus-level assessment. First-generation student attendance will be compared against their continuing generation peers in an attempt to find statistically significant results in retention and grade point average. Findings Include enough recruitment time to adapt the message and utilize other channels. Their Challenges are Our Challenges Too: Librarian Involvement in the Grand Challenges in Assessment Project (link opens in a new tab) Understanding why and how faculty integrate asynchronous library instruction into university courses can significantly help libraries with strategic planning. OCLCs GreenGlass is one tool that can help with this analysis. Findings Data Days is an in-service event which functions as a low-cost, highly participatory component of the Library Assessment Departments efforts to develop a culture of assessment. Design, methodology, or approach Design, methodology, or approach GAISE II, which is focused on PreK-12 education, centralizes the main points of formulating statistical questions, collecting/considering data, analyzing data, and interpreting the results. Paper Design, methodology, or approach Instructors like the convenience of student review at any point during the semester We had only just finished running the ClimateQUAL several months before the lockdown. An Intersectional, Mixed Methods Analysis of First-year First-generation Students Library Perceptions and Use (link opens in a new tab) An online survey was distributed to all faculty at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) in Spring 2022, asking about the use and importance of library resources and services, as they relate to faculty teaching and research. Sharon Q. Yang, Lili Li, in Emerging Technologies for Librarians, 2016 Abstract. How might library staff make library spaces, web interfaces, collections, and services more supportive for these users? The tentative conclusion indicates that UL100 may have a positive impact upon these students information literacy competencies, compared to the General Education students who are not taking UL100 concurrently. Methods include interviews, document analysis, and surveys. We know you're do absolutely great @HJoyNam! The data can also shed some light on the user demand by providing circulation history. Methods & Tools/Digital Libraries But it remains an important criteria for the librarys assessment program to establish successful recruiting methods that provide better representation of the diverse stakeholders using the librarys web sites. This and other complementary services were implemented because of limited access to the physical library building and the print collection due to pandemic lockdowns. With an increasing focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in Academic Libraries, we must ensure that these groups are inclusive and representative of our user populations while providing a safe environment for members of diverse and minoritized groups to provide genuine feedback and ensuring that participation in library advisory groups leads to tangible improvements to their library experience. Liz Bober, Stephanie Church, Gina Midlik, and Jena Styka Payne (Case Western Reserve University) To identify inequities due to compression based on rank and years of experience, a regression analysis was conducted. Modeled after public library programs, this pilot reading initiative was designed to promote a forum for safe and open discussions on issues of inclusivity, equity, and diversity through leisure reading. The preeminent conference in the field, this ninth biennial Library Assessment Conference is co-sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries and the University of Washington Libraries. Data were analyzed using Analysis of Variance and binary logistic regression with propensity score matching. Additionally, there is an extended cadre of library staff with enhanced skills in research methodologies who can develop and contribute to future research endeavors as a result of their participation in the initiative, whether in their own library or as advisors to other library staff engaging in research projects. While change is hard, having Liaison champions on the working group was key in selling the value of the new procedures and system to its users. Attendees will be better able to deliver on the expectations of employees for workplace growth and that their participation in climate assessment will result in evidence-based change. The library faced reopening at a time where unprecedented guidelines were put into place while at the same time trying to keep staff and students safe from Covid-19. Although the study is ongoing, we have already analyzed the responses from 180 members of our campus community. However, recruiting vulnerable populations undergoes heavy scrutiny with the Human Subjects Committee and requires significant coordination with the centers and adaptation of the language in recruitment emails. The authors envision participants informing their survey practice to maximize impact of the effort while protecting and communicating respondent privacy in order to build and maintain trust. What really needed were tools to reframe their already existing practices to be assessment-minded. Black/African American students were most likely to seek academic support and other resources, and indicate the highest level of comfort speaking with academic advisors. This initiative provided the first data-driven assessment of our service quality and demonstrated our current high service standard. The sessions were recorded and transcribed by the research team and QSR Internationals NVIVO software was used for coding and analysis. The survey can also