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Building Capacity for Demonstrating Academic Libraries' Value: An Update on ACRL's IMLS Funded Project

Join ACRL's President, Dean, and Executive Director for an update on the IMLS funded project focused on building capacity to showcase the value of academic libraries. Learn about the national context, responses from higher education, diverse student needs, and goals for relationship-building, data collection, professional competencies, and raising awareness. Engage in an open discussion about the challenges, excitement, and ACRL's support for librarians in these areas.

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Building Capacity for Demonstrating Academic Libraries' Value: An Update on ACRL's IMLS Funded Project

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  1. Building Capacity for Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries:An Update on ACRL’s IMLS Funded Project CNI Project Briefing Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Joyce L. Ogburn ACRL President, Dean, J. Willard Marriott Library and University Librarian, University of Utah Mary Ellen K. DavisACRL Executive Director Kara J. MalenfantACRL Scholarly Communications and Government Relations Specialist

  2. National Context

  3. National Higher Ed Responses

  4. The Value of Academic Libraries: An ACRL Initiative http://www.acrl.ala.org/value/

  5. ACRL’s IMLS Grant Building Capacity for Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries

  6. “We’ve Got Your Back”View from the CAOs

  7. “Ask the Right Question”View from Institutional Researchers

  8. “It’s About Relationships, Not Data”View from Higher Ed Assessment

  9. “It’s All About Student Learning”View from Accreditors

  10. Diverse Student Needs • Attention = retention • Understand learning • Job and a career • May not value basic skills • Many variables in how students learn • Underprepared • Cohorts and learning communities

  11. Perceptions of Faculty

  12. Library Opportunities/Challenges

  13. Goal 1: Relationship-building

  14. Goal 2: Data Types/Sources • One time and longitudinal • Requests and suggestions • Stories • Student output • Surveys • Testing • Transactions • Visits • Archives • Comparative data • Content analysis • Cost benefit analyses • Course material and content • Ethnographic • Interviews

  15. Goal 3: Professional Competencies

  16. Goal 4: Awareness of Library Contributions

  17. Where Do We Go From Here?

  18. Open Discussion • Challenges: What concerns you about libraries working in these areas? • Excitement: What excites you about libraries working in these areas? • ACRL: What can ACRL do to support librarians?

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