Making Library Assessment Work Progress Report of an ARL Project Steve Hiller University of Washington Jim Self University of Virginia Martha Kyrillidou Association of Research Libraries ARL MLAW Participants Meeting San Antonio, Texas 20 January 2006
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Making Library Assessment Work
Progress Report of an ARL ProjectSteve Hiller
University of Washington
Jim Self University of Virginia
Martha KyrillidouAssociation of Research Libraries
ARL MLAW Participants MeetingSan Antonio, Texas
20 January 2006
Making Library Assessment Work: Practical Approaches for
Developing and Sustaining Effective Assessment
• Association of Research Libraries Project– Under the aegis of Statistics and Measurement Program
• Funded by participating libraries• Site visits by Jim and Steve
– Pre-visit survey– Presentation– Interviews and meetings – Written report for each library
• Phase I: 7 libraries in Winter/Spring 2005 – Preliminary report at Northumbria Conference 2005
• Phase II: 18 libraries Autumn 2005-Autumn 2006 • Final report to ARL in late 2006
Why “Making Library Assessment Work”?Using Data Effectively in Libraries
• Library leadership• Organizational culture• Library priorities• Sufficiency of resources• Data infrastructure• Assessment skills and expertise • Sustainability • Analyzing and presenting results• Using results to improve libraries
MLAW Process
• Idea discussed with Martha, June 2004• Final proposal written with Martha, August 2004• Invitation to participate sent by ARL in Sept. 2005• 17 libraries express interest; 7 chosen for Phase I,
remainder for Phase II• Pilot site visit November 2005• Second call for participants in June 2005; 8 more
libraries express interest• Phase II revised to include longer site visit, follow-up
project, and community building
The Geographic Distribution of Participants(Jim and Steve Earn Frequent Assessment Miles)
Phase IIParticipant
Phase I Participant
Other ARL Libraries
Steve’s HomeUniversity of Washington
Jim’s HomeUniversity of Virginia
Canada
USA
Distribution Of Participants by ARL Index Ranking (113 Academic Libraries)
24 Participating Libraries: Mean 51.5 Median 49.5
-3
-2.5
-2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
Index Rank
Ind
ex
Sc
ore Non-participants Participants UVA UW
Phase I (At time of visit) Assessment Organization Structure
Assessment Position
Assessment Committee
Contact Person Admin. Area
Other Related Groups
Arizona Administration Distributed within team structure
Arizona State
Services
Connecticut Collection Services User Team, Network Svcs,
Design & Usability
Illinois Services Services Advisory
User Ed, Coll Development
New York U Established 2005
Public Services
Notre Dame Public Services Usability Group
Libraries Task Force
Oregon Administration
Phase II: Autumn 2005 (At time of visit)
Assessment Organization StructureAssessment
PositionAssessment Committee
AdministrativeArea
Other OngoingGroups
Emory 2005 2005 Administration
Louisville 1997 1997 Administration
Kansas 2004 2003 Administration
Massachusetts 2004 2004 Administration
Wayne 2005 2005 Administration
Pre-Visit Survey
• Summary of recent assessment activity • Inventory of statistics kept • Important assessment motivators• Organizational structure for assessment • What has worked well• Problems or sticking points • Specific areas to address• Expectations for this effort• Follow-up project (Phase II)