Now What!?! Exploring the Next Steps for Large-Scale

Library Assessment Projects

Kate Peterson, Undergraduate Services Librarian Jan Fransen, Engineering Librarian

Shane Nackerud, Technology Lead for eLearning Kristen Mastel, Outreach and Instruction Librarian

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

CUNY LIBRARIES CONFERENCE REINVENTING LIBRARIES: REINVENTING ASSESSMENT

INNOVATIVE PRACTICES AND IDEAS THAT CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUOJune 6, 2014

Agenda

• The Past• The Present• The Future

Part 1: The Past

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“Trackable” Data*

● Circulation (including ILL and renewals)● Digital (website, e-journal, database, e-book)● Reference (online and consulting, when an ID

was captured)● Instruction (workshops, course-integrated, Intro

to Library Research)● Workstation (only “library as place” measure)

*Privacy Considerations

77%Undergrads made use of the

libraries. 85% of grad students.

.23Increase in GPA associated with one use

of the library or more

1.54Times more likely to re-enroll for students who used the library at

least once

7.58Times more likely to re-enroll for

students who took Intro to Library Research 2 online workshop

Library Data and Student Success: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ldss/

• Orientation• Dean’s meetings, etc. • Making the case for instruction

• First Year Experience• Engineering

• SERU data

Part 2: Present

academic advising

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2014: Data collection is hard

Easier we make it for patrons…harder for us● New authentication system● New ILS (Ex Libris--Alma) ● New website and discovery system (Primo Central)● Still lots of unknowns (VPN, on campus, library as place, etc.)

Part 3: Future

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Library Data and Student Success Project

• Kate Peterson (katep@umn.edu)

• Shane Nackerud (snackeru@umn.edu)

• Jan Fransen (fransen@umn.edu)

• Kristen Mastel (meye0539@umn.edu)

• Krista Soria (botx0006@umn.edu)

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ldss/