Sharing Success: A Review of Strategic Planning, Annual Reports, and Publicly Available Information from Academic Libraries

Abstract

Objective -This paper reports on a study which explored web-based information sharing practices in North American academic libraries. This study specifically focused on how selected academic libraries use data, reports, and other strategic planning documents to communicate Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2018, 13.2 71 success and demonstrate impact to stakeholders, administrators, and peers.Methods -An environmental scan was conducted to explore the assessment programs and communication practices of 97 North American academic libraries. The population for this study was identified on the basis of several metrics: consortial membership, Association of Research Libraries (ARL) ranking on various criteria, and institutional attendance at the 2014 and 2016 Library Assessment Conferences (LAC). Researchers conducted content analyses on the websites of the 97 libraries to identify measures of institutional support for assessment and to explore the range, depth, and quality of data made available. These iterative analyses were supported by the use of a rubric developed based on emergent criteria observed during multiple phases of review.

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“…Strategic management methods are successfully applied in the management of modern organizations (Bartkus, Glassman, & McAfee, 2006;Buzzell, 2004;Sazonenka, Towhid, & Siemieniako, 2018). Strategic planning of the organization involves the use of a various kind of information (Pasichnyi, Levihn, Shahrokni, Wallin, & Kordas, 2019;Springmier, Edwards, & Bass, 2018), while strategic plans based on a well-established process of collecting and processing information can improve the efficiency of commercial organizations (Enad, 2019).…”

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“…19 Kaitlin Springmier, Elizabeth Edwards, and Michelle B. Bass provide a benchmark on how academic libraries communicate their assessment projects publicly and found that libraries are using not just numbers, but also narratives and stories to provide context for the quantitative data collected. 20 Their study included libraries that used their strategic plans to provide a framework for their activities and goals.…”

Evidence-based Practice

“…Libraries must move beyond "tombstone statistics", such as titles or volumes held, gate counts, classes taught, as they provide an incomplete picture of the library's impact and may be incomprehensible to stakeholders. (Springmier, Edwards, & Bass, 2018). Non-traditional and emerging methods of evidence gathering, such as techniques from user experience and design thinking methodologies, can complement statistics, enrich interpretation and add meaning.…”