Members-Only Online Discussion: Student Success
brought to you by the ACRL-ULS Committee on the Future of University Libraries
brought to you by the ACRL-ULS Committee on the Future of University Libraries
The ULS Membership Committee is pleased to provide a free online discussion for ULS members on Thursday, November 20 from 3-4 pm EST. To register, go to: https://acrl.webex.com/acrl/
Assessing How Libraries Contribute to Student Success
Feeling
pressed to prove that your library contributes to student success? Are
administrators demanding evidence that funding the library helps retain
and graduate students? While it may seem obvious to librarians that
students would not succeed without the library, demonstrating that can
be a challenge.
Read short descriptions
of ways three libraries have effectively assessed their contributions
to student success, and then join this online discussion, where
assessment librarians will encourage discussion of various ways to
measure and demonstrate how your library helps students succeed.
Speakers:
Eric Ackermann
(Head of Reference Services and Library Assessment, Radford University)
will speak on how his library has tracked how the library’s
participation in freshman orientation and core courses has affected
retention.
Jennifer L. Jones
(Assessment & User Experience Librarian, Georgia State University)
will explain how her library followed three cohorts of undergraduates to
assess the effect of using library workstations, study rooms, and
research clinics.
Shane Nackerud
(Technology Lead for Libraries Initiatives, University of
Minnesota-Twin Cities) and Janet Fransen (Engineering Librarian,
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities) will discuss the big data model the
library used in partnership with the university’s Office of
Institutional Research to assess the library’s contribution to student
outcomes.
The
speakers have prepared background stories to help you prepare for this
discussion. Find the descriptions of their successful projects at http://bit.ly/1utyvuS.
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