be quickly edited to include new book titles or additional assessment questions as the book club matures. Karen R. Harker, Chassidy Miles, and Sian Brannon (University of North Texas) However, before embarking on efforts to help students feel more included and welcome, one needs to know the current state of inclusion and welcomeness. Complications Combined with open-text questions, the survey offered a measurable view of conditions that students desire with tangible characteristics that future renovations can easily incorporate. The extra validity and reliability steps help to ensure that the survey will provide data to help library employees describe their value to the university and to assist with decision-making and planning. The evidence will help the Libraries and Archives faculty connect with other General Education faculty to identify core information literacy competencies for students in the courses. Findings Using the MOU, we will coordinate our efforts with ARL to collect de-identified and aggregate LibQUAL+ results in the dimension of Information Control. Findings Lost focus, energy and drive They used a course syllabi scan to look for instructor assigned resources and reviewed DEI-related award lists to identify key resources to compare to library holdings. Demographic shifts over the past ten years were explored at various geographic levels to help determine changing library needs. Findings Library Assessment Conference: Lead Users Mar. College and Research Libraries, 72(5), 464473. Practical implications or value The work will contribute to library assessment as a whole by demonstration of a way to create a system that allows the ability to measure library connections created through instruction events, consultations, collaborations, and partnerships using a CRM. How might library staff make library spaces, web interfaces, collections, and services more supportive for these users? Back to top Creating, Administering, and Responding to a Library Workplace Climate Assessment (link opens in a new tab) The survey gathers the following information: (1) with whom did the users meet (if known), (2) did the users get the help they needed, (3) did the users feel welcome and respected, and (4) did users have any other comments. The project also demonstrated best practices in project management, stakeholder engagement, and internal communication, not only in what we did, but how we learned and adjusted throughout the project. Findings This poster discusses survey techniques employed which leveraged the reporting function of Qualtrics and related practices to maintain a sense of community, communicate organizational empathy, and enable action at the department level while maintaining and building trust in assessment initiatives. Optimizing a Library Website for Student Research: Comparing User Metrics between Encore and Google Scholar (link opens in a new tab) Prominent reasons why people wanted the library to retain their checkout data included using their checkout histories as helpful reading lists, using their histories to facilitate research endeavors, and feeling confident that their data would be managed carefully. The hope is that this pilot could serve as a catalyst for future dashboards and other information gathering that could be crowdsourced for decision-making capacities or awareness. Both circulation and Verizon usage data are serving as indicators that the project is advancing towards its goal of reducing or eliminating a barrier, at least for some individuals, in achieving academic and/or work success. Should an official working group be created to draft a data literacy standard or framework? Design, methodology, or approach The number of articles written by faulty over the years has increased significantly over time, as has the average number of references that are included in the articles. ISBN: 9781450396394. Although the experiential learning treatment did not yield significant differences between the groups in confidence or IL knowledge, the treatment did produce a significantly greater ability to demonstrate IL in a practical exercise (F(4, 15) = 3.586; p < .05). After the plans had been approved by library administration and money had been spent on MISO, we were surprised to discover that the universitys Data Governance Committee had objections to the MISO plan based not only on student privacy issues but also on the danger of setting precedents for other university organizations. Craig Smith and Ken Varnum (University of Michigan) In the pandemic, things have, even when in planning mode, mostly been reactive: shifting institutional and public health codes had to be mashed up rapidly with library norms and care for the wellbeing of our staff. The survey also needed to be flexible so that it could accommodate irregular schedules and poor weather. Only certain library resource that faculty reported using in 2021 were correlated with their research productivity: print books (rs [407] = -.136, p < .01), online journal (rs [418] = .194, p < .01), database (rs [419] = .124, p < .05), and subject and course guides (rs [400] = -.099, p < .05); however, the directions of the correlations were different. However, since general education writing classes attempt to achieve large numbers of learning outcomes, finding time to adequately teach research skills is challenging. Among these are the Digital Public Library of America, the Center for Research Libraries Global Resources Network, the WEST Regional Storage Trust, and the Greater Western Library Alliance. 