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Prof. Rhea Rowena U. Apolinario, UP SLIS
FINDING FOR THE LIBRARY
PAARL National Summer Conference 2016Library Analytics: Data-Driven Library Management
HOW do you demonstrate your VALUE to your institution?
WHAT IS VALUE?
Use or Utility
Financial Value
Production of a Commodity
Library Impact
(The Value of Academic Libraries, 2010)
FOR ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
Financial Value AND Impact Value Financial Value
Librarians must demonstrate that academic librarians manage their financial resources well and help bring money into their institutions.
Impact Value
Librarians can elicit information from users about what the library enables them to do
Value On Investment” or VOI The value of information is its contribution to making improvements in users
Challenge in demonstrating library’s VOI: “people have to be able to see clearly that the information that ‘caused’ benefit came from the service, and not from the client’s own work or ideas”. One simple way to gather answer on this is to “collect from individual [library users] specific examples of beneficial information that they know came to them with the aid of your service.
(The Value of Academic Libraries, 2010)
TWO STUDIES
Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review
and Report (by ACRL)
The Value of Libraries for Research and Researchers
(by RIN and RLUK)
THE VALUE OF LIBRARIES FOR RESEARCH AND RESEARCHERS
(The value of libraries for research and researchers, 2011)
(The value of libraries for research and researchers, 2011)
(The value of libraries for research and researchers, 2011)
(The value of libraries for research and researchers, 2011)
THE VALUE OF LIBRARIES FOR RESEARCH AND RESEARCHERS
1. Good libraries help institutions to recruit and retain top researchers.
There is global competition for top researchers, and institutional reputation is key to attracting them. But the library also
contributes to an institution’s reputation. The quality, nature, and extent of the library’s collections, of its staff and the
services they provide, and of its buildings are all important. Successful and high-quality libraries can be a significant factor
in recruiting and retaining top researchers.
(The value of libraries for research and researchers, 2011)
THE VALUE OF LIBRARIES FOR RESEARCH AND RESEARCHERS
2. Libraries help researchers win research grants and contracts.
Success in winning research grants and contracts is critically-important, especially for research-intensive universities. Libraries
could play a greater role if researchers knew that support was available, and if their involvement was more formalised. Libraries have an opportunity to use their skills to help researchers improve
the quality of their funding applications, and to increase the institution’s success in winning research income.
(The value of libraries for research and researchers, 2011)
THE VALUE OF LIBRARIES FOR RESEARCH AND RESEARCHERS
3. Libraries promote and exploit new technologies and new models of scholarly
communications.Libraries are critically important in helping researchers exploit the full
benefits and opportunities of the networked world, including open access and social media. Libraries can do so by establishing
stronger links with researchers and re focusing their services to promote and exploit new technologies and new models of scholarly
communication.
(The value of libraries for research and researchers, 2011)
THE VALUE OF LIBRARIES FOR RESEARCH AND RESEARCHERS
4. Repositories increase the visibility of the institution and raise its research profile.
In most cases, the library runs the repository on behalf of the institution, and senior institutional managers acknowledge the
role the repository plays in increasing the visibility of the institution’s outputs and raising its research profile. Now, the
focus is on increasing the volume of content, by making it routine for researchers to deposit their outputs. Libraries are now playing
an increasing role in educating researchers and building more effective procedures and approaches across the institution.
(The value of libraries for research and researchers, 2011)
THE VALUE OF LIBRARIES FOR RESEARCH AND RESEARCHERS
5. Outward-facing libraries contribute to institution-wide initiatives.
Libraries’ central and impartial position, together with their information and organisation expertise, puts them in a good
position to play a wide institutional role and deliver new value. Outward-facing libraries can help in joining up research
support and administration, leading to better research management and a higher profile for the library across the
institution.
(The value of libraries for research and researchers, 2011)
THE VALUE OF LIBRARIES FOR RESEARCH AND RESEARCHERS
6. Specialist staff work in partnership with academic departments.
Information specialists - both subject specialists and those with a specific focus on the needs of researchers - form a significant group of the library staff in most institutions. The researchers who make
use of them see them as vital. But too often, information specialists and researchers are not well connected. Information specialists
take a more proactive role, working in partnership with academic departments and acting as consultants.
(The value of libraries for research and researchers, 2011)
THE VALUE OF LIBRARIES FOR RESEARCH AND RESEARCHERS
7. Connecting with researchers enhances the value of the library’s services.
The digital revolution has changed the relationship between libraries and researchers, many of whom do not use the physical library.
Libraries are becoming alert to their separation from researchers, and are trying to find ways to reconnect with them, and to fill the gaps in their knowledge and understanding of researchers’ needs. Such an approach can lead to a strong service culture, increasing
researcher satisfaction, as well as winning recognition and respect for the library across the institution.
