From:
"Brian C. Gray" <bcg8_at_case.edu>
Not an easy one for sure, unless some metrics were already in place
relating the library directly to academic outcomes. In addition to the
ones you mention:
increased reference questions
increased content-related complaints
citation analysis showing that what is used by faculty is not owned
Did any of the university's metrics drop (research funding received,
enrollment, etc.) that you can try to correlate to?
Brian
Brian C. Gray, MLIS
Case Western Reserve University
Kelvin Smith Library
11055 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7151
Phone: (216) 368-8685
Fax: (216) 368-3669
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From:
Dana Hendrix <hendrixd_at_southwestern.edu> <mailto:hendrixd_at_southwestern.edu>
Colleagues: How would you respond to a request to show the effect of a
Fall 2011 acquisitions budget cut on institutional academic outcomes?
(Or put another way: how do you prove the academic impact of the absence
of materials not purchased??)
I can compare expenditures to peer institutions, and will look at ILL
borrowing rates, but beyond that...? Thanks.
Dana
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*Dana Hendrix*
Head, Collection Development and Acquisition
A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center
1001 E. University Ave.
Southwestern University
Georgetown, Texas 78626
(512) 863-1241 <tel:%28512%29%20863-1241> Office
(512) 863-8198 <tel:%28512%29%20863-8198> Fax
http://www.southwestern.edu/library/departments/acquisitions/
<http://www.southwestern.edu/library/>
Received on Fri Jun 14 2013 - 03:01:37 EDT