Search
-
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.
SHARE YOUR RESEARCH
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
Full Report (PDF)
Executive Summary (PDF)
Bibliography (PDF)Now available for purchase in print through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Categories
- Assessment in Action
- Communicating Value
- Events
- Faculty Grants
- Faculty Research Productivity
- Faculty Teaching
- General
- Institutional Reputation/Prestige
- Library Impact on Faculty/Staff
- Library Impact on Students
- Podcasts
- Publications
- Student Career Success
- Student Enrollment
- Student Experience/Engagement
- Student Grade/Test Achievement
- Student Learning Outcomes
- Student Retention
- Uncategorized
- Value Report
- Value Summits
Archives
Categories
- Assessment in Action
- Communicating Value
- Events
- Faculty Grants
- Faculty Research Productivity
- Faculty Teaching
- General
- Institutional Reputation/Prestige
- Library Impact on Faculty/Staff
- Library Impact on Students
- Podcasts
- Publications
- Student Career Success
- Student Enrollment
- Student Experience/Engagement
- Student Grade/Test Achievement
- Student Learning Outcomes
- Student Retention
- Uncategorized
- Value Report
- Value Summits
Archives
Admin
Category Archives: Institutional Reputation/Prestige
ALA Annual: Accreditation Case Study
During the Value of Academic Libraries update session at ALA in San Francisco, Jennifer Fabbi (Library Dean, CSU San Marcos) and Carole Huston (Associate Provost, University of San Diego) shared their experience assessing information literacy within the framework of the WASC more »
Posted in Communicating Value, Institutional Reputation/Prestige, Student Learning Outcomes
Comments Off on ALA Annual: Accreditation Case Study
ALA Annual: Information Literacy as a Core Competency
At the Update on Value of Academic Libraries Initiative session at ALA Annual in San Francisco, the Value of Academic Libraries committee will present a case study on including information literacy as a core competency in accreditation standards. Please join more »
Posted in Events, Institutional Reputation/Prestige
Comments Off on ALA Annual: Information Literacy as a Core Competency
Libraries and Accreditation
This post is from Peter McDonald, Dean of Library Services at Fresno State. He thanks Patty Iannuzzi and Theresa Byrd, whose conversations with him on this topic formed the ideas in the post below. The accreditation commission Western Association of Schools more »
Posted in General, Institutional Reputation/Prestige
Comments Off on Libraries and Accreditation