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Student Success Outcomes and Predictors from the 2019 Student Survey

2021-01 , Anderson, Linda , University Library , Library Assessment

Averages of two student success measures, cumulative GPA and response to the survey question “To what extent have the Library’s resources and services contributed to your academic success?”, were estimated at two different levels of library resource usage and library building usage and for a variety of student groups, while adjusting for demographics and other predictor variables.

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Iowa State University Library Assessment Plan: Fiscal Year 2022 Report

2022-09 , Davis, Greg , Wampole, Katie , Vega García, Susan , University Library , Library Assessment

This report is the fourth annual Iowa State University Library Assessment Plan Report. It includes selected data visualizations along with narrative descriptions of measures and analysis in support of the library’s assessment plan. This report is intended to provide an update on the library’s progress related to the goals and objectives articulated in the library’s assessment plan strategy map. The structure of this report has been aligned with the library’s strategy map. The strategy map contains thirteen objectives. The body of this report will contain a section for each strategy map objective. Those sections will contain a review of performance indicators and the associated targets that have been established for each strategy map objective.

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ISU Library Focus Group Report by Question and Group

2022 , Davis, Greg , University Library , Library Assessment

Focus Group Report by Question and Group, data reflects interviews with Students, Faculty, Stakeholders, Library

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Unsub in Real Life: Using Unsub as Part of Serials Decisions and Negotiations

2022-3-29 , Harris, Jessica , Piwowar, Heather , Schares, Eric , Pope, Barbara M. , University Library

This presentation introduced attendees to the benefits and limitations of Unsub, a data analysis tool designed by OurResearch. In this presentation, OurResearch co-founder, Heather Piwowar, demonstrated the use of Unsub for analyzing usage and cost data on a library’s “Big Deal.” The other two presenters, Jessica Harris of the University of Chicago, and Eric Schares of Iowa State University, discussed how they used the tool at their libraries to make collection development decisions for their libraries’ journal subscriptions.

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Improving Subject Headings for Iowa Indigenous Peoples

2022-01 , Campbell, Heather , Dieckman, Christopher S. , Rose, Nausicaa , Wintermute, Harriet , University Library

By authorizing outdated terms for North American Indigenous peoples, the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) vocabulary deprioritizes or ignores the preferred names of the peoples being described. As a result, cataloging and metadata professionals constrained by LCSH often must apply names imposed during colonization. For example, in many library catalogs, works about people of the Meskwaki Nation in Iowa are labeled with “Fox Indians--Iowa” and “Sauk Indians--Iowa,” and Ioway peoples are described as “Iowa Indians.” As part of a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiative at Iowa State University Library, a working group in the Metadata Services department undertook a project to build, publish, and use a controlled vocabulary of preferred terms for Indigenous communities with ties to land that is now part of the state of Iowa. This paper describes the working group’s research, outreach efforts, published vocabulary, and process for adding the preferred subject headings to library metadata.

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Iowa State University Library Assessment Plan: Fiscal Year 2021 Report

2021-09 , Davis, Greg , Wampole, Katie , Dowell, Norma , Vega García, Susan , University Library , Library Assessment

This report is the third annual Iowa State University Library Assessment Plan Report. It includes selected data visualizations along with narrative descriptions of measures and analysis in support of the library’s assessment plan. This report is intended to provide an update on the library’s progress related to the goals and objectives articulated in the library’s assessment plan strategy map. The structure of this report has been aligned with the library’s strategy map. The strategy map contains thirteen objectives. The body of this report will contain a section for each strategy map objective. Those sections will contain a review of performance indicators and the associated targets that have been established for each strategy map objective.

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2021 Collection Measurement Report

2021-10-25 , Eddy, Jacob A. , University Library , Library Assessment

In times of continuous technological change and tumultuous developments in public health & safety, the form and function of Iowa State University Libraries continues to evolve and adapt. With ever-increasing demands for dynamic creative workspaces and persistent requirements for social distancing, Parks Library in particular has dramatically reduced the footprint of its physical collections in order to pave the way for this new direction. Based on a detailed measurement of the library’s collection, the amount of available shelving has reduced by over 11% during the past 2 years. This has freed up large tracks of space on 3rd and 4th Floors for new renovations. At the same time, the A-to-Z Rearrangement and LSB Transfer Projects were completed, easing congestion in the General Collection and redistributing items evenly over the remaining shelves. Space usage now rests at an average of 72.8% in Parks Library, with almost no overcrowding. Withdrawals have not quite kept up with growth over this time, however, so the overall collection has grown slightly. This is a reversal of previous trends, but may be the result of temporary circumstances during the 2020 shutdown. Future trends will be carefully monitored to ensure the continuing stability of all Iowa State collections.

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Library Accessibility Survey, 2021

2021 , Davis, Greg , University Library , Library Assessment

Student Accessibility Services (SAS) and Parks Library staff invited users your participation in this survey to help staff understand user experiences using Parks Library, the College of Design Reading Room, theCollege of Veterinary Medicine Library, and/or the ISU library website.

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Iowa State University Library Assessment Plan 2017-2022

2022 , Davis, Greg , Anderson, Linda , University Library , Library Assessment

The Iowa State University Library Assessment Program (ISULAP) raises the Library’s visibility and promotes the value of its collections, programs, services, and expert staff to multiple audiences both on- and off- campus. Using words, numbers, imagery, and context ISULAP assists users of the library in benefiting from the library and the services the library provides.

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Supporting Student-Centered Learning through Open Pedagogy

2021-01-01 , Elder, Abbey , Elder, Abbey , Reference and Instruction , University Library

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