2018. The multiday event is a mix of invited speakers, workshops, and contributed papers and posters that stimulate discussion and provide feasible ideas for effective, practical, and sustainable library assessment. This study will be looking at both the breadth and the depth of the respective relationships. We used Tableau for our visualizations, as it provides one interface that can connect to live data sources, transform them into visualizations, customize the look and feel of the dashboard for our university branding, and is easily embedded in our library website. Practical implications or value Short form to Abbreviate Library Assessment Conference. In addition to all these tricky elements working with the staff in the midst of some of the changes was also challenging. We hope that the analysis will help illuminate the depth of need in particular areas and help prioritize the most needed services. Design, methodology, or approach Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME), Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT). First is the description of what we did and why we did it. In an effort to close the loop, we developed an assignment guide that advises instructors how to incorporate synthesis into their assignment prompts, and a video showing students how to use a synthesis table to identify connections between sources. A first round of analysis identified nearly a third of all cases as potential salary inequities, requiring a confidential review. Many instructors expect students to go beyond summarizing information from sources to synthesizing that information, showing the reader the connections between sources. Renovated spaces will be observed at key points of the term: early term, mid-term (avoiding midterm exams), and during final exams. Findings This paper describes a methodology for identifying and addressing salary inequities, including the development of a process to analyze salaries for market equity and compression and a commitment to corrective action and periodic review to minimize the potential for salary inequities. An Equity Audit for DEI Data in an Academic Library (link opens in a new tab) It will also help us assess facultys current understanding of student research and how the library can better support their research assignment design and professional development related to information literacy. Findings Findings Design, methodology, or approach This rubric, however, merely rates the presence/absence of synthesis as part of one criterion, prompting us to create a rubric dedicated to the synthesis of information from sources. This is the third mixed-methods user study that Duke Libraries staff have led to learn more about the experiences and needs of marginalized or underrepresented students. Faculty find that the quality of student work varies significantly. ), We launched the survey at the end of the Fall semester. This presentation explores how local evidence obtained from an ezProxy server can uncover the impact of COVID-19 on patron behaviors, as well as reveal changes in e-resource usage over an extended period of time. Disaggregation helped to indicate specific groups that may have higher or lower mean ratings. A review of institutional, library, and higher education data sources to illuminate student experiences during COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement. While these meetings were aimed at connecting donors with librarians and building community around common areas of interest, donor engagement was proving to be hard, and the sustainability of the initiative was in question. The Head of Library Collections and Content used NECHE self-study guidelines and data collection templates, literature review, and data provided to internal and external stakeholders to re-envision existing data collection practices. Wong and Cmores 2011 found a positive correlation between library instruction and student achievement while Soria et al. For different reasons, our jobs brought the informal need for signage to be thought of as more of a priority to increase the chances of a positive user experience. Supporting Development Initiatives through an Investigation of Stakeholder Insight (link opens in a new tab) This poster will focus on the strategic plan and structure of the Grand Challenges project, the role of librarian participants, and the projects intended outputs and outcomes that can augment library assessment efforts focused on equity and improvement. Although Tableau supports linking directly to data sources, our proprietary library systems do not currently have the corresponding functionality to accomplish this. Register by Friday, October 28, for the 2022 Library Assessment Conference, to be held virtually Tuesday-Thursday, November 1-3. Complications Holt Zaugg (Lee Library BYU) Findings This paper explores how the COVID-19 pandemic and the focus on equity and social justice over the past two years have changed library assessment activities at a large research university. However, based on existing knowledge and cursory examinations of data, we anticipate that the project will at least identify the need to offer librarian support around scholarly communications, an expansion of print and digital collections, and the establishment and maintenance of an institutional repository. Like most universities, GW does not have a position in the library or elsewhere dedicated to open education. Although there are no data literacy standards within the field of librarianship, this project will examine general information literacy standards such as ACRLs Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education. Design, methodology, or approach The second survey assessed employees experience with telecommuting or remote work since the guideline was implemented, including questions about