15 Student Data Secrets that Could Change Your

Library,

Number 5 Will Shock You

Tiffany LeMaistreNevada State College

• 3,700 Students• Founded in 2002• All Digital Collection

About Nevada State College

First Gen65%

Non-First Gen35%

White42%

Hispanic27%

Black or African Amer-

ican10%

Asian10%

Two or More5%

Unknown4%

Native Hawai-ian or Pacific

Islander2%

Overview

• Our Data Journey• Getting Started• Privacy• Using the Data

Data Sources• EZProxy logs

• Interlibrary loan requests

• Library computer use

• Group study room reservations

• Library instruction attendance

• Research consultations

Our Data Journey

• Planning• Research• Testing

2014

• Start of Data Collection

• Feedback

2015 • Research assessment

• Process refinement

2016

• Reflection• Continuing

Improvement

2017

2014: The Why Year

Our Data Journey

• Planning• Research• Testing

2014

• Start of Data Collection

• Feedback

2015 • Research assessment

• Process refinement

2016

• Reflection• Continuing

Improvement

2017

2015: The Whoa! Year

Our Data Journey

• Planning• Research• Testing

2014

• Start of Data Collection

• Feedback

2015 • Research assessment

• Process refinement

2016

• Reflection• Continuing

Improvement

2017

2016: Redefining the How

Our Data Journey

• Planning• Research• Testing

2014

• Start of Data Collection

• Feedback

2015 • Research assessment

• Process refinement

2016

• Reflection• Continuing

Improvement

2017

2017: Charting a Way Forward

Getting Started

1. There is no handbook

2. Look beyond the library for help

3. Start by reproducing other research

4. Be willing to take a detour

5. D*ta is not a four letter word

Privacy

6. Transparency

7. Encryption

8. There is such a thing as too much data

9. No backups

10. Anonymize as soon as possible

11. Aggregate before you share

Using the Results

Results

Library users at Nevada State are significantly more likely to:

• Be retained• Maintain good academic standing• Earn a higher GPA

Students that participated in an online library instruction module were significantly more likely to:

• Earn a higher score on a research assignment

• Use the library collection

12. Continue to improve the machine

13. Tell everyone

14. Correlation still has value

15. Visualization matters

15. Visualization mattersPresented to administrators Presented to campus

Did not Participate Participated

65.07%

80.61%

Average Research Assignment Grade by Library Instruction Module Participation

Results from an independent samples t-test indicate that students who did not participate in the library module (M = .651, SD = .399) scored significantly lower on the research assignment than students who participated in at least one section of the library module (M = .806, SD = .271). The mean difference was significant, t (128) = -2.075, p = .020, r2 = .033.

Nevada State College Library

ResourcesRelated Reading

LeMaistre, T. (2016, February). Logging logins. Lightning Talk presented at the SCELCapalooza, Los Angeles, CA. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/tlemaistre/logging-logins

LeMaistre, T. (2016, April). A Proxy for Success: Analyzing EZProxy Logs to Connect Resource Use to Student Success. Presented at the Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L), Austin, Texas. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/tlemaistre/a-proxy-for-success

LeMaistre, T. (2016). Cost Per User: Analyzing EZProxy Logs for Assessment. In Proceedings of the Charleston Library Conference. Charleston, SC: Purdue e-Pubs. https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284316291

Marineo, F. (2016, June). Canvas Commons: Scaling Library Instruction in the LMS. Presented at the Library Instruction West, Salt Lake City, Utah. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/FrancescaMarineo/canvas-commons-scaling-library-instruction-in-the-lms

Nevada State College. (2014). Nevada State College: Facts & Figures. Retrieved February 13, 2015, from http://nsc.nevada.edu/2069.asp

More Information

Cox, B., & Jantti, M. (2012, July 18). Discovering the Impact of Library Use and Student Performance. Retrieved from http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/discovering-impact-library-use-and-student-performance

JISC. (2015). Library Analytics and Metrics Project. Retrieved February 9, 2015, from http://jisclamp.mimas.ac.uk/

National Information Standards Organization. (2015). NISO Consensus Principles on User’s Digital Privacy in Library, Publisher, and Software-Provider Systems (NISO Privacy Principles). Retrieved from http://www.niso.org/topics/tl/patron_privacy/

Oakleaf, M. (2010). The Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/issues/value/val_report.pdf

Oakleaf, M. (2015). The Library’s Contribution to Student Learning: Inspirations and Aspirations. In College and Research Libraries, v.76:no.3. Retrieved from http://m.crl.acrl.org/content/76/3/353.full.pdf

OCLC. (2015). Log File Analysis. Retrieved February 13, 2015, Retrieved from http://www.oclc.org/support/services/ezproxy/documentation/loganalysis.en.html

University of Minnesota Libraries. (n.d.). Library Data and Student Success. Retrieved February 7, 2015, from http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ldss/

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