Library Impact Data Project: Looking for the Link Between Library Usage and Student Attainment (Preprint)
Title
Impact Data Project: Looking for the Link Between Library Usage and Student Attainment
Preprint (Accepted for Publication September 24, 2012)
Authors
Graham Stone
University of Huddersfield
Bryony Ramsden
University of Huddersfield
Source
College and Research Libraries (C&RL)
Scheduled for Publication: January, 2014
Abstract
The Library Impact Data Project was a six month project funded by JISC and managed by the University of Huddersfield to investigate the hypothesis that: ‘There is a statistically significant correlation across a number of universities between library activity data and student attainment’. E-resources usage, library borrowing statistics and library gate entries were measured against final degree award for 33,074 undergraduate students across eight UK universities. The research successfully demonstrated a statistically significant relationship between library resource use and level of degree result; however any conclusions drawn are not indicators that library usage and student attainment have a causal relationship.
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Filed under: Academic Libraries, Awards, Data Files, Libraries, News
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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