schedules, satisfaction, equity, what worked better than expected, and continuing challenges. The projects often focused on answering the question: is this working (right now)? in order to make rapid changes in response to user needs. Doing assessment is itself challenging; however, then translating assessment data into advocacy strategy is a further challenge. In some cases the statements were specific tasks (e.g. Library Assessment Conference Virtual November 1-4, 2022. With the latitude to decide what success of FWAs meant for our libraries, we devised a two-prong approach to answering the following question: What challenges and opportunities accompany a shift to more flexible work arrangements in an academic library, and how can supervisors best implement these changes? Show AbstractCloseKey Project Details Preliminary findings indicate that the undergraduate subgroups based upon admission status (transfer students and FTIC freshmen) and the number of incoming credits are uniquely different from each other with respect to engagement with the library and other co-curricular and extracurricular activities and in achieving the identified measures of success. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. These modules are currently employed as pretests and posttests in the University Libraries and Archives General Education course, UL100 Research Skills, Information and Technology. With respect to the importance of library support related to research, the top four resources/ services rated as Very/Extremely important were: online journals (97%), databases to find literature (92%), interlibrary loan (75.8%) and Ebooks (70.5%). We will also discuss how patrons use library resources including their reported usage of print and electronic monographs, how often they can find what they need, and how confident they are in their knowledge of what the library offers for their domain of interest. We believe that the logic model framework for articulating program outcomes and the rubric for operationalizing these outcomes can be applied successfully as constant assessment tools. Academic libraries are increasingly engaging in critical reviews of historical practice to minimize discrimination in operations. Librarians developed a lightweight, sustainable method of assessment to understand this trend, using DLO metadata, surveys, and semi-structured interviews. Design, methodology, or approach It proved difficult to establish a good mechanism for tracking the status and outcome of a particular effort, such as whether a conversation with a professor eventually resulted in OER adoption. Show AbstractClosePurpose and goals In the days before the MISO survey was to debut, I made a final plea before the Data Governance Committee to allow us to use the student emails for this last assessment. Some very basic examples of survey findings will be presented in the poster, but the key findings here will be an account of both the challenges and successes we experienced when going from initial conceptualization all the way to responding to the survey data. Faculty explicitly teach, or work with librarians to teach, research and carefully scaffold their assignments because students come to their classes with extremely different previous experiences in research and writing. Holt Zaugg (Lee Library BYU) Where once faculty had to enter the physical library to access information, now online database and journals dominate the information landscape in many disciplines. Academic libraries typically employ a large percentage of student employees at colleges and universities. The Diverse Library Spaces Survey: A Tale of Unfocused Responses, Low Engagement and Naysayers (link opens in a new tab) It was important to establish various metrics for evaluation so the team could assess the efficacy of its outreach and library leadership and campus administrators could appreciate the level of effort involved in increasing the use of OER among faculty. Provide an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to engage with each other through a book club and graduation GPA. CARLI Counts is being evaluated using multiple methods, quantitative and qualitative, and includes feedback from participants, evaluation of program materials, and performance outcomes from participants. Rebecca Croxton (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) However, this did not seem to attract students Library Benchmark (ACRL Trends & Statistics) data for 20182020 for peer and aspirational peer institutions, to identify possible areas of library service that will require additional investment in order to meet expanded research and publishing needs. A list of publications associated with these grant projects was then downloaded with the corresponding link tables from the Federal ExPORTER and enhanced by pulling lists of citing papers and reference papers to identify what journals were used to inform the authors research and what journals cite the authors research. Librarians obtained data detailing course websites that imported one or more of the library modules from Canvas Commons during the 2021-2022 academic year. This site uses cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Show AbstractClosePurpose and goals Hector Escobar (University of Dayton) Poster Final papers are dueWednesday, November 30, 2022 (PDT). Multiple rounds of testing were conducted to ensure that our codebook encapsulated different scenarios to our satisfaction, and to ensure inter-rater reliability, so that all group members shared a common understanding of what did and did not count as a yes for meeting the standard. Chats were assessed over the time period of September 2020 to August 