Grand Finale of CLIC's Year of Assessment on June 4 at Hamline

Are you registered to attend "The Value of Academic Libraries" on June 4?  Please see below for information you'll need for the day.

Location
Anderson Student Center, Hamline University
Campus Map


Preparation
Our speaker, Megan Oakleaf, has requested that attendees bring one form of external-facing communications from their libraries.   This could be a library bookmark, poster, brochure, newsletter, annual report, print out of a web page that communicates information about the library...just something that communicates the library to an external audience.  She has a short activity planned for these items.  

Parking
Campus parking will not be enforced in the lots, except in specifically reserved spaces on June 4. Besides the Anderson Center underground (hourly fee-based) parking, we recommend that CLIC event attendees stick to the lots on the south end of campus. Lot H next to the Hamline United Methodist Church has entrances off of Englewood or Minnehaha Avenues or Lot E with an entrance off of Pascal Street. Street parking is also available. Summer school begins that day, so our attendees will be competing with students for parking, as well as the state high school track meet on the north end of campus. Track meet attendees are encouraged to park at the fairgrounds and will be bused to campus. CLIC event attendees should allow for extra travel time to account for increased traffic around Hamline. 

Agenda
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Registration and refreshments
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
9:30 – 11:30 a.m. Megan Oakleaf, The Value of Academic Libraries: Research & Recommendations
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.  LUNCH
12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Megan Oakleaf, The Value of Academic Libraries: Reframing, Reflecting, and Reporting Results 

Food

Lunch is a box lunch sandwich. All registered attendees should have received an email from Maureen Fitzgerald asking for food choice. If you registered but did not receive the email, please contact Maureen at the CLIC office.

CLIC's Year of Assessment has been brought to you by the 2012-13 Assessment Task Force:

Dan Gjelten, Chair

Stacy Cutinella

Kimberly Feilmeyer

Ginny Heinrich

Andrea Koeppe

Michael Mitchell
Jessica Moore

Zach Moss

CLIC Staff Ruth Dukelow and Maureen Fitzgerald

June 14 Ceremony to Dedicate David Barton Garden

The ceremony to dedicate the David Barton Reflective Garden and Community Labyrinth will be held on Friday, June 14, 2013, at 3:00 p.m., at Metropolitan State.

CLIC Hosts Vendor Demos and Webinars

The CLIC Board and Task Force have invited two vendors, ExLibris and OCLC, to present two-day demonstrations of their systems. The ExLibris Alma demos were held on May 6 and  May 7, 2013. The OCLC Worldshare demos will be held on Wednesday, June 5 and Thursday, June 6, 2013. CLIC has also invited two vendors to present webinars on their company's future directions: ProQuest Intota on June 17, and Innovative Interfaces, Inc., on June 18.

Attendance is limited to CLIC member library staff only. Member library staff are welcome to attend any of the sessions.  Sessions will be recorded for member library staff who are unable to attend. The demonstrations at each session will be based on the scenarios and other input provided by the CLIC Committees and COIs. Please note that the vendors will demonstrate their systems only, and pricing will not be discussed during the sessions.

The schedule for the OCLC WorldShare demo is:

Wednesday, June 5, Woulfe Alumni Hall (north), UST, 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. General Demonstration 1

This session will cover a higher-level look at system design and how it functions. We have asked the vendors to tell about their company's vision of the future of library services, what makes their product distinct, and what opportunities their system has for consortia. The vendor will demonstrate general features: Administrative functionality (including authorizations, log-ins, system support, customer support, development schedule, training), the migration and implementation process, and a general overview of the system's architecture. 

Wednesday, June 5, Woulfe Alumni Hall (north), UST, 1:00 pm – 3:30 p.m. Collections and Resource Management

In this session, vendors are asked to do a live demonstration of their system’s collections and resource management features: Acquisitions, Metadata / Cataloging, Digital collections/repositories, Serials, E-resources, and license manager/ERMs.

Thursday, June 6, Woulfe Alumni Hall (north), UST, 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Circulation and Resource Sharing

In this session, vendors are asked to do a live demonstration of their system’s Circulation and Resource Sharing features: Circulation, Reserves, ILL and Resource Sharing, Inventory, and Patron Records and Privacy.

Thursday, June 6, Woulfe Alumni Hall (north), UST, 1:00 pm – 3:30 p.m. General Demonstration 2

In this final session, vendors are asked to demonstrate a variety of general features: Discovery, Mobile, Link resolver, A-to-Z lists, statistics and reporting, interoperability with other systems, and other system features which the vendor did not cover in earlier sessions. This time will also be used for a general wrap up and final questions.

Register Now for The Value of Academic Libraries!

