ACRL White Paper > Connect, Collaborate, and Communicate: A Report from the Value of Academic Libraries Summits

Tue Jun 5 15:08:27 EDT 2012

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Colleagues/

ACRL has released a new white paper, “Connect, Collaborate, and Communicate: A Report from the Value of Academic Libraries Summits,” which reports on two invitational summits supported by a National Leadership Collaborative Planning Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. [snip].

As part of ACRL’s Value of Academic Libraries Initiative, a multiyear project designed to assist academic librarians in demonstrating library value, ACRL joined with three partners – the Association for Institutional Research, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the Council of Independent Colleges – to sponsor two national summits held November 29 – December 1, 2011. [snip].

The report – co-authored by Karen Brown, associate professor at Dominican University, and ACRL Senior Strategist for Special Initiatives Kara Malenfant – summarizes broad themes about the dynamic nature of higher education assessment that emerged from the summits. From these themes, the report presents five recommendations for the library profession:

  *   Increase librarians’ understanding of library value and impact in relation to various dimensions of student learning and success.
  *   Articulate and promote the importance of assessment competencies necessary for documenting and communicating library impact on student learning and success.
  *   Create professional development opportunities for librarians to learn how to initiate and design assessment that demonstrates the library’s contributions to advancing institutional mission and strategic goals.
  *   Expand partnerships for assessment activities with higher education constituent groups and related stakeholders.
  *   Integrate the use of existing ACRL resources with library value initiatives.

[snip]

Related

ALA 2012 Forum on ACRL's Value of Academic Libraries Initiative / June 24, 2012 - 10:30 AM to 12:00PM

Source and Fulltext And Report Available At

[ http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2012/06/acrl-white-paper-connect-collaborate.html ]

Enjoy !

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
and
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University
152 Parks Library
Ames IA 5011

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