Title Academic library impact : improving practice and essential areas to research / Lynn Silipigni Connaway, William Harvey, Vanessa Kitzie, Stephanie Mikitish

Published Chicago, Illinois : Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, 2017 ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 124 pages) : tables, illustrations Contents Introduction: demonstrate the library's value. Communicate the library's contributions -- 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 -- Data analysis -- Findings. Selected LIS and higher education literature -- 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. Communicate the library's contributions -- 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 -- Visualizing academic library impact: the ACRL/OCLC literature analysis dashboard. Literature search tool -- Charts and graphs tool -- Administration and sandboxed content tagging -- Usability testing -- Searching the visualization component using the priority areas -- Limitations -- Conclusion -- Appendices Summary Investigates how libraries can increase student learning and success and effectively communicate their value to higher education stakeholders Has Supplement Supplement (work): Connaway, Lynn Silipigni. Works cited and reviewed. Notes Author affiliations: Silipigni Connaway (OCLC Research), William Harvey (OCLC Research), Vanessa Kitzie (University of South Carolina), Stephanie Mikitish (Rutgers University) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Text in English © 2017 Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association Sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries Resource, viewed November 21, 2017 Subject Libraries and colleges -- United States Academic achievement -- United States Academic libraries -- United States -- Evaluation LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- Archives & Special Libraries. Academic achievement Academic libraries -- Evaluation Libraries and colleges United States Form Electronic book Author Harvey, William (Software engineer), author. Kitzie, Vanessa, author. Mikitish, Stephanie, author. Association of College and Research Libraries, issuing body. OCLC Research, contractor. ISBN 9780838989777 0838989772

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