ALA Annual 2007 Panel: "We Have the Data, Now What?"

["Steven Adams" <biolibrarian@gmail.com>]

ALA Annual Conference 2007 IN WASHINGTON D.C.

The RUSA-CODES Collection Development Policies and Assessment Committee
Presents:

We Have the Data, Now What?": 
Putting Your Collection Assessment Data to Work

Collection assessment initiatives can consume vast amounts of 
resources, time, and energy; hence, library administrators should 
seek to produce tangible results with the data they collect. Many 
libraries gather assessment data, but drop the ball when it comes 
to analysis and the use of data to inform significant collection 
management decisions. The goal of this panel discussion is to 
highlight successful projects that have made use of collection 
assessment data in significant and innovative ways. This program 
will take a pragmatic approach to collection assessment, focusing 
on its transformative potential.

Location information:
Renaissance Washington DC: Renaissance Ballroom East
Date: Saturday, 6/23/2007
Time: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Panel Moderator:
Steven M. Adams, Biological and Life Science Librarian
Princeton University

Panel Presentations:

* Collection Assessment: What a Director Finds Useful

Assessment and analysis tools support fine-grained views of 
collections and services and assist library administrators in 
making decisions that are backed by data. This presentation will 
cover broad-stroke tools that are useful at the director's level. 
The broad political uses of OCLC's Collection Analysis and 
LibQual+ tools will be covered.

Shirley Baker, Vice Chancellor for Scholarly Resources and Dean of
Libraries, Washington University

* How journal use-statistics influence collections decisions at 
Owen Science & Engineering Library. Owen Science and Engineering 
Library has been collecting continuous statistics on use of its 
journals (both print and online) for 11 years. This presentation 
will cover how these statistics are used to make decisions about 
the journal collection.

Betty Galbraith, Science Librarian
Washington State University

* How Data is Driving the Decision Making with JSTOR titles at 
the Oklahoma State University Library

The Oklahoma State University Library is facing the challenge of 
dwindling shelf space for library collections.  A recent 
facilities study indicates that the main OSU library is filled 
beyond its recommended capacity.  This presentation will describe 
their effort to recover shelf space in the main library using a 
study of the bound journals that are available in their JSTOR 
collections. The findings have yielded data sets that are being 
utilized in strategic planning initiatives for their collections.

Karen Neurohr, Assessment Librarian
Oklahoma State University

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