Presentation at the Vermont Library Association Academic & Special Libraries Fall event.

1. Academic Library Impact
an action-oriented research agenda
Alan Carbery
@acarbery

3. The Value of
Academic Libraries
by Megan Oakleaf
published in 2010
PDF: acrl.org/value

4. Connect, collaborate,
and communicate:
a report from the Value of Academic Libraries Summits
ACRL 2012 white-paper

5. IMLS-funded 14-month
professional
development program
that ran for 3 cycles, with
over 200 library teams.
http://www.ala.org/acrl/AiA

7. Call for Proposals for a new
action-oriented research agenda
on library contributions to student
learning & success

8. Lynn Silipigni Connaway
OCLC Research Senior Research Scientist and
Director of User Research
with William Harvey, Vanessa Kitzie and Stephanie Mikitish

9. LIS LITERATURE

10. FOCUS GROUPS

11. PROVOST INTERVIEWS

12. What we think about…
Service
Collaboration
Teaching & Learning

13. What we think about…
Service
Collaboration
Teaching & Learning
Communication
Collaboration
Service

14. What we think about…
Service
Collaboration
Teaching & Learning
Communication
Collaboration
Service
Communication
Institutional Planning
Learning in College

15. 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%
Accreditation
Inclusivity/Diversity
Success in college
Space
Learning in college
Teaching support
Collection
Provision of tech
Research support
Institutional planning
Service
Collaboration
Communication
Proportion of themes coded in advisory group vs. provost interviews
Advisory Group Provost
Image Credit: OCLC

16. Released September 2017
PDF: acrl.org/value
Six areas of research focus
effective practices to implement at your library
research questions requiring further study
proposed research design

17. Communication
Collaboration
Mission strategy & alignment
Teaching & Learning
Student success
Learning analytics
Priority Focus Areas

18. Visualizing Academic Library Impact:
The ACRL/OCLC Literature Analysis Dashboard
http://experimental.worldcat.org/valresearch

21. Does access to library spaces support student enrollment?

22. What type of library services, collections, and
spaces matter to institutional stakeholders?

23. In what ways has the library’s
support of the institution’s
mission and specific goals
affected student learning and
success outcomes?

24. How can the library balance concerns about
maintaining user privacy with the use of individual
student data to measure learning and success
outcomes?

25. OPPORTUNITIES
upcoming

26. Travel scholarships
December 8th application date

27. $$ for research
coming soon

28. Professional Development opportunity - AiA
December 1st – thanks VCAL!

29. acarbery@champlain.edu
@acarbery
acrl.org/value