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The Value of Collaboration in Demonstrating Your
Library’s Value
Joyce A. Meldrem
Library Director
Loras College
Dubuque, IA
Brick & Click 2014
How many of you experienced this group dynamic when working on a project in college?
Strategic Plan
1. Shape the Library’s collection to support all the informational needs of Loras College’s faculty, staff, and students
2. Seek new and increased funding for the Library
3. Ensure the library space is inviting, adaptable, and configured to enhance learning, research, and collegial interaction.
4. Promote awareness of the value of the Library in the lives of the Loras community through our marketing efforts
5. Maintain and develop services and relationships that enhance faculty teaching, research, and student learning
Seek new & increased funding
• Objective 1: Seek additional funding from administration for the library• Activity 1: Educate and appeal to administration
• Conduct research
• Apply findings to our Library
• Describe the cost and necessary infrastructure for essential Library service
• Create a visually engaging presentation
• Activity 2: Present the above report at a strategic planning meeting
• Identify appropriate meetings and get on the agenda
Strategic Plan - Next Steps
The President’s current priorities:
• Retention
• Recruitment
• Philanthropy
• Alumni relations
• Online Learning
• Student Achievement*
How would you choose what types of information would you share with administrators if you were going to ask for more funding?
Strategic Plan – Timing
• Fall 2011• Started research
• Summer 2012• Original presentation date
• Spring 2015• New presentation date
• Fall 2013• A wrinkle in our plan
• Spring 2014• Actual presentation date
Timing – September 2013
The wrinkle in our plan…
Curr
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Cla
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Timing – December 2013
An even bigger wrinkle!
Research
We began to gather, read, and highlight articles. We eventually ended up reading 55 articles and citing 27 of them.
Collaboration
Reading & highlighting articles
Making digital copies
Gathering quotes
Gathering outside statistics
Gathering internal data
Writing a synopsis
Working with the data
Creating a bibliography
Gathering testimonials
Creating the presentation
Editing the presentation
Collaboration
Interns
Librarians
Staff members
Registrar
Student employees
Collaboration
Looked for
studies we
could easily
replicate and
we found this
one
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3.5-4 3.0-3.49 2.5-2.99 2.0-2.49 0-1.99
Library Materials Checked Out Correlated with GPA
Total First Year Sophomores Juniors Seniors
Presentation - Practice
Presentation - Critique
Lesson Learned
Changes made
Added section divider quotes
Created a guide slide
Emphasized data
Added a new section
Added a “next steps”/conclusion
What do YOU think is
the most important
information from this
slide to include?
What title would you
give the slide?
2002 2012
% Expended on Books 53.3% 2.7%
% Expended on Databases 12.3% 46.2%
Total Library Budget $710,488* $568,851*
Total Materials Budget $468,099* $304,644*
Enrich Iowa Program We receive approximately $1,000-$1,400 per year.
Iowa College Foundation GrantIn 2013 we received $4,573 – however, this isn’t an annual amount.
Thomas Gifford Grant In 2013 we received $1,000 grant to organize and provide access to
the Thomas Gifford (Dubuque author) papers.
Point of view
Organization
Ease of reading
Created interest
Gave some titles more “punch”
We know that students who attend library instruction sessions are positively affected by the experience.
Librarians teach information literacy skills.
Library skills persist past graduation.
Why does library instruction matter?
Information literacy instruction:A core library function
Library instruction teaches
workforce-ready skills.
Outline - Original
Today’s Library• Mission Statement • Library Collections• Library Spaces• Library Services• Library PR/Outreach• Library Finances• Library Personnel
Current Students• Partnerships with faculty
• Acquisitions Budget
• Library Usage
• Benefits for students
• Library Instruction
Prospective Students
Alumni
Future of the Library
5 sections with the greatest concentration on today’s library
then current students
Outline - 2.0
Prospective Students
• Campus facility in college selection
• Resources
• Study Spaces
Current Students (continued)
• Spaces
• Hours open
• Why students come to the library
• Why it’s important to study in the library
• Services
• Information Literacy
• Research Help Center
• Library Staff
• Partnerships with faculty
• Building Community
• Events & Promotions
Current Students • Database Use
• Books checked out
• Money spent – peer comparison & Loras comparison 2002/2012
• Why those things matter
• Materials checked out
• Expenditure effects on retention & graduation
Alumni
• Enduring value of the library
• Work-force ready skills
Library Spaces
• Requests from students
• Library as 3rd space
Conclusion
• Value of the Library
• Why it’s important
5 sections with the greatest concentration on current students
then prospective students
Outline - Comparison
Today’s Library
7 subheadings
Prospective Students
0 subheadings
Current Students
5 subheadings
Alumni
0 subheadings
Future of the Library
0 subheadings
Prospective Students
3 subheadings
Current Students
7 subheadings
Alumni
2 subheadings
Library Spaces
3 subheadings
Conclusion
2 subheadings
Original Outline Outline 2.0
I can do things you cannot.
You can do things I cannot.
Together we can do great things.
Mother Teresa
Another Lesson Learned
Walk the talk?
Re-using the End Results to Communicate our Value
Administrators Faculty & Students @
Loras Legacy Symposium
Colleagues @
Iowa Private Libraries
Conference
Library Displays, Parent Newsletter, Personal Librarian E-mail,
Bathroom Advertisements, Staff Development Workshop, Brick & Click
Thank You!
Joyce A. Meldrem
Library Director
Loras College Library
Dubuque, IA
http://libguides.loras.edu/libraryvalue
