Statistics & Assessment

RLI issue 273 includes:

• Three Key Public Policies for Research Libraries: Net Neutrality, Fair Use, Open and Public Access
• The Importance of Net Neutrality to Research Libraries in the Digital Age
• Challenges in Employing Fair Use in Academic and Research Libraries
• Public Access to Federally Funded Research: Contributions to Economic Development, Competitiveness, and Innovation

RLI issue 271 includes:

• Library Value May Be Proven, If Not Self-Evident
• A Decade of Assessment at a Research-Extensive University Library Using LibQUAL+®
• LibQUAL+® and the “Library as Place” at the University of Glasgow
• Service Quality Assessment with LibQUAL+® in Challenging Times: LibQUAL+® at Cranfield University
• ARL Profiles: Qualitative Descriptions of Research Libraries in the Early 21st Century
• The ARL Library Scorecard Pilot: Using the Balanced Scorecard in Research Libraries
• Lib-Value: Measuring Value and Return on Investment of Academic Libraries
• The Value of Electronic Resources: Measuring the Impact of Networked Electronic Services (MINES for Libraries®) at the Ontario Council of University Libraries

RLI issue 269 includes:

• Strategies for Opening Up Content: Laying the Groundwork for an Open System of Scholarship
• Achieving Consensus on the University of Kansas Open-Access Policy
• Improving Access with Open-Access Publishing Funds
• Model Language for Author Rights in Library Content Licenses
• Opening Up Content in HathiTrust: Using HathiTrust Permissions Agreements to Make Authors’ Work Available

SPEC Kit 321 explores what services are being provided and how users are made aware of them; what assistive technologies are being offered today and who maintains them; which library staff have responsibility for providing services and how are they trained; and what service policies and procedures are in place for users with disabilities. It includes documentation from respondents that describe the services offered, the assistive technology that is available, service policies, user needs assessment, staff training materials, and job requirements for service coordinators.

This publication is available for purchase in both online and print versions. Download the spec-kit-purchase-options-2013.pdf  for complete pricing and purchase options information.

Link to the online SPEC Kit 321 on the ARL Digital Publications website.

SPEC Kit 318 explores the tools and methods libraries use to gauge the difference they make for their user community, the topics assessment practitioners probe and the results they obtain, the effects of impact assessment, and whether institutions that publicize positive impact evidence see a difference in the level of financial or political support from their parent institutions. It includes documentation from respondents in the form of impact assessment goals, user surveys, and calculations of library value.

This publication is available for purchase in both online and print versions. Download the spec-kit-purchase-options-2013.pdf  for complete pricing and purchase options information.

Link to the online SPEC Kit 318 on the ARL Digital Publications website.