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
Terms:2010, Access to Federally Funded Research, Access to Government Information, Copyright, Fair Use, Open Access, Public Access Policies, Publications, Research Library Issues, Telecommunications Policies, Text
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.
Terms:2010, Accessibility, LeiLani Freund, Library Administration, Library Services, M. Suzanne Brown, Publications, Space, Facilities, and Services, SPEC Kit, Text
SPEC Kit 320 explores the core employment benefits of retirement, and life, health, and other insurance —benefits that are typically decided by the parent institution and often have significant governmental regulation. It includes documentation from respondents that describe the benefits offered to library staff, provide details about retirement plans and life and health insurance options, and describe job requirements for staff who administer benefits programs.
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 320 on the ARL Digital Publications website.
RLI issue 272 includes:
- Developing a Vital Research Library Workforce
- Transforming Roles for Academic Librarians: Leading and Participating in New Partnerships
- Restructuring at UCLA Library
- Understanding the Organizational Value of Post–Master’s Degree Residency Programs
SPEC Kit 319 explores what progress has been made in ARL member libraries to recruit and retain a diverse workforce; the strategies they use to increase the number of ethnically/culturally diverse librarians in the profession and in their libraries; the elements of programs that successfully support an inclusive workplace; the people, groups, and/or committees responsible for overseeing the programs; and how libraries are assessing the effectiveness and success of such programs. It includes documentation from respondents in the form of diversity statements, diversity plans, and descriptions of diversity and recruitment programs.
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Link to the online SPEC Kit 319
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.
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
Terms:2010, Assessment, Balanced Scorecard, LibQUAL+, LibValue, MINES for Libraries, Publications, Research Library Issues, Space, Facilities, and Services, Text
SPEC Kit 317 examines exhibits, events, instruction, and other activities that are targeted to engage students, faculty, and other scholars/researchers with special collections for research and education. It investigates who coordinates these activities, where they are held, how they are promoted, and how they are evaluated. It includes documentation from respondents in the form of policies and procedures, class request procedures, descriptions of class assignments and resources, job descriptions, and exhibit and event promotional methods.
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 317 on the ARL Digital Publications website.
Terms:2010, Adam Berenbak, Campus Engagement, Cate Putirskis, Claire Ruswick, Danica Cullinan, Emily Walters, Judy Allen Dodson, Kathy Brown, Library Administration, Publications, SPEC Kit, Special Collections and Archives, Text
SPEC Kit 316 re-examines the ways in which ARL member libraries have (re)structured themselves to identify the availability of new e-resources in the market; evaluate them as candidates for acquisition; decide to acquire/purchase the e-resources; evaluate them prior to their renewal to determine their continued utility; and publicize or market the new e-resources. Nearly identical questions were posed regarding purchases/licensing by consortia and by individual libraries, enabling comparisons in process to be made. This SPEC Kit includes documentation from respondents in the form of e-resource selection policies, e-resource request and evaluation procedures, descriptions of library and consortia e-resource selectors, job descriptions, and promotional methods.
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 316 on the ARL Digital Publications website.
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