CH.11 Using Statistical Gathering Tools to Determine Effectiveness and Accountability
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2013
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ALA TechSource
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Assessment is commonplace in academia and libraries are not immune to the scrutiny placed on other academic units. Shrinking budgets, mixed with inflationary database and journal costs, force libraries to justify every expense. While librarians may think that LibGuides are wonderful, how does a library evaluate and assess, and ultimately justify, the product’s worth? The chapter explores ways to value LibGuides through review of statistics and other factors using a rubric.
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LibGuides, assessment, rubric, analytics,, statistics, accountability, value, cost, active engagement
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Baldwin, L. and McFadden, S. (2013) Assessment - LibGuides and Google Analytics: Using statistical gathering tools to determine effectiveness and accountability. In A.W. Dobbs, R. L. Sittler, and D. Cook (Eds.), Using LibGuides to enhance library services: A LITA guide. (191-219). Chicago: American Library Association.
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Permission to include this in IUScholarWorks granted by J. Michael Jeffers through email dated 2/19/2013
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ALA Editions/ALA TechSource/Huron Street Press/ALA Neal-Schuman
50 E. Huron
Chicago, IL 60660
312 280-2168
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