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ARL Statistics 2021 Publications Describe Resources, Services of Member Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Statistics 2021, ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2021, and ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2021. These three publications present...
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Library Impact Research Report: Open Access Publishing: A Study of UC Berkeley Faculty Views and Practices
As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, a team at the University of California (UC) Berkeley Library studied the relationship between faculty’s attitudes toward open access (OA) and their...
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Library Impact Research Report: Improving Primary Source Literacy Learning Outcomes through a Community-Centered Archives Approach
As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Libraries used its humanities core program—a year-long undergraduate freshman course that introduces students to the development...
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Library Impact Research Report: A Toolkit for Demonstrating and Measuring Impact of Primary Sources in Teaching and Learning
As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, a team from the University of Pittsburgh Library System addressed how special collections support teaching, learning, and research. This project developed a...
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Library Impact Practice Brief: Assessing Library Information Services and Demonstrating Value through the Tailored Design Method
Demonstrating the value of a biomedical library can be a daunting and somewhat ineffective task. The current literature base contains many articles attempting to achieve this goal by analyzing the...
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Library Impact Research Report: Discovery of Published Information by Early-Career Science Faculty
As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, a team from the University of Pittsburgh Library System conducted a study to understand the information-seeking behavior of early-career faculty in the...
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Final Week to Register for Library Assessment Conference 2022
Register by this Friday, October 28, for the 2022 Library Assessment Conference, to be held virtually Tuesday–Thursday, November 1–3. The preeminent conference in the field, this ninth biennial Library Assessment Conference...
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Research and Assessment Cycle Toolkit Shares Library Assessment Expertise
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Research and Analytics program has launched the Research and Assessment Cycle Toolkit. This resource will help library workers develop or expand their knowledge about...
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Register Now: Library Assessment Conference 2022 to Be Held November 1–3 Online
Register by Friday, October 28, for the 2022 Library Assessment Conference, to be held virtually Tuesday–Thursday, November 1–3. The preeminent conference in the field, this ninth biennial Library Assessment Conference is co-sponsored...
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Library Impact Practice Brief: Supporting Library Spaces Research in the Iowa State University Library with Project Outcome
In the busy world of academic research library assessment work, can simple and easy-to-use outcome-based assessment tools contribute in meaningful and actionable ways to library decision-making? This was the question...