Call for papers — RUSA Research and Statistics Committee
This recently came through the ili-l (information literacy) listserv — one of the topics mentioned in the call for papers is ‘reference effectiveness and assessment’: CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS The...
View ArticleUsing Discovery Teams for Space Needs Assessment
A recent thread on the ASSESS — Assessment in Higher Education listserv dealt with space assessment for libraries. One of the postings concerned a recent project at Virgina Tech University Libraries,...
View ArticleNew study: ‘Discovering the Impact of Library Use and Student Performance’
How do we measure the impact library use has on student performance? A recent EDUCAUSE Review online publication by Brian Cox and Margi Jantti describes an exciting study out of the University of...
View ArticleWebinar: Communicating Through Infographics
Have you noticed the growing trend of communicating through infographics? Do you wonder where the data comes from and how to verify information displayed in visual form? Would you rather read a 100...
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ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2012
The 2012 ECAR Study of Undergradate Students and Information Technology was released last month.Here is a great infographic released to show the findings. Source:...
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New report: Participatory Design in Academic Libraries
The Council on Library and Information Resources has just issued a new report titled Participatory Design in Academic Libraries: Methods, Findings, and Implementations. This is a web-only report....
View ArticleNew(ish) report: Researchers of Tomorrow: the research behaviour of...
The UK Joint Information Systems Committee and the British Library have just released a major (17,00 student) study of the behaviors and beliefs of “Generation Y” (eg born 1983–1992) doctoral students...
View ArticleAssessing the needs of doctoral students in the humanities — report from the...
Guest post by Ann Whitney Gleason (Health Sciences Library): At the recent 2012 Libraries Assessment Conference, Cornell and Columbia University Librarians reported on their collaboration to assess the...
View ArticleAssessment @ ALA Midwinter in Seattle
Here are a few assessment-related sessions happening at the ALA Midwinter meeting in Seattle next week: What: ARL Library Assessment Forum When: Friday, January 25, 1:30–3:00pm Where: Sheraton Seattle...
View ArticleStanford Libraries survey: which resources are important to faculty?
Standford University Libraries recently surveyed faculty in their Schools of Humanities & Sciences, Engineering, Education, and Earth Sciences about the kinds of resources that are important for...
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