Library Impact Practice Brief: Library Outreach Assessment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Hornby ◽  
Emilie Vrbancic
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Assessment Program ◽  
Student Success Team ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Library Impact ◽  
The University ◽  
Impact Framework

As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, the University of Washington (UW) Odegaard Library’s Undergraduate Student Success Team designed an assessment framework for outreach to undergraduates. This practice brief describes the UW team’s outreach and assessment planning processes, the qualitative and quantitative assessment methods employed, the results of their assessment program, the lessons learned, and the best practices that emerged over several years and several iterations of conducting library outreach assessment. The brief presents both long-term reflections and most recent applications between 2016–2021.

scholarly journals Library Impact Practice Brief: Supporting Bibliometric Data Needs at Academic Institutions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon Gordon ◽  
Alison Hitchens
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Campus Community ◽  
Bibliometric Data ◽  
Institutional Level ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Library Impact ◽  
The University ◽  
Impact Framework

This practice brief presents research conducted by staff at the University of Waterloo Library as part of the library’s participation in ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative. The research addressed the question, “How can research libraries support their campus community in accessing needed bibliometric data for institutional-level purposes?” The brief explores: service background, partners, service providers and users, how bibliometric data are used, data sources, key lessons learned, and recommended resources.

Library Impact Practice Brief: Freshman Fellows: Implementing and Assessing a First-Year Primary-Source Research Program

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Burri ◽  
Joshua Everett ◽  
Heidi Herr ◽  
Jessica Keyes
Keyword(s):  
Primary Source ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
First Year ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Johns Hopkins University ◽  
College Career ◽  
Library Impact ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Impact Framework

This practice brief describes the assessment project undertaken by the Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University as part of the library’s participation in ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative to address the question “(How) do the library’s special collections specifically support and promote teaching, learning, and research?” The research team investigated how the Freshman Fellows experience impacted the fellows’ studies and co-curricular activities at the university. Freshmen Fellows, established in 2016, is a signature opportunity to expose students to primary-source collections early in their college career by pairing four fellows with four curators on individual research projects. The program graduated its first cohort of fellows in spring 2020. The brief includes a semi-structured interview guide, program guidelines, and a primary research rubric.

Library Impact Research Report: Understanding and Communicating Research Impact: The Needs of STEM and Health Sciences Faculty and Postdoctoral Researchers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Negeen Aghassibake ◽  
Lynly Beard ◽  
Jackie Belanger ◽  
Diana Louden ◽  
Robin Chin Roemer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Impact ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Library Impact ◽  
The University ◽  
Postdoctoral Researchers ◽  
Impact Framework ◽  
The Impact

As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, the University of Washington (UW) Libraries explored UW faculty and postdoctoral researcher needs for understanding and communicating the impact of their work, with a focus on researchers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and health sciences fields. The project was designed to understand the challenges researchers face in this area, identify how participants in these fields define and measure impact, and explore their priorities for research-impact support. The project team conducted a survey and follow-up interviews to investigate these questions. This research report presents the project team’s methodology, findings, and recommendations for future research.

Bicycling and Gender: Targeting Guides to Women

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Riggs ◽  
Megyn Rugh ◽  
Kelly Chung ◽  
Jana Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Demand Management ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Women Consumers ◽  
Transportation Demand ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Mode Of Transportation ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gap Data

As the usage of bicycles increases, cities are transforming their planning processes to incorporate this sustainable mode of transportation. In spite of bicycling’s importance to communities, there is a gender gap. Data indicates that only a small number of cyclists are women. This paper addresses that gender gap with an eye toward the marketing strategy known as transportation demand management (TDM). TDM provides lessons for communities looking to encourage greater levels of bicycle riding. To do this we review the literature on best practices in marketing to women, and evaluate different bicycle marketing guides. We find, after an analysis to pinpoint best practices, that only 15% of the marketing guides are targeted to women. The lessons learned from our study provide information for the design of future bicycle guides that will appeal to women consumers.

Water in the Time of Drought II: Lessons from Droughts around the World

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphaëlle Ortiz ◽  
Anamaría Núñez ◽  
Corinne Cathala ◽  
Ana R. Rios ◽  
Mauro Nalesso
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Technical Note ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Institutional Frameworks ◽  
The World ◽  
Relevant Case ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
Successes And Challenges

This technical note is an update to the previous "Water in the Time of Drought: Lessons from Five Droughts Around the World", published in 2018. It explores drought situations and policies in Spain (including the Canary Islands), Chile, Mexico, the dry corridor between Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, Brazil, and South Africa. Each of these countries has recently dealt with droughts and/or developed long-term solutions to manage them. HydroBID, a tool developed by the IDB, will be presented through relevant case studies. After defining drought experiences and institutional frameworks in each country, the brief will explore the successes and challenges of national drought and water management policies. Best practices and lessons learned will be extracted from each case study to help policymakers better prepare for droughts.

