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Building An Assessment Program In The Liberal Arts College Library, Lucretia Mcculley
Building An Assessment Program In The Liberal Arts College Library, Lucretia Mcculley
University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications
Now in its fourth year, the Library Assessment Committee at the University of Richmond has made great strides in establishing a sustainable assessment program within Boatwright Library. Prior to 2008, limited staff, time, expertise, and commitment were barriers to establishing an ongoing assessment program. As with many other liberal arts college libraries, most of our assessment efforts had focused on information literacy, since instruction is integral to the library and the university's mission. Library surveys and other assessment methods had only received close attention when the university was embarking on its re-accreditation process. With the growing emphasis on assessment within …
What Role Can Peer Benchmarking Play In Planning For The Future Of Research And Teaching Technologies?, Samantha Guss, Jenn Stringer, Lynn Rohrs
What Role Can Peer Benchmarking Play In Planning For The Future Of Research And Teaching Technologies?, Samantha Guss, Jenn Stringer, Lynn Rohrs
University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications
Institutional leaders are asking libraries and IT units, as service providers, to provide data about service use, service quality and return on investment as they make decisions about resource allocation. In 2012, New York University developed a Peer Benchmarking Methodology for prioritizing research support needs by benchmarking themselves with more than a dozen peer institutions. The University of California at Berkeley borrowed and adapted NYU’s methodology as the starting point and used it to benchmark teaching and learning services along with research services for a planning and community building initiative across the campus. Here we present the methodology and discuss …