Email Maureen Fitzgerald today to reserve your seat for the CLIC-wide Assessment Conference, The Value of Academic Libraries, featuring Dr. Megan Oakleaf, on June 4, 2013.

Throughout the 2012-13 school year, CLIC has offered a series of mini-workshops focusing on various assessment activities in academic libraries.  The June 4 Conference is our Grand Finale to CLIC's Year of Assessment, and we encourage all CLIC library staff to attend!

Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., CLIC-wide Assessment Conference: The Value of Academic Libraries, Presenter: Megan Oakleaf of ACRL and Syracuse University 

Location: Hamline University, Anderson Student Center, St. Paul, MN 

Cost: CLIC library staff - FREE. 
Non-CLIC - $70.00. 

Registration: Pre-registration is required for CLIC and non-CLIC attendees. To register, please email Maureen Fitzgerald at maureen.fitzgerald@clic.edu no later than Thursday, May 30, 2013.

Program Description: Dr. Oakleaf will present two programs at the Conference. 
Morning session: The Value of Academic Libraries: Research & Recommendations
Dr. Megan Oakleaf will detail some of her research findings on the concept of library value in the emerging era of heightened institutional accountability. She will review what the library field knows so far about value, what the field still needs to learn, and the report's recommendations about how libraries should pursue this knowledge in order to demonstrate their institutional value, in this time of significant, ongoing change for libraries and their institutions. 
Afternoon session: The Value of Academic Libraries: Reframing, Reflecting, and Reporting Results
Building on the morning keynote session, Dr. Oakleaf will lead workshop participants to engage the challenge of aligning library services and resources with missions of their overarching institutions. Through targeted activities and small group discussion, participants will explore the unique value of their library within its institutional contexts, consider strategies for enhancing the library value proposition, and reflect on methods for communicating value to stakeholders outside the library. Finally, participants will identify common barriers to demonstrating library value and brainstorm ways to overcome them. 

Speaker Bio: Dr. Megan Oakleaf is an Associate Professor in the iSchool at Syracuse University where she teaches Reference and Information Literacy Services and Planning, Marketing, and Assessing Library Services. Her research interests include outcomes assessment, evidence-based decision making, information literacy instruction, information services, and digital librarianship. She is the author of The Value of Academic Libraries Comprehensive Review and Report and is on the faculty of the ACRL Immersion Program. Her latest book is Academic Library Value: The Impact Starter Kit (available for sale online at her website). 

Previously, Megan served as Librarian for Instruction and Undergraduate Research at North Carolina State University. In this role, she provided and assessed information literacy instruction; she also trained fellow reference librarians in instructional theory and methods. Megan earned her PhD in library and information science at UNC-Chapel Hill and her MLS at Kent State University. Prior to a career in librarianship, she taught advanced composition in Ohio public secondary schools. 

CLIC Vendor Demos Scheduled for May 6-7 and June 5-6

The CLIC Board and Task Force have invited two vendors, ExLibris and OCLC, to present two-day demonstrations of their systems.

ExLibris Alma - Monday, May 6 and Tuesday, May 7, 2013

OCLC Worldshare - Wednesday, June 5 and Thursday, June 6, 2013

Attendance is limited to CLIC member library staff only. Member library staff are welcome to attend any of the sessions.  Sessions will be recorded for member library staff who are unable to attend. The demonstrations at each session will be based on the scenarios and other input provided by the CLIC Committees and COIs. Please note that the vendors will demonstrate their systems only, and pricing will not be discussed during the sessions.

The schedule for the ExLibris Alma demo is:

Monday, May 6, University of St. Thomas, Anderson Student Center, Woulfe Alumni Hall South, 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. General Demonstration 1

This session will cover a higher-level look at system design and how it functions. We have asked the vendors to tell about their company's vision of the future of library services, what makes their product distinct, and what opportunities their system has for consortia. The vendor will demonstrate general features: Administrative functionality (including authorizations, log-ins, system support, customer support, development schedule, training), the migration and implementation process, and a general overview of the system's architecture. 

Monday, May 6, University of St. Thomas, Anderson Student Center, Woulfe Alumni Hall South, 1:00 pm – 3:30 p.m. Collections and Resource Management

In this session, vendors are asked to do a live demonstration of their system’s collections and resource management features: Acquisitions, Metadata / Cataloging, Digital collections/repositories, Serials, E-resources, and license manager/ERMs.

Tuesday, May 7, Macalester College, JBD Room, Campus Center, 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Circulation and Resource Sharing
In this session, vendors are asked to do a live demonstration of their system’s Circulation and Resource Sharing features: Circulation, Reserves, ILL and Resource Sharing, Inventory, and Patron Records and Privacy.

