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Primo Usability Study, Spring 2018

2018 , Anderson, Linda , University Library , Library Assessment

New features added to Quick Search (Primo), besides the new interface, include a choice to search Partner Libraries (TRAC consortium) and a search scope choice of Library Collections + Articles; Library Collections; ISU Digital Collections; and Special Collections. Tasks in the interview scripts were written to explore volunteers’ usual methods of searching for articles and/or books, and to see if they are aware of and use features such as Advanced Search; facets; scope dropdown inside the search box; options to save results such as email, Favorites (pin icon), citation or Endnote; Partner Libraries search; My Library Card; and if they can find items from ISU Digital Collections or Special Collections. If they are not already aware of these features, can they find them? In another task, volunteers were asked to rank the facet groups by importance on a printout of search results.

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Article Indexes & Databases Page Usability Study, Spring 2018

2018-04-16 , Anderson, Linda , University Library , Library Assessment

In June 2017, the Article Indexes & Databases (AID) link on the library website was changed from the AID pages developed in-house to the Libguides A-Z list. Also in June 2017 and also affecting article searches, Quick Search was switched to the new Primo interface. In August 2017, a new home page design was implemented. Tasks in the interview script were written to explore volunteers’ usual methods of searching for articles, which could include using Quick Search, Google Scholar, going directly to a specific database, or using the AID page to get to a known database. Only one participant reported used the AID page to search for a new database as part of their usual routine.

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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By authorizing outdated terms for North American Indigenous peoples, the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) vocabulary deprioritizes or ignores the preferred names of the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 2018 Report

2018 , Davis, Greg , Anderson, Linda , University Library , Library Assessment

The Iowa State University Library Assessment Plan was developed over the course of 2017, and adopted in October of 2017. The plan provides a framework for efforts related to the creation, assembly, and analysis of library data and information. The assessment plan and supporting information related to it can be found on the Iowa State Library Assessment Website. The assessment plan is aligned with the library’s five year strategic plan (2015-2020) and is intended to support strategic decision-making in the library.

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2016 Library Student and Postdoc User Survey Report

2016 , Anderson, Linda , Belding, Michael , Davis, Greg , Larson, Janice , Madison, Olivia , University Library , Library Assessment

The goal of this survey was to measure the user perceptions of undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars of the value, impact, and service quality of the services provided by Iowa State University Library.

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Library Home Page Usability Summary

2018 , Anderson, Linda , University Library , Library Assessment

A new home page design for the ISU Library website was implemented in August 2017. This redesign was influenced by an X’s and O’s study conducted to find out which elements of the home page were deemed important and not important by study volunteers. Recommendations were to make “Floor and tier maps,” “Reserve a Library Space,” and “Hours” (display today’s hours) more visually noticeable. Although Research & Course Guides were one of the most circled items in the study, three commenters asked for a section listing information by major, so while it seems to be desired, it may not be recognizable.

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Bulk Metadata Cleanup with OpenRefine

2023-10 , Campbell, Heather , University Library

This poster illustrates a project undertaken to normalize descriptive metadata for 80 digital collections. It describes the project objectives: improving metadata quality for users, preparing metadata for migration, readying metadata for linked data applications, and enhancing metadata for diversity, equity, and inclusion. A brief section on project management covers the project scope, stakeholders, and tracking tools. The main section describes three data cleaning methods using OpenRefine and three outcomes, with illustrated examples. A brief conclusion section notes challenges and opportunities.

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2019 Library Student and Postdoc User Survey Report

2019 , Anderson, Linda , Davis, Greg , Larson, Janice , Wampole, Katie , University Library , Library Assessment

The goal of this survey was to measure the user perceptions of undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars of the value, impact, and service quality of the services provided by Iowa State University Library.

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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 2023 Report

2023 , Davis, Greg , University Library , Library Assessment

The initial Iowa State University Library Assessment Plan was developed over the course of 2017, and adopted in October of 2017. The plan provides a framework for efforts related to the creation, assembly, and analysis of library data and information. The assessment plan and supporting information related to it can be found on the Iowa State Library Assessment Website. The assessment plan is aligned with the library’s strategic plan (adopted in 2015) and is intended to support strategic decision-making in the library.

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