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If you checked “Other decision,” please briefly describe the other decision for which the data were
used.
Staff training decisions, promotional/advertising decisions, and collection development decisions. The university has
multiple library locations, some of which have made decisions that were influenced by the LibQUAL+® results, some of
which have not.
30. Were the results of the study made available to others beyond the library? N=1
Yes
No 1 100%
Don’t know
If yes, please briefly describe with whom and how much detail about the results were shared.
Additional comments about how the study results or sharing the results made a difference to the library.
CALCULATING THE FINANCIAL VALUE OF LIBRARY OPERATIONS
31. Has your library calculated or has plans to calculate any financial value of library operations as
shown in the matrix below? N=55
Yes, we have calculated the value of library operations within the past three years 5 9%
Yes, we plan to calculate the value of library operations within the next 12 months 9 16%
No, we have not calculated and have no plans to calculate the value of library operations 41 75%
32. If your library has calculated the value of library operations within the last three years, how many
calculations projects have been done? N=5
Number of calculation projects: 1, 1, 1, 2, 4
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