Book Editors
Marwin Britto, Kirsten Kinsley
Type
Book Contribution
Publication Date
2018
Book Title
Academic Libraries and the Academy: Strategies and Approaches to Demonstrate Your Value, Impact, and Return on Investment, Volume 1
Publisher
Association of College and Research Libraries
Pages
218-228
Description
This chapter presents how DiMenna-Nyselius Library at Fairfield University successfully created an impact dashboard that demonstrates the value of the library to its institutional stakeholders, including the CFO, provost, and faculty. It focuses on the creation process and advice for replication. Questions explored are Who is our audience? What story do we want to tell? What data is available? Practical strategies on grouping pre-existing data to tell a story aligned with institutional goals are presented. Possible formats are offered, including simple static dashboards using LibGuides to more advanced real-time updating dashboards requiring programming knowledge to interface with systems.
Notes
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
ISBN
9780838989456
Published Citation
Kremer, J. & R. Hoyt. (2018). “Answering the Question Before It’s Asked: Building a Library Impact Dashboard” In M. Britto and K. Kinsley (Eds.), Academic Libraries and the Academy: Strategies and Approaches to Demonstrate Your Value, Impact, and Return on Investment, Volume 1. Chicago, IL: The Association of College & Research Libraries.
Recommended Citation
Kremer, Jacalyn A. and Hoyt, Robert, "Answering the Question Before It’s Asked: Building a Library Impact Dashboard" (2018). DiMenna-Nyselius Library Book Contributions. 8.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/library-contributions/8
Copyright Statement
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