2021, and excluding SMS and French queues. Vanessa Arce and Michelle Ehrenpreis (Lehman College, City University of New York) Each dashboard shows how many BTAA schools subscribe to each title. Eighteen library teams conducted one of two types of research activities: (1) a project, which is a formal, original research study; or (2) a practice brief, which documents a case study or research-based information intended to improve library assessment work. This paper will provide insight into the student employment experience in libraries and how to leverage this to demonstrate the impact of student employment in libraries as well as possible areas to focus student and supervisor professional development. Based on guidance from SRL, we had set a goal of 100 student responses; therefore, based on these high participation numbers, we think the interactive and visual approaches worked for persuading students to complete the survey and demonstrates the importance of the building to students. Each group inversely performed 10 common information search and retrieval tasks, split between the two search platforms. Workshops were designed to engage stakeholder groups including library personnel broadly, staff supervisors, faculty supervisors, faculty who have served on promotion and tenure committees, and the Deans Library Council. BTAA schools collectively expended more than $11 billion on research in FY2019 and have a robust program for optimizing researchers access to member libraries collections. Similar demographic analyses could be useful for State Library Administrative Agencies (SLAAs) seeking to clarify their statewide goals, as well as for library directors of all types, community colleges, and universities seeking information on needs of state residents. The goal of the assessment is to understand the relationships between first-generation college students, library instruction workshops, and the success metrics of retention and grade point average. Perhaps library administrators could share these results with stakeholders to discuss some of the following questions: Practical implications or value Prominent reasons why others chose to have their checkout data deleted included deep privacy concerns, the view that the library should not be storing such data, and even some astonishment that the library had historically been storing checkout data. Thus far, the project has led to the identification of numerous equitable assessment practices, related professional development needs, resources, and existing equity-increasing structures. Analysis of the study findings allowed the research team to present qualitative comments that accompanied the quantitative results that demonstrated a statistically significant difference between the current space and the students vision of an ideal space. Six 90-minute virtual focus groups were held over Zoom with donors, prospective donors, Development office staff, and librarians. Demographic Analyses in the US: An Insight-Based Approach to Studying Diverse Needs for Library Planning (link opens in a new tab) Educational disciplinary displays can incorporate diverse scientists to promote the inclusion of diverse patrons. Nonetheless, in aggregate these assessments became critical pieces of feeling our way forward through this period. The paper uses statistics pulled from LibCentral, the admin site for Ebook Central DDA, and Excel. Design, methodology, or approach Transfer shock: The academic performance of the junior college transfer. A team of academic library staff and faculty are tasked with examining a set of web pages that have proven problematic for users in prior usability testing. Comparing Two Information Literacy Development Strategies for Online Doctoral Students (link opens in a new tab) As part of this proposal, the UDC Library is conducting an assessment project that seeks to compare its current levels of service, offerings, and expenditures to those of R2 peer and aspirational peers, with the goal of identifying additional resources and capacity that the library will need to appropriately serve a university community that is producing and publishing more research. Results include students needs for a variety of spaces (System-wide Diversity) and flexibility of use (Choice and Control) which provides them the type of space they need depending on the activity they are engaged in or the stage of the creative process in which they find themselves. The Instructional Design consultant began to create Educational Tools in March 2022 The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the University of Washington Libraries, and the Library Assessment Conference Steering Committee invite paper; poster; short, practical learning session; and challenge talk proposals for the 2022 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment. Kirsten Kinsley, Jordan DeBenedictis, Seol Lim, and Andje Louis (Florida State University) The resulting evidence-based change actions that were implemented were anchored in organizational development and change management literature, including transformational leadership, and in modern management concepts, including procedural and contributive justice. The workshops engaged personnel in brainstorming exercises to surface activities celebrated in evaluative and other contexts (e.g., annual performance, and promotion and tenure reviews) to inform a revision to our strategic plan which aim to integrate and align activities celebrated in contexts outside of strategic planning into the planning context. We know you're do absolutely great @HJoyNam! Paper Started in 2011. The data gathered will be analyzed with the goals of identifying patterns of use among