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stephen Working together: evolving value for academic libraries Claire Creaser and Valérie Spezi LISU, Loughborough University A report commissioned by SAGE June 2012 Executive Summary This study investigated the value of academic libraries for teaching and research staff. The academic library community has been dealing with the issue of how best to demonstrate its value for years, especially value to students. Yet although a good deal of evidence is collected, much of this is evidence of activity rather than evidence of value and impact, especially value to and impact on teaching and research staff. The study showed that libraries are struggling to find appropriate, and systematic, ways to capture evidence of their value for teaching and research staff. Much work is needed to build an evidence base in this area. Libraries can show their value to teaching and research staff most effectively by describing this in terms of benefits, for example, staff time saved, increased quality of student assignments, increased contact hours. The study found that librarians generally understood the needs of their users in very broad terms, and provided services to meet these needs. Embedded information literacy instruction is highly valued by teaching staff. Increasingly, this is developing into integrated teaching and curriculum development activities. Support for research appeared less well embedded, but there is evidence of successful partnerships between librarians and research staff in the areas of literature reviewing and data curation, in particular. Meeting research staff one-to-one and targeting services to meet specific needs was an effective, albeit time-intensive, way for librarians to raise their profile and value. There are concerns that not all teaching and research staff appreciate the level and extent of the support available from the modern academic library. Working in partnership with teaching and research staff was found to be an effective way to promote the library, and to increase the perception of value. A number of recommendations have been derived from the findings: For individual librarians • Promote the relevance of librarianship skills to the digital information environment • Reach out to users by improving communication, building personal relationships, using appropriate language, and following through to build on success • Go beyond the comfort zone, for example develop skills in teaching and marketing For library managers • Support and promote staff development by providing appropriate training opportunities • Collect evidence of the value of library services – qualitative as well as quantitative – and use it systematically with the full range of stakeholders in the service • Document the processes and effective strategies for building partnerships with teaching and research staff, so that these can be replicated easily For institutions • Recognise the library contribution by engaging with the library at all levels, not just liaison librarians with teaching and research staff, but also at senior management level • Uphold the status of librarians and information professionals on an equivalent level with teaching and research staff Source: http://libraryvalue.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/ndm-5709-lisu-final-report_web.pdf STEPHEN B. ALAYON Data Bank Senior Information Assistant -- Library and Data Banking Services Section Training and Information Division Aquaculture Department Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Tigbauan, Iloilo 5021 PHILIPPINES Tel. (63-33) 511-9170, 511-9171 local 409, 413 Fax (63-33) 5119174, 511 8709 Email: [email protected] URL: www.seafdec.org.ph ________________________________ Access and download SEAFDEC/AQD publications for FREE http://repository.seafdec.org.ph [SEAFDEC/AQD Institutional Repository (SAIR)] - the official digital repository of scholarly and research information of the department Search our library collection http://opac.seafdec.org.ph [SEAFDEC/AQD Library Online Public Access Catalog] Questions? Ask a Librarian! Email: [email protected] | [email protected] | [email protected] Chat: [Google Talk] seafdecaqdlibrary | [email protected] [Yahoo Messenger] seafdecaqdlibrary Call: 63 33 5119170, 63 33 5119171 local 409 and 413 Fax: 63 33 5119174, 63 33 5118709 Like us on Facebook facebook.com/seafdecaqdlib Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/seafdecaqdlib Follow us on Google +: gplus.to/seafdecaqdlibrary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians?hl=en.
