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Emerging From The Project! Evolving Views Of Emory's Library Use System, Susan Bailey, Megan Slemons

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

Beginning in 2014, Emory University’s Robert W. Woodruff Library initiated a project to connect entry card swipe data to demographic data within a locally created system . The system provides data visualizations as well as file export functionality. This project has involved developing a process for collecting and analyzing the data and presenting the results it in a way that can enable data-driven decision making.

Re-Zoning Your Library Through Data-Driven Space Allocations, Robert Fox, Bruce Keisling

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

How can you use assessment data to "re-zone" your library's spaces to meet the shifting needs for collections, users, library personnel, campus partners, and institutional priorities? Learn how one library built an assessment program that has informed past and ongoing space reallocations while also seeking to optimize the human and financial resources that are needed to successfully complete and maintain the projects.

Open Access Challenge, Amy Dailey, Janelle Wertzberger

Open Access Week at Gettysburg College

This class activity is designed to help health sciences students understand challenges to accessing public health information in a variety of settings. The exercise was created for students in Prof. Dailey’s Global Health class (HS 322) at Gettysburg College in Fall 2015.

The activity, as well as notes for instructors considering using this exercise, are both shared here.

Seeing Is Believing: Conducting Observational Studies To Evaluate Space And Service Design, Joyce Chapman

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

This talk discusses how Duke Libraries staff have integrated observational data assessment into space and service design over the past year using the open-source, mobile, assessment tool Suma to collect and analyze a variety of data sources.

Getting To Culture: Strategies For Creating A Culture Of Assessment, Maurini Strub, Samantha Mcclellan

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

Crucial to gathering data that supports desired organizational changes is ensuring stakeholder buy-in and the creation of meaningful spaces for feedback. This presentation will focus on mapping strategies used in the corporate world in feedback spaces to create a culture of assessment.

Assessment Data: Building Blocks For Strong Libraries And Successful Accreditation Reports, Kathryn Crowe, Crystal Baird

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

Want to learn how to leverage your assessment program for accreditation and develop effective compliance reports for your library? Join this interactive session from a librarian and institutional effectiveness professional from an accrediting agency and an assessment librarian who authored a library’s accreditation documents.

Baking A Cake With No Recipe: Mixing Methods For Discovery Layer Assessment, Ebony Magnus, Hui Hua Chua

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

In August 2014, Michigan State University Libraries implemented Summon and a team of librarians from various units was assembled to assess the usage and usability of the discovery layer. Bringing unique perspectives and experiences, the team employed a range of methodologies including text analysis, quantitative analysis, usability testing, and web analytics. This presentation will: review the methodologies and tools that were used; consider the importance of examining the results of each method in concert; and also share findings from the first year of data collection and analysis.

Community Efforts To Develop Best Practices In Digital Library Assessment: One Year Of Progress, Joyce Chapman

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

In 2014 the Digital Library Federation (DLF) Assessment Interest Group developed a Digital Library Assessment Framework and began engaging the community in the development of best practices and guidelines around digital library assessment. This presentation will address the progress of the interest group in its first year. We will provide background information on the DLF Assessment Interest Group, outline the collaborative methods used to document common practices and to develop best practices, and solicit audience feedback on the group’s methodology and results to date.

Finding The Missing Piece: Communicating Library Value To Complete The Assessment Puzzle, Amanda B. Albert

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

Library assessment is like putting together a puzzle with many pieces, and some of these pieces can be forgotten or even lost. This presentation provides attendees with the missing puzzle piece they need to begin using their assessment data to actively engage stakeholders through library value conversations. The presenter will establish the importance of communicating assessment findings and library impact to stakeholders, and arm attendees with effective communication tools and strategies for communicating library value at their institution.

Defendable, Persuasive, And Insightful Budget Analysis Methods, Brian Keith

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

As universities adopt budgeting models and concepts borrowed from business, libraries are pressured to assess and justify their budgets using the most persuasive and defendable methods possible. Attendees will learn innovative assessment techniques which allow for a rational examination of library funding across institutions. The numerous approaches, including linear regression (with results with high correlation coefficients), can be readily replicated and allow libraries to assess the resources of their system in comparison to demand indicators for their university.

Wrangling The Megalith: Mapping The Data Ecosystem Of The Harvard Library, Mark Shelton

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

Understanding how to map a library's data ecosystem is critical to helping manage the variety of data sources that describe the library and its work. Mapping the kinds of data, its source, and the people involved is only the beginning, yet the challenges faced can offer opportunities when it comes to supporting strategic planning.

Participatory User Experience At The Michigan State University Libraries, Ebony Magnus

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

Participatory design is an excellent way to engage the user, increase sense of ownership, and complete projects that might not otherwise fit into a busy librarian’s schedule. In spring 2015, the User Experience team at Michigan State University Libraries had the good fortune of partnering with undergraduates to work on two space-related projects. This presentation will consider the benefits of engaging student stakeholders as design consultants, and presenters will share the impressive results of the two student-led user experience projects.

Design Thinking: An Unexpected Path To Innovation And Problem Solving, Christine Quirion, Cassandra Silvia

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

During our recent renovation planning process, the MIT Libraries was offered the opportunity to act as client for an MIT Sloan School of Management student seminar. The library provided a problem statement, and within two and a half days, five student teams learned and applied a business approach to design thinking to develop solutions for the library, presenting results to faculty and library administrators at the end. These results were contrasted with data gathered from traditional assessment tools, indicating areas for further study or exploration and key principles to fold into the schematic design process.

