2016 Charleston Library Conference

Assessment is crucial to ensure libraries meet the needs of their patrons and to show ROI on the libraries' collection investments. But what measurements are librarians taking to answer these questions and how are they collecting data? How is the data being presented and to whom? A panel of Assessment Librarians discusses the methods they use and share practical ideas for librarians tasked with measuring usage, cost-per-download, LibGuide views, web behavior, and other stats in their libraries. Learn from your colleagues about new initiatives like custom in-house databases for tracking Journals usage or a study of two years'-worth of reference transactions looking at time of day, the questions asked, and the level of questions asked based on the READ scale. Attendees will come away with actionable ideas on using statistics to show the value of the library.