ARL is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Library Assessment Conference poster session. The awards were presented on October 29, 2012, at the conference in Charlottesville, Virginia. The winning posters, along with all poster session submissions, are now available on the conference website.
The highly regarded poster session was part of the biennial Library Assessment Conference sponsored by ARL, the University of Virginia, and the University of Washington. The 2012 session featured 86 posters on the topics of Data and Collections, Learning, LibQUAL+® and Other Surveys, Methods, Organizational Performance, Reference and Research Services, Space, and Usability. Subject experts judged the submissions on content (benefit for practice, appropriateness of methodology) and aesthetics (logical organization, visual attraction) and selected nine Judges’ Choice posters. From among these selections, conference attendees chose two People’s Choice posters.
People’s and Judges’ Choice Awards
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Making Use of What You Are Already Collecting: Library Data and Student Success (PDF)
Kate Peterson, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
Shane Nackerud, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
Janet Fransen, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
Kristen Mastel , University of Minnesota–Twin Cities -
RAILS Results 1 Year Later: What We’ve Learned and Changed So Far (PDF)
Jenny Rushing Mills, Belmont University
Jackie Belanger, University of Washington, Bothell and Cascadia Community College
Claire Holmes, Towson University
Carroll Wilkinson, West Virginia University
Judges’ Choice Awards
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Building a 21st-Century Learning Environment: The Power of LibQUAL+ Information to Foster Change! (PDF)
Carolyn Hart, Atlanta University Center -
Doing LibQUAL+ at the Worst Possible Time: How Changes in the University and Library Affected Results (PDF)
Marcia Rapchak, Duquesne University
Allison Brungard, Duquesne University
David Nolfi, Duquesne University
Tracie Ballock, Duquesne University
Bridget Euliano, Duquesne University
Joe Nelson, Duquesne University -
Breaking Barriers: A Qualitative Assessment of Library Use by Distance Education Students from Low Socio‐economic Backgrounds (PDF)
Anne Horn, Deakin University
Sue Owen, Deakin University
Michael Currie, Deakin University -
What’s the Story, Morning Glory? A Content Analysis of Land‐Grant Universities Libraries Assessment and Fact Pages (PDF)
Rick Stoddart, Oregon State University -
Avoiding the Runaround: Implementing DeskStats to Improve User Experience (PDF)
Sarah Northam, Texas A&M University–Commerce
Gail Johnston, Texas A&M University–Commerce -
The Suma Project: An Open‐Source, Mobile Tool Enabling Observational Data Collection and Analysis (PDF)
Joyce Chapman, Triangle Research Libraries Network
Jason Casden, North Carolina State University -
“Instruction…that just bugs me!” Using Card‐Sorting to Arrange Menu Items on an Academic Library Homepage (PDF)
Kymberly Goodson, University of California, San Diego
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