Academic library impact : improving practice and essential areas to research / Lynn Silipigni Connaway, OCLC Research, Senior Research Scientist and Director of User Research [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic libraries--Administration.

Academic libraries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 pages) : color illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017.

Summary:

Best practices developed by the profession in capturing and emphasizing academic libraries' contributions to student learning, success, and experience.

Contents:

Intro

Introduction: Demonstrate the Library's Value

Communicate the Library's Contributions

Suggested Actions

Research Questions Requiring Further Study

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

Selected LIS and Higher Education Literature

Focus Group Interviews

Semi-structured Individual Interviews

Data Analysis

Coding

Descriptive Statistics and Post Hoc Analysis

Findings

Analysis of Studies within the Selected Literature Review

Differences in AiA Projects versus Non-AiA Projects

Focus Group Interview

Provost Semi-structured Individual Interviews

Comparing Three Data Sources

Discussion

Priority Areas for Future Research and Effective Practices

Identifying the Priority Areas

Identifying Effective Practices

Identifying Exemplary Studies

Identifying Research Questions

Identifying Research Designs

ACRL Research Agenda for Student Learning and Success

General Discussion

Effective Practices to Implement at the Library

Exemplary Studies.

Research Questions Requiring Further Study

Proposed Research Design

Exemplary Study

Exemplary Studies

Visualization Component

Literature Search Tool

Faceted Search

Text Search

Charts and Graphs Tool

Administration and Sandboxed Content Tagging

Usability Testing

Searching the Visualization Component Using the Priority Areas

Limitations

Conclusion

Appendix A: Glossary

Appendix B: Provost Semi-structured Interview Protocol

Appendix C: Provosts' Titles and Carnegie Class for Provosts' Universities

Appendix D: Codebooks

Theme Coding Scheme

Library Resources

Research Document Characteristics Coding Scheme

Appendix E: Literature Analyzed Bibliography

Appendix F: Advisory Group Members' Titles and Institutions' Carnegie Class.

Appendix G: Library Administrator Focus Group Interview Protocol

Appendix H: Further Description of the Coding Process for Data Analysis

Appendix I: Description of Post Hoc Techniques Used in Report

Appendix J: Examples of Research Questions That Can Be Addressed Using the Visualization Component, Organized by Priority Area

Appendix K: Detailed Scoring Scheme for Exemplary Research Designs and Practices

Appendix L: AiA Studies with Exemplary Design Elements

Context

Data Sampling

Design

Future Work

Reporting

Topic/Problem

Notes.

Notes:

Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 3, 2017).

ISBN:

0-8389-8977-2

OCLC:

1005616695