Developing (Good) Practices: A Survey Of The Library Assessment Programs In Arl Libraries, Regina Mays, Michelle Brannen, Sojourna Cunningham

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

Explore the results of a recent survey of ARL Library assessment practitioners about the structure and procedures of their individual assessment programs. Join in a spirited discussion of suggested “good” practices for the future of this growing field.

Give E-Resources A Chance: A Collaborative Approach To Collection Assessment, Amanda Binder, Liz Siler

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

Learn how subject librarians can work together with electronic resource librarians and department faculty to assess the use and value of subject-specific electronic resources to promote resource awareness, prevent the cancellation of valuable resources, and make room for other important resources.

Space Assessment: How They Use It, What They Want, Sara Dewaay

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

Getting student input on the library space can be a multi-layered effort. Come hear about the methods used to get an understanding of use patterns, as well as the students' desires for a small branch library, as we work to transition towards a flexible space.

Metrics With Meaning: How Can We Effect Change To Library Assessment Metrics Used By Non-Library Organizations, Lisa Horowitz, Kirsten Kinsley, Zsuzsa Koltay, Zoltán Szentkirályi

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

Many library metrics and statistics that are gathered regularly by accreditation agencies, publishers, and other entities to inform stakeholders have stagnated and are no longer effective in illustrating library value. In this talk, we will highlight measures collected by accreditation agencies and publishers that are not effective, and then describe potential ways to have short-term and long-term impact on changing these national metrics so that they better represent libraries of the 21st century.

P-07 Information Literacy "Dispositions" Come To The Seminary, Terry Dwain Robertson

Celebration of Research and Creative Scholarship

The most recent iteration of the ACRL Standards for Information Literacy has added “dispositions” to the repertoire of information literacy practice. This poster will explore how these “dispositions” might be understood in Adventist Theological Education. The first iteration of ACRL Standards for Information Literacy was largely instrumental and most instruction was focused on using technology. This development shifts the focus from learning an ICT skill to transformative learning. Information seeking has been transformed from a scarcity model to an abundance model. Adventists are now flooded with information from all sides and from all types of sources. The SDA pastor and …

Introducing “Cora,” The Community Of Online Research Assignments Repository, Susan G. Archambault, Lindsey Mclean

SJSU Open Access Conference

This session will introduce CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), a pilot open access educational resource developed for faculty and librarians in higher education. Librarians at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) received a Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC) Project Initiatives Fund grant to create an online open access repository of user contributed research and information literacy assignments targeted to SCELC institutions. This session will cover the timeline of events during the first year of development, ending with a demo of the live online prototype. LMU faculty provided input on the characteristics of effective research assignments and the desired features in …

Moving From Binders To Bytes: Processing, Digitizing, And Publishing A Paper-Based Archive To An Institutional Repository, Emily K. Chan, April M. Gilbert, Amanda L. Mellinger

SJSU Open Access Conference

At San Jose State University, a paper-based archive centering on library and information science history is being processed, organized, and uploaded onto ScholarWorks, the campus institutional repository. Prior to its digitization, the presenters grappled with many questions. What platform should be used to house the archive? What entry points would researchers expect in order to access the collection? What research purposes would this collection satisfy? The presenters will discuss their rationale for their decision-making in transferring 300 binders to an open access, digital format. Among the individuals who are involved in making this detail-rich collection openly accessible online and searchable …

Open Access & Copyright, Cindy Kristof

Ohio IR Day

Cindy Kristof, Head of Copyright and Document Services at Kent State University, Ohio, presented on the myths and facts of Open Access publishing.

Researcher Self-Submission Model For Data Repository: Challenges And Opportunities, Amy Koshoffer

Ohio IR Day

Amy Koshoffer, University of Cincinnati, discussed UC's self-submission model for their Institutional Repository, Scholar@UC.

Integrating A Scholar's Portal And Getting Started Videos, Eric Johnson

Ohio IR Day

Eric Johnson of Miami University, Ohio, described the processes and procedures follow for Miami's Institutional Repository, Scholarly Commons @ MU. Johnson also presented on videos created by the Miami University Libraries for Open Access Week.

Adding Syllabi To Our Institutional Repository: Exhibit, Anne Davies, Michelle Early, Alison Morgan

Ohio IR Day

Anne Davies, Michelle Early, and Alison Morgan of Xavier University presented on the decision to include syllabi in their Institutional Repository, and described the subsequent consequences.

Oberlin College's Open Access Policy, Alan Boyd

Ohio IR Day

Alan Boyd, Interim Director of Libraries at Oberlin College, OH, discussed his campus' Open Access Policy.

Open Access – What’S New In The Arts & Humanities?, Scholarly Communications

Open Access Week at Gettysburg College

Learn about some of the newest open access publications and platforms designed to support the open sharing of humanities research. Join a discussion with librarian liaisons to arts and humanities departments about how Gettysburg faculty and the library are involved.

Open Access – What’S New In The Social Sciences?, Scholarly Communications

Open Access Week at Gettysburg College

Learn about some of the newest open access publications and platforms designed to support the open sharing of social science research. Join a discussion with librarian liaisons to social science and interdisciplinary departments about how Gettysburg faculty and the library are involved.

Virginia Open Education: The Z-Degree And Open Educational Resources At Tcc, Steve Litherland, Olivia Reinauer, Joy Yaeger

Open Access Week

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Open Access – What’S New In The Sciences?, Scholarly Communications

Open Access Week at Gettysburg College

Learn about some of the newest open access publications and platforms designed to support and accelerate science research. Join a discussion with librarian liaisons to science departments about how Gettysburg faculty and the library are involved.

2015 Open Access Week Full Schedule, Marilyn S. Billings

Open Access Week

Full schedule for 2015 Open Access Week events at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.