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VATL – Making Sense of TAFE Library Statistics

VATL – Making Sense of TAFE Library Statistics. Cathie Jilovsky Annalisa Kristof 15 June 2007. CAVAL’s Services. Advice & Consultancy Cataloguing Processing & Indexing Information Systems Management & Support Member Services Preservation & Storage Solutions Statistics & Benchmarking

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VATL – Making Sense of TAFE Library Statistics

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  1. VATL – Making Sense of TAFE Library Statistics Cathie Jilovsky Annalisa Kristof 15 June 2007

  2. CAVAL’s Services • Advice & Consultancy • Cataloguing Processing & Indexing • Information Systems Management & Support • Member Services • Preservation & Storage Solutions • Statistics & Benchmarking • Training & Professional Development

  3. Strategic Initiatives 2007-2009 • CARM2 • Online statistics • Vernacular cataloguing • Online course delivery • Executive leadership program scoping study

  4. Statistics & Benchmarking • annual collection & publication of statistics for groups of libraries • CAUL, VATL • statistical consultancies • Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong • online interactive statistics • CAUL • pilot in progress with major Asian libraries • LIBQUAL+ • benchmarking

  5. CAUL Statistics • The Australian & New Zealand Academic Library (CAUL) Statistics • CAUL = Council of Australian University Librarians • CONZUL = Council of New Zealand University Librarians <www.caul.edu.au/statistics>

  6. CAUL Statistics Focus Group Goals • accurate, relevant & authoritative data • consistency of data over time • data available widely – accessible, public & widely promoted • data which permits analysis of trends • collection of both traditional & new information • training/feedback opportunities for relevant university library staff • statistics - cheap, useful & valid

  7. Issues - 2005 Collection (1) • Definitions • COL.60: Recurrent . • What should be counted for this statistic? • Col. 72: External students • Definition • Reference dates • Clarification requested

  8. Issues - 2005 Collection (2) • Forms • Zeros and blank fields • CP and sum fields • VATL Form not used

  9. VATL 2005 output

  10. Possible future directions • Continue to refine and adapt Excel spreadsheet • Consider implementing CAVAL’s online statistics option • Price can be negotiated – VATL libraries are CAVAL members & long-term customers

  11. Why Online Statistics? • development and provision of an online statistical website • implementation of sophisticated functionality • improvements to the collection processes for the individual libraries • provision of a sustainable online statistical service for VATL

  12. Implementation process • CAVAL hosts website • libraries enter data using input module • CAVAL provides help desk & assistance as required • validated data will be available to all for online benchmarking • initial pilot process, followed by evaluation phase

  13. Online statistics benefits (1) • Online comparison of institutional data – up to 15 institutions can be compared using an unlimited number of variables. • Ratios and other statistical measures can be calculated easily, displaying results online for all the institutions in the dataset in ranked order • Summary statistics – online display of descriptive statistics for all of the institutions in the data set.

  14. Online statistics benefits (2) • Graphs – displays an online graph for 1 institution & up 10 variables, or up to 10 institutions & 1 variable. • Download data – extracts & downloads a subset of the data by selecting the institutions, regions, variables, & range of year(s) • Input module - online input of data by library staff, enabling more efficient data collection, incorporating new functionality such as data validation & online help.

  15. CAUL Online Statistics <statistics.caul.edu.au>

  16. Questions?

  17. CAVAL Collaborative Solutions Cathie Jilovsky Email: cathiej@caval.edu.au Web: http://www.caval.edu.au CAUL Statistics http://www.caul.edu.au/statistics http://statistics.caul.edu.au

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