VATL – Making Sense of TAFE Library Statistics Cathie Jilovsky Annalisa Kristof 15 June 2007.
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Transcript of VATL – Making Sense of TAFE Library Statistics Cathie Jilovsky Annalisa Kristof 15 June 2007.
CAVAL’s Services• Advice & Consultancy
• Cataloguing Processing & Indexing
• Information Systems Management & Support
• Member Services
• Preservation & Storage Solutions
• Statistics & Benchmarking
• Training & Professional Development
Strategic Initiatives
2007-2009
• CARM2• Online statistics• Vernacular cataloguing• Online course delivery• Executive leadership program scoping
study
Statistics & Benchmarking
• annual collection & publication of statistics for groups of libraries
CAUL, VATL • statistical consultancies
Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong
• online interactive statistics CAUL pilot in progress with major Asian libraries
• LIBQUAL+• benchmarking
CAUL Statistics
The Australian & New Zealand Academic Library (CAUL) Statistics
CAUL = Council of Australian University Librarians
CONZUL = Council of New Zealand University Librarians
<www.caul.edu.au/statistics>
CAUL Statistics Focus GroupGoals• accurate, relevant & authoritative data • consistency of data over time• data available widely – accessible, public &
widely promoted• data which permits analysis of trends• collection of both traditional & new
information• training/feedback opportunities for relevant
university library staff• statistics - cheap, useful & valid
Issues - 2005 Collection (1)
• Definitions– COL.60: Recurrent .
• What should be counted for this statistic?
– Col. 72: External students• Definition
• Reference dates– Clarification requested
Possible future directions
• Continue to refine and adapt Excel spreadsheet
• Consider implementing CAVAL’s online statistics option
• Price can be negotiated – VATL libraries are CAVAL members & long-term customers
Why Online Statistics?• development and provision of an online
statistical website
• implementation of sophisticated functionality
• improvements to the collection processes for the individual libraries
• provision of a sustainable online statistical service for VATL
Implementation process• CAVAL hosts website
• libraries enter data using input module
• CAVAL provides help desk & assistance as required
• validated data will be available to all for online benchmarking
• initial pilot process, followed by evaluation phase
Online statistics benefits (1)
• Online comparison of institutional data – up to 15 institutions can be compared using an unlimited number of variables.
• Ratios and other statistical measures can be calculated easily, displaying results online for all the institutions in the dataset in ranked order
• Summary statistics – online display of descriptive statistics for all of the institutions in the data set.
Online statistics benefits (2)
• Graphs – displays an online graph for 1 institution & up 10 variables, or up to 10 institutions & 1 variable.
• Download data – extracts & downloads a subset of the data by selecting the institutions, regions, variables, & range of year(s)
• Input module - online input of data by library staff, enabling more efficient data collection, incorporating new functionality such as data validation & online help.
CAVAL Collaborative Solutions
Cathie Jilovsky
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.caval.edu.au
CAUL Statistics
http://www.caul.edu.au/statistics
http://statistics.caul.edu.au