Tuesday, May 7, Macalester College, Harmon Room, DeWitt Wallace Library, 1:00 pm – 3:30 p.m. General Demonstration 2

In this final session, vendors are asked to demonstrate a variety of general features: Discovery, Mobile, Link resolver, A-to-Z lists, statistics and reporting, interoperability with other systems, and other system features which the vendor did not cover in earlier sessions.  This time will also be used for a general wrap up and final questions.

The OCLC WorldShare sessions will be held at UST Woulfe Alumni Hall (north), June 5-6, 2013.  We will post complete information on this blog later. Please note that the Vendor Demo information and locations are also listed on CLIC's calendar at: http://clic.edu/newclic/main/calendar.asp

Assessment Workshops at CLIC

Did you miss CLIC's Assessment mini-workshop on April 3? You can read about using Google Forms for assessment purposes on CLIC's Google site for assessment, thanks to presenters Greg Argo and Zach Moss from Concordia University Library.

Other programs at the April workshop included Jessica Nelson Moore's presentation on Northwestern College's LibQUAL+® 2008 and 2012 assessments of the Berntsen Library and a presentation on User-defined valued metrics for electronic journals by Katherine Chew, Jim Stemper, Caroline Lilyard, and Mary Schoenborn of the University of Minnesota Libraries. A big thank you to all of our speakers for an excellent program!

REGISTER NOW FOR CLIC'S UPCOMING ASSESSMENT WORKSHOPS!

CLIC's next Assessment mini-workshop will be Assessment of Students, Usage, and Library Instruction on Wednesday, May 1, 9:00 a.m. - 12 noon, at the Harmon Room, DeWitt Wallace Library, Macalester College. Presenters include Amy Sheehan, Hamline University; Lyndi Fabbrini, Verena Getahun, Will Keillor, and Michael Mitchell, Bethel University; Lisa Raymond, Walden University; and Ginny Moran Heinrich, Macalester College.

May 1st Cost: CLIC library staff - FREE. Non-CLIC - $10.00. 


Registration: Pre-registration is required for CLIC and non-CLIC attendees. To register, please email Maureen Fitzgerald at maureen.fitzgerald@clic.edu 

May 1st Program descriptions

Sinking under the pressure to assess everything? Buoy your efforts with SAILS. Hamline University explains how they have used the SAILS (Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy Skills) assessment tool as a launching point to assess student learning on numerous information literacy learning outcomes. Highlights include: Why you too, might benefit from assessing with SAILS, why we'll move on to other assessment practices, what do students want to know about these competencies, and how to use the results to change how and what you teach.

Bethel’s Ethnographic Study. Interested in knowing more about students' use of your library space?  Learn how to go beyond gate counts and comment boxes to get detailed data on what students like about your library and how they use it.

Walden University Library Assessment. The Walden University Library uses student library usage data to inform library decision making.  This session will explore the origin of and methods used in the library's ongoing project to mine data collected during reference transactions.  The session will also provide an overview of the library’s ongoing research into student library usage.

Macalester’s Research Practices Survey. What kind of impact does our information fluency instruction have? All first year students at Macalester College took the Research Practices Survey in September 2012 and were resurveyed in January 2013. Ginny Moran Heinrich will review results and next steps for Macalester.

You can also register now for the CLIC-wide Conference, The Value of Academic Libraries, on June 4 featuring Megan Oakleaf.

June 4 Location: Hamline University, Anderson Student Center, St. Paul, MN

June 4 Cost: CLIC library staff - FREE. Non-CLIC - $70.00.
Registration: Pre-registration is required for CLIC and non-CLIC attendees. To register, please email Maureen Fitzgerald at maureen.fitzgerald@clic.edu    

CLIC Co-Sponsors Spark Fest

CLIC is pleased to be a co-sponsor of Spark Fest: Twin Cities Digital Humanities Symposium to be held on May 14-15, 2013.

Symposium Overview

Have you been following developments in digital humanities? Are you ready to take the plunge and develop new projects? Would you like to take your digital humanities projects to the next level?

The Twin Cities Digital Humanities Symposium is an opportunity for scholars (faculty and graduate students) from humanities and computer science fields, academic technologists, programmers, research consultants, librarians, and other academic support staff from Minnesota to come together to spark new research. The symposium will offer inspiring examples of digital humanities scholarship, provide an opportunity to discuss tools and issues at the heart of the research, allow you to network with potential research partners, and -- more than anything -- provide ample opportunity for participant discussion. This research retreat is designed to facilitate brainstorming, problem solving, and inspiration.

Spark Fest is organized by the University of Minnesota Libraries and Macalester College DeWitt Wallace Library. The symposium is co-sponsored by CLIC (Cooperating Libraries in Consortium) and the UMN College of Liberal Arts Office of Information Technology.