Developing a Matrix and Using Self-Reported Scoring to

Measure Librarian Engagement on Campus

Kelly Broughton11th Northumbria International Conference

July 2015

23,000 students on main campus8000 degrees awarded/yr 1200 Masters, 130 PhDs/yr

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Mack & White, eds. Assessing liaison librarians: Documenting impact for positive change. Association of College and Research Libraries. 2014.

Chapter 2 Murphy & Gibson. “Programmatic assessment of research services: Informing the evolution of an engaged liaison librarian model.”

Chapter 6 Childress & Hickey. “Liaison librarians and scholarly communication: A framework and strategies for assessment.”

Chapter 7 Bidney. “The library as platform: Assessing outreach and engagement in the library of the future.”

Transform the role of the subject librarian to better

engage our campus community.

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“transform the role of the subject

librarian”

“better engage”

Campus Relationship Matrix

This matrix is neither comprehensive nor static, but simply an attempt to capture what work we believe should be valued and to assist us in measuring our progress.

Each of the work examples has been placed in one of three levels. While it would be more accurate to place these examples on a spectrum or continuum from passive to collaborative, for the purpose of organizational change measurement, these three levels have been defined as:

Relationship/Engagement LevelsEmergent = basic/foundational w/ some interaction

Generative = building a trust relationship; beyond basic, but not fully immersed in collaborative work

Productive = collaborative partnership, time consuming/difficult, work that truly highlights how librarians contribute our unique expertise in support of teaching, learning, and research.

Products of Productive Relationships• Co-designed research project assignment that is

used across all majors of the business college• Authored library section of successful, national grant• Elected office-holder of disciplinary scholarly society• Earned a PhD• Co-developed online multimedia textbook• Co-created and supervised a for-credit internship

program• Co-developed and will co-teach new course

Results

● 26 Emergent Relationships

● 20 Generative Relationships

● 15 Productive Relationships

Set goal for upcoming yearContinue discussions about levels and examples

NextSteps

Ohio University Libraries, University Archives,media.library.ohiou.edu/

Questions?

broughtk@ohio.edu

Kelly BroughtonAssistant Dean for Research & Education Services

Ohio University