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What Impact Do Academic Libraries Have On Teaching And Learning? A Review Of The Literature And Preliminary Taxonomy Of Standards, Rachel A. Fleming-May, Crystal Sherline
What Impact Do Academic Libraries Have On Teaching And Learning? A Review Of The Literature And Preliminary Taxonomy Of Standards, Rachel A. Fleming-May, Crystal Sherline
Rachel A. Fleming-May
In recent years a darkening financial horizon has intensified the focus on accountability for academic institutions of and their libraries.1-2 Increasingly, funders are seeking evidence of the financial return on these investments, or, in its absence, proof of non-monetary “value.” Identifying these “elusive”3 models for measuring the effectiveness of library resources and service is of concern to practitioners and the organizations that represent them. The Association of Research Libraries’ (ARL) commitment to identifying varied indicators of quality is evident in the New Measures Initiative and the development of instruments like LibQUAL+®,4 and the ACRL’s 2006-75 and 2009-106 presidents identified assessing …