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Where are We Going and What Do We Do Next? Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries in Time of Uncertainty
This document discusses the value of academic libraries in addressing contemporary challenges in higher education, including issues of information literacy, diversity, and student success. It presents findings from focus groups and interviews with provosts, highlighting the need for libraries to adapt by enhancing collaborations, improving communication, and aligning with institutional missions. Recommendations include focusing on student outcomes, utilizing data analytics, and engaging students in library space redesign to demonstrate the library's impact on learning and success.
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- 1. Value of Academic Libraries London| 9 March 2017 Where are we Going and What do we do Next? Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries in Times of Uncertainty Lynn Silipigni Connaway, PhD Senior Research Scientist & Director of User Research, OCLC
- 2. Value of Academic Libraries 2017Higher Ed Trends The Chronicle of Higher Education (US) • Information Literacy • Safety Net • Sanctuary Campus • Cultural Divide • Defending Diversity • Harassment Vigilance Times Higher Education (UK) • Improving Digital Literacy • Culture Wars • Brexit • Free Speech
- 3. Value of Academic Libraries HOWFAR HAVE WE COME AND WHAT DO WE DO NEXT? AN AGENDA FOR ACTION-BASED RESEARCH ON STUDENT LEARNING AND SUCCESS
- 4. Value of Academic Libraries DataCollection Focus Group Interview & Feedback from Advisory Group Individual Interviews with Provosts Selected Literature • Three data sources • Iterative process • Advisory group • Literature review • Provost interviews
- 5. Value of Academic Libraries LiteratureSelection: • Indexed by LIS &/or higher ed databases • 2010-2016 • Themes in 2010 VAL Report • Published in US
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- 7. Value of Academic Libraries 0%10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Accreditation Inclusivity/Diversity Communication Provision of tech Space Research support Learning in college Teaching support Institutional planning Collaboration Collection Success in college Service Percentage difference between themes by literature type Higher ed. and LIS (% of 52) Higher ed. (% of 18) LIS (% of 284)
- 8. Value of Academic Libraries Focusgroup interviews • N =14 (of 14) • 90 minutes • Transcribed • NVivo for analysis • Thematic coding scheme • One team member coded, another checked
- 9. Value of Academic Libraries 010 20 30 40 50 60 Accreditation Inclusivity/Diversity Success in college Space Learning in college Teaching support Collection Provision of tech Research support Institutional planning Service Collaboration Communication Frequency of themes coded in focus group interviews
- 10. Value of Academic Libraries “….itneeds to be sort of multi-level communication from the provost to those relationships you have with other units like the centers for teaching and learning to the academic units to the individual relationships that, that librarians and staff have with faculty and students.” (Advisory Group Member LM03, Research University, Secular, Public)
- 11. Value of Academic Libraries “…thewhole kind of conversation around fake news is this really important example of how important it is in our daily life and civic health in order to bring critical skills to bear on understanding information and being able to critically evaluate the source of that.” (Advisory Member LM03, Research University, Secular, Private)
- 12. Value of Academic Libraries Provostindividual interviews • N = 14 provosts (of 14) • 45 minute average • Transcribed (9 of 14) • Detailed interview notes (5 of 14) • NVivo for analysis • Thematic coding scheme – One team member coded, another checked
- 13. Value of Academic Libraries 050 100 150 200 250 Accreditation Teaching support Provision of tech Inclusivity/Diversity Research support Success in college Collection Space Service Collaboration Learning in college Institutional planning Communication Frequency of themes coded in provost interviews
- 14. Value of Academic Libraries “People[are] talking about the problems of educating people to be citizens more, with this election being indicative of that. This is a hard thing to confront right now because we are going to have an administration that doesn't think that's important at all.” (Provost Interviewee PP02, Research University, Non-Secular, Private)
- 15. Value of Academic Libraries “Thedrive to knowing more about what students get from a college education is not going to go away. We are going to have to continually look at, quality.…This drive towards knowing what students get from their college education, is going to continue to be important. I can't imagine that part of it would go away with the Trump Administration.” (Provost Interviewee PP06, Research University, Secular, Public)
- 16. Value of Academic Libraries 0%5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Accreditation Inclusivity/Diversity Success in college Space Learning in college Teaching support Collection Provision of tech Research support Institutional planning Service Collaboration Communication Proportion of themes coded in advisory group vs. provost interviews Advisory Group Provost
- 17. Value of Academic Libraries Learning “Thinkingof how these new learning environments work, and how the library would enhance students' and faculty's ability to access and process knowledge, data information, in those particular kinds of environments. That's what libraries need to do to be successful.” (Provost Interviewee PP02, Research University, Non-Secular, Private)
- 18. Value of Academic Libraries Learning& Service “I think each of us would have some example of our shared strategic initiatives around enhancing students' success. And promoting innovation and teaching and learning. What's underlying all of this is that all of us see our work as directly tied to the mission of the university.…Academic libraries are those directly connected to the mission of their unique institution.” (Advisory Group Member LM13, Research University, Non-Secular, Private)
- 19. Value of Academic Libraries Space “Mybiggest concern is that the students aren't coming together…there's a hunger within our undergraduate student population to actually socialize. The library has always been that crossroads for campuses. It could serve in this capacity, pulling students together.” (Provost Interviewee PP04, Research University, Secular, Public)