different user types, areas for collection growth, and new ways of improving resource marketing. Practical implications or value How could we have reached a wider audience? The emergence of data-focused areas of study alongside the decline of content-bound areas of study (e.g., data science in contrast to economics) Working group members volunteered their time, appraised options and chose to update an existing tool. There is very little published work on advisory groups in academic libraries from the last decade, and none that evaluates DEI in this context. The methodology employed provides a model for assessment of online FAQs that can be easily adopted by other libraries. Show AbstractClosePurpose and goals Design, methodology, or approach In all, 30 individuals participated in the study. The MISO survey was subsequently denied just days before its debut. Practical implications or value 2021-2022 Committee Reports to the Board Apr. Crowdsourcing Safety: Using a Dashboard to Keep the Library Safe (link opens in a new tab) The first survey included multiple-choice and free-text responses regarding how often employees wanted to work remotely; what tasks they believed could be done productively from home; what equipment they needed at home; and what challenges they believed the library faced with employees working remotely. Uncovering More Treasures in the Data (link opens in a new tab) Students shared in a post-session reflection that over time, the environment created through the feedback sessions encouraged them to share their thoughts and feelings. Assessing Book Club-in-a-Bag: What We Learned from Piloting a Campus-Wide Book Club Initiative (link opens in a new tab) The Instructional Design consultant began to create Educational Tools in March 2022 Regarding the importance of library support related to teaching. In addition, for questions comparable to the 2018 survey, comparison of survey results from 2018 and 2022 will be conducted to understand the changes in the needs of Tulane students and faculty. This study builds understanding of first-year first-generation students library perceptions and use. The survey asked each patron why they made the choice they did, and also explored issues of trust in data management. We learned that communicating with the right people in the university is more important than communicating with those you believe are responsible for certain decisions by verifying upwards. Do faculty teach research skills to their students? In Fall 2020 and Fall 2021, the library collaborated with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness to utilize these modules as pretests and posttests in sections of undergraduate General Education Courses. Several questions persisted (and persist) across the span of the pandemic months including not only the very human how is everyone doing out there? but also the organizationally critical how is collaboration going?, how well are we connecting to each other and stakeholders, how engaged are staff as this continues, and how successfully are Things Getting Done? The data gathered also allowed the library to make changes and address issues as the semester progressed and also enact changes for the following semester. For libraries using approval plans for print collections, these plans represent a significant portion of an acquisition budget. Cameron Tuai (Drake University) Karen R. Harker, Chassidy Miles, and Sian Brannon (University of North Texas) Following a literature review, six measures were identified six measures that we collectively call Sense of Place measures. Libraries invest significant resources in student employees and this paper will offer some pathways to enhance the return on investment on student employment in libraries. Practical implications or value As a consequence of running ClimateQUAL, all of the organization-wide assessments designed during the pandemic, which included several surveys and a series of facilitated topical conversations, were intentionally structured to solicit feedback in ways that were empowering, transparent, and safe. Denise Stephens has served as Peggy V. Helmerich Chair and Dean of University Libraries at The University of Oklahoma (OU) since May 2021. Like most universities, GW does not have a position in the library or elsewhere dedicated to open education. This project shows how to model, analyze, and assess the value of publisher journal collections held locally or by the consortia by visualizing trends for downloads, citations, and authorships. Each job posting was examined to determine whether the job description included assessment skills, and if so, what areas of assessment the skills described fall into (instructional, user services, programming, collection development, and/or general). The findings may guide the University and the UIC Library to strengthen the current programs, resources and services, and make adjustments as needed, however specific questions about students perceptions of the Library were not included. We had to weed through unfocused responses to find quality feedback as it pertained to the diversity of library spaces. Although the findings of ClimateQUAL showed those organizational characteristics to still exist, the way we ran ClimateQUAL worked to bolster organizational trust and individual empowerment. This survey was conducted in Fall 2020, delayed by the response to COVID which closed the campus for 5 months. In order to drive our collection development decisions based on user needs, we analyzed trends from the COUNTER Report that focuses on Journal Access Denied, reviewed ILL and eJournal request data, vendor-supplied reports, and the cost of resources to determine