(The value of libraries for research and researchers, 2011)
THE VALUE OF LIBRARIES FOR RESEARCH AND RESEARCHERS
8. Dedicated spaces provide a better work environment for researchers.
For some researchers, the physical library is valued as a place to work and study. Many researchers, however, find that the library is crowded with undergraduates, and that it provides a difficult environment in which to work. In order to meet researchers’
needs, some libraries have therefore created dedicated areas for them, providing a better environment for those researchers
who depend on the library and its contents
(The value of libraries for research and researchers, 2011)
THE VALUE OF LIBRARIES FOR RESEARCH AND RESEARCHERS
9. Easy access to high-quality content is a key foundation for good research.
The pressure on institutional budgets, continuing increases in subscription costs, and fluctuations in exchange rates, are making it more difficult to sustain the current level of purchasing. ‘Daring
to be different’, and taking a more evidence-based, strategic approach to content procurement, should help libraries to meet
researchers’ needs more effectively as well as helping their dialogue with the senior managers from whom they seek funding.
(The value of libraries for research and researchers, 2011)
THE VALUE OF LIBRARIES FOR RESEARCH AND RESEARCHERS
10. Libraries are a physical manifestation of the values of the academy and of
scholarship. Libraries are one of the most enduring features of the academy, central to the
values and the practice of scholarship. But in a period of austerity, they are increasingly being asked to justify their existence. This intrinsic value may
not be recognised by future generations of researchers who work in an online world. It is important for libraries to stress that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts; and that the value of the library is as a crucial
cornerstone and representation of the values of the academy and of scholarship.
(The value of libraries for research and researchers, 2011)
The next slides are
RECOMMENDATIONS for academic librarians
who want to demonstrate value (The Value of Academic Libraries, 2010)
VALUE OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: A
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH REVIEW AND REPORT
VALUE OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: A
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH REVIEW AND
REPORTDefine outcomesLibraries should define outcomes of institutional relevance and then measure
the degree to which they attain them.
Link library outcomes to institutional outcomes related to the ff: student enrollment,
higher education educators, including librarians, manage their outcomes, record and maintain data on each outcome, facilitate connections to similar outcomes throughout an
Develop systems to collect data on individual library user behavior,
while maintaining privacy In order to determine the impact of library interactions
on users, libraries can collect data on how individual users engage with library resources and
services
For example, they do not track data that would provide evidence that students who engage in more library
instruction are more likely to graduate on time, that faculty who use library services are more likely to be tenured, or that student affairs professionals
that integrate library services into their work activities are more likely to be promoted.
(The Value of Academic Libraries, 2010)
VALUE OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: A
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH REVIEW AND
REPORT
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ng bawat ginagawa mo sa kanya. Saan siya mas masaya,
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Record and increase library impact on student enrollment
Institutions of higher education want to admit the strongest possible students at both the undergraduate and
graduate levels.
According to the Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers (2006), libraries are an important consideration when students select a university or college, and, as a
result, academic libraries can help institutional admissions boost enrollment . Typically, librarians take part in campus-wide recruiting and orientation efforts. In the future, libraries can play a more prominent role
in reaching key prospective student groups and communicating the ways in which librarians can help
students attain academic success.
(The Value of Academic Libraries, 2010)
VALUE OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: A
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH REVIEW AND
REPORT
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siya mas liligaya, yun ang lagi mong gawin. Ipakita mo rin sa kanya kung sino ka at ano ang kaya mong gawin.http://cdn-ugc.cafemom.com/gen/constrain/500/500/80/2015/01/30/15/4e/pq/pouuwh556o
Student enrollment is one area of institutional value.
Library impact on student enrollment include the recruitment of prospective students, matriculation of admitted students, and willingness of current students to recommend the institution to others.
Libraries can demonstrate their value by providing evidence that they play a role in student recruitment, matriculation, and willingness to recommend.
They can do that by participating in prospective student events or new student orientation, assigning librarians as student advisors, or offering services that positively impact student judgments of institutional quality.
(The Value of Academic Libraries, 2010)
Link libraries to improved student retention and
graduation ratesLibrarians should focus on creating institutional
environments that foster retention and eventual graduation. High-impact practices
include: first-year seminars and experiences, common intellectual experiences, learning
communities, writingintensive courses, collaborative assignments and projects,
undergraduate research,
(The Value of Academic Libraries, 2010)
VALUE OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: A
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH REVIEW AND
REPORT
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natin ang “creating the right
environment or atmosphere” to
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Special libraries have struggled to convey their value to organizational managers
two research strands have emerged: economic studies and includes return-on-investment and cost/benefit analysis; the impact of information employed by user groups.
Working with managers
Economic studies
Impact studies
Reporting results
(The Value of Academic Libraries, 2010) http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/photo-essays/12332/solar-panels-14.jpg
Association of College and Research Libraries. The value of academic libraries: A comprehensive research review and report. (2010). Available online: http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/issues/value/val_report.pdf
Evans, G. E. & Ward, P. L. (2007). Management Basics for Information Professionals, 2nd ed. New York, NY: Neal Schuman Pub.
The value of libraries for research and researchers: A RIN and RLUK Report. (2011). Available online: http://www.rluk.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Value-of-Libraries-report.pdf
Stueart, R. D. & Moran, B. B. (2007). Library and Information Center Management, 7th ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.
Weihrich, H. & Koontz, H. (2005). Management: A Global Perspective, 11th ed. Boston, MA: McGraw Hill.