Post on 18-Dec-2014
description
SCONUL Value and Impact Study
Evidence Base at Birmingham City University
Jo Alcock and Pete Dalton
Core aim
To review existing studies, projects and statistics on the value and impact of Higher Education libraries to develop resources for use by SCONUL Executive Board and SCONUL members.
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MethodologySecondary research is core focus, with some primary research
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Secondary research
• Existing research to be collated, summarised, and synthesised to extract:
• Methods
• Toolkits and guides
• High-level statistics
• Examples of good practice
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Primary research
• To uncover currently unreported examples of good practice and share them more broadly.
• Data collected via:
• Online survey
• Follow-up interviews
• Face-to-face and online discussions (such as today!)
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DeliverablesOutputs to support SCONUL Executive Board and SCONUL members
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Review report• Overview of findings from both
primary and secondary research
• To include:
• information on previous and current studies/projects
• methods for measuring value and impact
• headline findings
• guidance for future studies
• recommendations for future development
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Summary infographic
• For advocacy and communication with external bodies
• Data from SCONUL statistics and existing library data analytics
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Best practice guides
• For use within SCONUL members' libraries
• Practical guides to support measuring value and impact
• Available online and downloadable
TimescaleProject began in June and will complete in December
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Key areas of focus
June - Project initiation
July - Secondary research
August - Primary research
September - Analysis and synthesis
October - Drafting project outputs
November - Reviewing project outputs
December - Finalising project outputs
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Get involvedWays you can feed into the project
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Getting involved
• Project blog
• Complete and promote online survey (to be launched on 14th July and open until 5th September)
• Contribute to examples of best practice - email ebase@bcu.ac.uk
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Any questions/comments on the study?
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What studies, projects, toolkits and guides are you aware of to measure
the value and impact of your library?
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Existing resources
What do you currently do, or are planning to do, to measure the
value and impact of your library?
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Your experience
What one sentence would you like to be able to say about your library's
value and impact, and to whom?
The ideal
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Contact us
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ebase@bcu.ac.uk