SPEC Kit 318: Impact Measures in Research Libraries · 17
Please describe other entity.
A cross-functional team initiated by library admin will be looking at these issues.
It was instigated by a team of reference librarians and one administrator who wanted to investigate the impact of
LibGuides on student performance not instigated by the library admin but library admin did support it with funding.
Research and Assessment Unit.
While this activity is being initiated within the libraries, it is being done in response to growing campus administrative
desires to see impact measures factored into decision-making and the development of service priorities.
6. Please indicate the method(s) the library used to gather this data. Check all that apply. N=11
Mining institutional data 5 46%
Online survey 4 36%
Focus group 3 27%
Interviews 3 27%
Paper survey 2 18%
Customer service logs (e.g., chat log) 1 9%
Phone survey
Other method 6 55%
Please describe other method.
Collected and analyzed student annotated bibliography assignment -using the blackboard outcomes assessment
module.
In the planning stages -no decisions on methods yet.
Methodology will be discussed over the next 6-9 months.
NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement) survey, LibQUAL+® survey, Oregon University System post-graduation
survey, library circulation records.
SAILS
To be determined.
If the library used a survey, please answer the next question. Otherwise, continue to the next page.
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