Data-Driven Librarianship

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Data-Driven !

Alan Carbery Sean Leahy Janet Cottrell

Librarianship!

EVIDENCE –BASED �

PRACTICE�

DEMONSTRATING�

VALUE�

It’s not collecting for the sake of

collecting

Information Literacy!

ASSESSMENT

Information Literacy �

of Champlain liberal arts education

We’re teaching, but are they LEARNING? �

Rubric-based assessment

Authentic Assessment

What we know about the FIRST YEAR

student

Overall student results

CGrade

Students choose a good variety of sources, including scholarly, peer-reviewed materials

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When given the opportunity, students tend to choose research topics from popular culture.

But are more likely to omit academic sources

in these cases.

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Generally, students successfully !attribute & cite their sources !

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Students sometimes “bend the truth” when it comes to the sources they’ve used in their research.

Ryan!McGuire,!GraNsography!

Students tend to have less trouble finding sources, but USING information

proves more difficult.

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Students sometimes have difficulty CONNECTING & SYNTHESIZING their information sources

REFOCUSING INSTRUCTION �


Looping forward


Collection USAGE�

the collection

¼ print + ¾ electronic

“STUDY” level + interdisciplinarity

faculty input + librarian selection

Citation analysis checklist

collection + Needs + outcomes

! Revise throughout !

Findings 593 citations

dated texts !

Contemporary + interdisciplinary / lacking context !

Book usage remains high

Findings 593 citations Book usage remains high Emphasis on print selections

dated texts Targeted weeding Contemporary + interdisciplinary / lacking context New access models + updated Policies !

User FEEDBACK�

Surveying*users:*!

• What?!• Why?!• When?!• How?!

misosurvey.org*

Photo:!Janet!Co#rell!

NEASC on the horizon

Photo:!Janet!Co#rell!

Major*findings:*1.  Overall!saNsfacNon!is!high!

Major*findings:*1.  Overall!saNsfacNon!is!high!2.  Patrons!want!more!input!into!library!

decisions!!!


decisions!!3.  Online!resources!and!services!are!very!

important!for!our!online!students!!


decisions!!3.  Online!resources!and!services!are!very!

important!for!our!online!students!4.  TradiNonal!undergrads!say!library!as!place!is!

very!important!(which!turned!out!to!be!useful!this!spring)!

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“Radar”!or!“Spiderweb”!charts!


•  Is!this!feature!important?!


•  Is!this!feature!important?!•  Are!they!saNsfied?!

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SaNsfacNon!

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Importance!

TradiNonal!Undergraduate!Students!

These!are!all!part!of!a!larger!picture…!

Data-Driven Librarianship

Education

information sources

academic sources

sources theyve

collection usage

good variety of sources

overall student results

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