LibAnalytics & Information Literacy Standards

Dr. Stephanie RollinsSamford University Library

About Samford University Founded in 1841 - One of the 100 oldest schools

in the nation Relatively small enrollment (4600 students), but 8

schools (Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Arts, Law, Pharmacy, Nursing, Divinity)

Heavy Instruction Program – 80-90 classes per semester

Use technology such as Excel, SharePoint, Access, Google Calendars, Survey Monkey to track instruction statistics

Some institutions still hand count assessment sessions through sign-in sheets, paper calendars

Some external surveys for assessment Not much feedback from students,

faculty, or librarians

Library Instruction Statistics at Your Institutions

Library Instruction Statistics at Your Institutions

Instruction Coordinator managed all instruction statistics

E-mails and then tallied on an Excel Spreadsheet Strictly numbers Sporadic feedback from librarians, students, and

faculty No assessment of information literacy outcomes

unless we did a formal survey which only captured a fixed period in time

The Past: Library Instruction Statistics at Samford University

The Past: Library Instruction Statistics at Samford University

Create or adopt systems for assessment management Helps higher education educators, including librarians,

manage their outcomes Are helpful for documenting progress toward

strategic/organizational goals, but their real strength lies in managing learning outcomes assessments

Allows multiple librarians to enter assessment data, focus on different student groups (or the same groups over time), and use different assessment methods

**By providing a more complete picture of instruction through assessment management tools such as LibAnalytics, we are better able to demonstrate our valueAssociation of College and Research Libraries. Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report. Researched by Megan Oakleaf. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2010.

Why Change? Value of Academic Libraries

Recommendation

First we created an instance*: An Instance is a set of data that you're collecting about your

library. You can have 1 or more instances in your system, depending on your subscription.

Springshare has excellent online support to walk you through setting up an instance

Created a customized instance for instruction sessions. Tailored this instance and an additional instance over

the fall and spring semesters*Currently one instance is FREE!

The Present: Library Instruction Statistics at Samford University Using LibAnalytics

Multiple Librarians can enter statistics after each instruction session Using two instances (one for instruction statistics and one for a

survey) we can provides feedback from librarians, students, and faculty

Allows us to monitor our instruction program and ourselves in order to make immediate adjustments and inform long term planning for instruction

Assessment of information literacy standards for each instruction session are tracked

We can provide a much more detailed picture of our program and demonstrate the value of what we are doing

For our own evaluations, we can provide a summary of what we are doing and promote our personal value

The Present: Library Instruction Statistics at Samford University Using LibAnalytics

The Present: Library Instruction Statistics at Samford University Using LibAnalytics

Librarians have any time/any device access from our instruction Libguide http://samford.libguides.com/instruction

Informal training (5-10 minutes) Let’s Go Live to Show you how easy it is

to: Add a transaction

Enter data from an instruction session Generate reports

Instruction program level For a specific librarian

The Present: Library Instruction Statistics at Samford University Using LibAnalytics