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Building Capacity for Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries:An Update on ACRL’s IMLS Funded Project
CNI Project BriefingTuesday, December 13, 2011, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Joyce L. OgburnACRL President, Dean, J. Willard Marriott Library and University Librarian, University of Utah
Mary Ellen K. DavisACRL Executive Director
Kara J. Malenfant ACRL Scholarly Communications and Government Relations Specialist
National Context
The Value of Academic Libraries: An ACRL Initiative
http://www.acrl.ala.org/value/
ACRL’s IMLS Grant
Building Capacity for Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries
“We’ve Got Your Back”View from the CAOs
“Ask the Right Question”View from Institutional Researchers
“It’s About Relationships, Not Data”View from Higher Ed Assessment
“It’s All About Student Learning”View from Accreditors
Diverse Student Needs• Attention = retention• Understand learning• Job and a career• May not value basic
skills• Many variables in how
students learn• Underprepared• Cohorts and learning
communities
Perceptions of Faculty
Library Opportunities/Challenges
Goal 1: Relationship-building
Goal 2: Data Types/Sources
Goal 3: Professional Competencies
Goal 4: Awareness of Library Contributions
Where Do We Go From Here?
Open Discussion
• Challenges: What concerns you about libraries working in these areas?
• Excitement: What excites you about libraries working in these areas?
• ACRL: What can ACRL do to support librarians?