which were worth the investment. There needs to be more research on library instruction and student success outcomes. We are currently conducting a study that seeks to answer the following research questions: Work with other campus partners to create new possibilities for materials that might need a new home Campus Rec, Communications This also had limited success. Ethics of care Having a defined electronic resource assessment plan makes collection assessment more manageable and consistent, resulting in better reporting and ability to track trends over time. Poster College and Research Libraries, 72(5), 464473. Design, methodology, or approach Library Impact Practice Briefs and Reports, Research Libraries Position Description Bank, Listening Session on OSTP Policy Guidance: Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research, Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment, Steve Hiller, University of Washington, Co-Chair, Nancy Turner, Temple University, Co-Chair, Jackie Belanger, University of Washington, Jaymey Butler, Association of Research Libraries, Elizabeth Edwards, The University of Chicago, Nola Walker, University of WisconsinMadison, Krystal Wyatt-Baxter, The University of Texas at Austin. Findings The value statement draws upon the following materials: Theories of identity and social identity That became the biggest sticking point. Practical implications or value Though intended to be a set task, we turned our attention to a 5-year commitment to making continual improvements to all signage in the building. Conference fees will be: Early Bird: $195 (register by September 16) Regular Rate: $250 Show AbstractClosePurpose and goals Search ACM Digital Library. A final round of revisions resulted in the version adopted by our campus. The theoretical framework described in this poster will be applied to the next stage of the research to investigate the information-seeking behaviors of library users at the Universities of Glasgow and Oxford. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Although the project is still in the data collection phase, data analysis of the first 182 job postings reveals that positions related to information literacy and instruction mention assessment the most, followed by digital projects and initiatives and IT/systems/web. Inequities in accessing these resources were exacerbated by the pandemic and stay at home orders, especially for marginalized communities which have been technologically disadvantaged. One author should complete the form submission and enter co-author information. They would most like for students to deepen their exploration and strengthen their evaluation of information sources. This assessment identified important areas to focus on during the training and retraining of our operators, as well as the essential service metrics to look for going forward. Show AbstractClosePurpose and goals Complications The Framework was developed by members of the assessment community in 2018 as an aid to organize, prioritize, and focus on research libraries common issues and collective solutions. Data Analysis: A MANCOVA was conducted to determine whether there were significant differences in participants information literacy confidence, as well as their IL knowledge as assessed on a multiple-choice test, with their overall pretest scores used as the covariate. In 2018, I presented an LAC paper focused on implementing an assessment program that distributed responsibility for program assessment across the library system. Sue Baughman (Association of Research Libraries), Ava Brillat (University of Miami Libraries), Gordon Daines (Brigham Young University), Greg Davis (Iowa State University), Stephanie McReynolds (Syracuse University), and Margaret Roller (Roller Research) Findings In addition to all these tricky elements working with the staff in the midst of some of the changes was also challenging. Our rubric, assignment guide, and instructional video can all be employed as teaching tools to assist librarians and other faculty in their efforts to improve students ability to synthesize information from sources. Poster Rebecca Croxton (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) https://www.libraryassessment.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/105-Croxton-Inter-Institutional-Mobile-Hotspot.pdf Responding to Faculty Concerns: An Approach to Salary Equity Analysis and Course Correction (link opens in a new tab) The working group developed a service standard and codebook to assess the quality of chat responses in 5 categories: approachability, interest, teaching (reference questions only), answering, and wrapping up. Centering Transparency and Empathy in Employee Surveys to Build Community and Generate Dialogue (link opens in a new tab) Our data was collected using a three-stage mixed-methods approach: 1) a short, primarily quantitative survey focused on online collections and services, as those were the only resources available at the time due to the COVID-19 pandemic; 2) a second, similar survey including all collections, policies, and services, after on-campus operations had resumed; and 3) a set of in-depth interviews with community members for qualitative data on their experiences. Show AbstractClosePurpose and goals Six 90-minute virtual focus groups were held over Zoom with donors, prospective donors, Development office staff, and librarians. Comments from the user feedback survey indicate that the hotspots are fulfilling a vital need for many students. Practical implications or value However mask process correction (MPC) has been developed originally for Manhattan pattern. 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