Lessons Learned About Outreach and Engagement at the Michigan State University Institute for the Study of Youth Sports

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Gould
Keyword(s):  
Youth Sports ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
Sports Participation ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Michigan State University ◽  
State University ◽  
The Face ◽  
The University

The mission of the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports (ISYS) is to provide leadership, scholarship, and outreach that “transforms” the face of youth sports in ways that maximize the beneficial physical, psychological, and social effects of participation for children and youth while minimizing detrimental effects. Since its inception in 1978, ISYS has partnered with numerous organizations to promote healthy youth sports participation. In this article, the general steps ISYS takes to form and facilitate partnerships are addressed. Four long-term partnerships are also described. The services provided to these organizations are described and the advantages and challenges of working with partners, in general, are delineated. How these partnerships are used to facilitate the teaching, outreach-engagement, and scholarship components of the Michigan State University land grant mission are also described. The case of ISYS shows that conducting community outreach and engagement projects greatly enhance the scholarly mission of the university.

scholarly journals An Ecological Model For Culturally Sensitive Care For Older Immigrants: Best Practices And Lessons Learned From Ethno-Specific Long-Term Care

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Barrass
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Aging Research ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Culturally Sensitive Care ◽  
Older Immigrants

This qualitative and exploratory research project focuses on the way in which culturally appropriate care is being provided to older immigrants in ethno-specific longterm care settings in the Greater Toronto Area. Key Informant interviews with administrators of ethno-specific long-term care facilities were utilized in order to gather data on best practices and lessons learned for addressing the cultural needs of older immigrants living in long-term care. The research findings reinforce the need for ethnospecific long-term care programs, as well as culturally sensitive care in all programs, which alleviate the environmental stressors of institutional care and aging. Research recommendations point to a need for greater knowledge sharing within the long-term care sector, as well as increased education to service providers as to the historical context of the immigration and life experiences of ethno-specific groups in care. As well, there is a need for a shift in design of long-term care that addresses systemic issues of inequality that restrict how cultural care is delivered.Multiculturalism.

scholarly journals An Ecological Model For Culturally Sensitive Care For Older Immigrants: Best Practices And Lessons Learned From Ethno-Specific Long-Term Care

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Barrass
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Aging Research ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Culturally Sensitive Care ◽  
Older Immigrants

This qualitative and exploratory research project focuses on the way in which culturally appropriate care is being provided to older immigrants in ethno-specific longterm care settings in the Greater Toronto Area. Key Informant interviews with administrators of ethno-specific long-term care facilities were utilized in order to gather data on best practices and lessons learned for addressing the cultural needs of older immigrants living in long-term care. The research findings reinforce the need for ethnospecific long-term care programs, as well as culturally sensitive care in all programs, which alleviate the environmental stressors of institutional care and aging. Research recommendations point to a need for greater knowledge sharing within the long-term care sector, as well as increased education to service providers as to the historical context of the immigration and life experiences of ethno-specific groups in care. As well, there is a need for a shift in design of long-term care that addresses systemic issues of inequality that restrict how cultural care is delivered.Multiculturalism.

Caribbean Tertiary Institutions and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
West Indies ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Payment Schemes ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of schools across the Caribbean, including tertiary institutions. Colleges and universities turned to digital solutions and modified their pedagogy in order to sustain continuity of learning. Other adaptations like flexible payment schemes were made to allow students to stay enrolled. The University of West Indies CCEP and CLRI and the IDB co-hosted a conversation titled “Caribbean Tertiary Institutions and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic,” which sought to explore how tertiary institutions were coping with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation focused on the most prominent challenges and what measures the institutions had taken to deal with them, what they felt they had done well in adapting, and how sustainable they deemed those measures in supporting their operations in the medium to long term. A follow-up meeting was held with several students from UWI to further explore how they had been impacted. This publication shares the responses to these questions, offers lessons learned and outlines next steps for the Caribbean Tertiary Institutions and the IDB.

The Great Lakes Silviculture Library: Insights into a Case Study Platform

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Lane Moser ◽  
Eli S Sagor ◽  
Matthew B Russell ◽  
Marcella A Windmuller-Campione
Keyword(s):  
Great Lakes ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Silvicultural Treatments ◽  
The University

Abstract Innovation and knowledge exchange are critical to foster adaptive management and continual learning. Across the spectrum of knowledge exchange, ranging from peer-reviewed research to anecdotes, there is a largely untapped middle ground: real-world silvicultural case studies implemented and documented by foresters. The University of Minnesota Great Lakes Silviculture Library is a novel, freely available platform designed to enable foresters to exchange these case studies. Five years after its launch, we conducted focus groups with foresters from Minnesota and Wisconsin, USA, and Ontario, Canada, to explore the platform’s usage and value. Participants valued having access to examples of silvicultural treatments and their outcomes that they could easily digest, apply, and share. They gained new knowledge from management across administrative boundaries. They also appreciated the consistent, relatable case study format. However, participants noted that limited time was the primary barrier to wider authorship and readership. The Library enables information exchange across agencies and disciplines within natural resources, giving greater voice to practicing foresters and supplementing other sources of forestry knowledge. Study Implications In our experience, foresters have always valued opportunities to exchange ideas and anecdotes about silvicultural treatments. Case studies represent one way for foresters to communicate with each other and continue to learn by seeing a variety of silvicultural prescriptions implemented on the landscape. Documenting treatments and the supporting reasoning allows foresters to share lessons learned over the course of their career with others across administrative boundaries. Normalizing this documentation can create a positive feedback loop for a case study platform in which further case study submissions lead to increased visibility, use, and perceived value of the platform. As the case study platform becomes more relevant to foresters, the forestry profession as a whole benefits from the long-term documentation of an increasingly diverse array of treatments.

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