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Change across all facets of society—including demographic, technological, and economic change—has the potential to greatly impact higher education and the academic library. As we move further into the 21st century, it is important to pay attention to the trends around us to inform our thinking about where institutions of higher education and their libraries are headed. This site features resources from the Association of College and Research Libraries (a division of the American Library Association) related to the value of academic and research libraries.
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Working on a Value of Academic Libraries project at your institution? Share your research through our VAL project survey. We’ll highlight many of these projects on our blog.VALUE OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: A COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH REVIEW AND REPORT
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ACRL e-Learning webcast series: Learning Analytics –Strategies for Optimizing Student Data
Registration is available for the three-part webcast series, “Learning Analytics: Strategies for Optimizing Student Data on Your Campus.” This webcast series, co-sponsored by the ACRL Value of Academic Libraries Committee, the Student Learning and Information Committee, and the ACRL Instruction more »
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ALA Annual: ACRL Student Retention Discussion Group
One way that libraries can demonstrate value is through impact on student retention. This blog post from Jaime Hammond has examples of three libraries pursuing correlation studies of library impact on student retention. The ACRL Student Retention Discussion Group, formed more »
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Value of Academic Libraries Research Agenda Meeting
During this year’s ALA Annual Conference, I had the opportunity to lead a group of 50 librarians and library school faculty in the beginning stages of developing a national research agenda on the value of academic libraries. Building on key more »
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