- 20. Value of Academic Libraries Space& Collaboration “Only sharing space, such as with a writing or computer lab is low level. There needs to be cooperative programming and interaction.” (Advisory Group Member LM06, Research University, Secular, Public)
- 21. Value of Academic Libraries Service “Theway many of our faculty and students research now, it’s less about going to a physical space but accessing information in their offices.…I think that that is one of the challenges of changing the paradigm.” (Provost Interviewee PP13, Research University, Non-Secular, Private)
- 22. Value of Academic Libraries Privacy “…wehave to be willing to do types of data collection that libraries have shied away from in the past.…I think that we have to be able to be willing to have conversations on campus about tracking user behavior in ways that libraries just haven't done.” (Advisory Group Member LM14, Research University, Secular, Public)
- 23. Value of Academic Libraries Recommendation Identify& articulate both learning & success outcomes • Engage students in redesigning library space to demonstrate library’s impact for learning outcome • Library resource or service usage & its relationship to student retention exemplifies the effect of library’s service, collection, &/or space for success outcome
- 24. Value of Academic Libraries Recommendation Focusless on service & more on sharing space & collaborative programming with groups both on & off campus
- 25. Value of Academic Libraries Recommendation Bolstercollaboration with other campus units or external partners, including consortia, on assessment-based efforts
- 26. Value of Academic Libraries Recommendation Communicatehow library services, collections, and spaces address the larger mission of the institution by becoming better at marketing & customer service
- 27. Value of Academic Libraries Recommendation Studythe assessment & student-centered outcomes of diverse populations across various institutions using multiple methods
- 28. Value of Academic Libraries Recommendation Developrelationships within different academic service areas, such as teaching & learning, at various levels throughout institution
- 29. Value of Academic Libraries Recommendation Continueto develop & foster relationships and engagement with academic administrators & other service providers, such as student services, offices of sponsored programs, teaching & learning, etc.
- 30. Value of Academic Libraries Recommendation Representdata in different contexts & visualizations to make case with diverse groups of academic administrators
- 31. Value of Academic Libraries PriorityArea 1. Communication a. Communicate with those outside of library & at different levels within the institution i. Can provide offer a bird’s eye view of what library should be doing ii. Can be advocates for & supporters of library
- 32. Value of Academic Libraries PriorityArea 2. Collaboration a. Understand different types & levels of collaboration & consider reviewing literature from related fields to see what is said about libraries & common ground i. Work with academic administrators, academic services, faculty, students, alumni, & other members of regional & local communities.
- 33. Value of Academic Libraries PriorityArea 3. Mission Strategy & Alignment a. Go outside of library to collect data & seek possible collaborators for common issues b. Inform students, faculty, & administrators of how the academic library contributes to the institutional mission and goals. i. Achieving this connection & communicating it to academic community are critical for integrating the library into the life of the university
- 34. Value of Academic Libraries PriorityArea 4. Teaching & Learning a. Engage with faculty & students for librarian inclusion in developing academic & everyday life support services for students b. Develop educated & informed citizens
- 35. Value of Academic Libraries PriorityArea 5. Student Success a. Identify quantifiable student attainment indicators i. Enrollment in postsecondary education ii. Grades iii. Persistence to the sophomore year iv. Length of time to degree & graduation b. Work with academic services & faculty i. Develop data collection & reporting methods that retain student privacy & confidentiality
- 36. Value of Academic Libraries Howdo academic library resource or services impact success outcomes for students? – How do library collections impact student retention for undergraduate students? – How do library spaces support student enrollment? – How does library instruction affect post-graduate metrics such as job placement? Research Questions
- 37. Value of Academic Libraries •How do academic library resources or services impact success outcomes for different students? – What difference in information literacy tests do graduate & undergraduate students exhibit? – How do military students benefit from library instruction? Research Questions
- 38. Value of Academic Libraries Whatoutcome data do other departments/units in different institution types collect? – What student persistence data do tutoring centers in 4-year colleges collect? – What student success & library instruction data do community college libraries collect? Research Questions
- 39. Value of Academic Libraries Howhave librarians ethically collected student outcome & library resource or service data? (Question cross listed with learning analytics) – How have other librarians collected student GPA & library usage data? Research Questions
- 40. Value of Academic Libraries PriorityArea 6. Learning analytics a. Measure, collect, analyze & report “data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and optimizing learning and the environments in which it occurs.” b. Include library data with institutionally collected data to predict student success (Jantti and Heath 2016)
- 41. Value of Academic Libraries NextSteps March 2017 - Develop visualization tool - Conduct usability testing
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- 43. Value of Academic Libraries NextSteps May 2017 - Release full report & research agenda June 2017 - ACRL Open Online Forum - ALA 2017 Annual Conference presentation
- 44. Value of Academic Libraries Ithank the following people for their contributions to this project: Vanessa Kitzie, Rutgers University Stephanie Mikitish, Rutgers University William Harvey, OCLC Erin M. Hood, OCLC Brittany Brannon, OCLC Marie L. Radford, Rutgers University ACRL Board ACRL VAL Committee Advisory Group Members
- 45. Value of Academic Libraries Discussion& Questions
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