White Papers and Reports

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Achieving Racial and Ethnic Diversity among Academic and Research Librarians: The Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of Librarians of Color
(2007-07) Neely, Teresa Y.; Peterson, Lorna; Todaro, Julie Beth
A White Paper by the ACRL Board of Directors Diversity Task Force, produced by Teresa Y. Neely, Ph.D. and Lorna Peterson, Ph.D. Also includes a companion piece to the ACRL Diversity White Paper by Julie Todaro.
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Stepping through the Open Door: A Forum on New Modes of Information Delivery in Higher Education
(2007-09) Nelson, Mark R.
Report from an invitational forum, held March 5 and 6, 2007 in Denver, sponsored jointly by ACRL, EDUCAUSE and the National Association of College Stores.
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What Chief Academic Officers Want from Their Libraries: Findings from interviews with Provosts and Chief Academic Officers
(2007-10) Estabrook, Leigh S.
This is the central finding from a recent survey of Provosts and Chief Academic Officers conducted on behalf of the Association for College and Research Libraries by Leigh S. Estabrook and the University of Illinois.
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Establishing a Research Agenda for Scholarly Communication: A Call for Community Engagement
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2007-11-05) ACRL Scholarly Communications Committee
This white paper, by ACRL's Scholarly Communications Committee, encourages academics, librarians and their key partners to gather more data on practices that both enable and inhibit the production of scholarship and its communication. The report results from a one-day invitational meeting to collectively brainstorm the evidence needed to manage and influence the changing system of scholarly communication. It identifies eight themes, with research possibilities in each area, and invites broad comment.
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Futures Thinking for Academic Librarians: Higher Education in 2025
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2010-06) Staley, David J.; Malenfant, Kara J.
For academic librarians seeking to demonstrate the value of their libraries to their parent institutions, it is important to understand not only the current climate. We must also know what will be valued in the future so that we can begin to take appropriate action now. This document presents 26 possible scenarios based on an implications assessment of current trends, which may have an impact on all types of academic and research libraries over the next 15 years. They are organized in a “scenario space” visualization tool, reflecting the expert judgment of ACRL members as to their expectations and perceptions about the probability, impact, speed of change, and threat/opportunity potential of each scenario.
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Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2010-09) Oakleaf, Megan
A review of the quantitative and qualitative literature, methodologies and best practices currently in place for demonstrating the value of academic libraries, developed for ACRL by Megan Oakleaf of the iSchool at Syracuse University. The primary objective of this comprehensive review is to provide academic librarians with a clearer understanding of what research about the performance of academic libraries already exists, where gaps in this research occur, and to identify the most promising best practices and measures correlated to performance.
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Futures Thinking for Academic Librarians: Scenarios for the Future of the Book
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2012-05) Staley, David J.
Many current conversations about the future of libraries assume that printed books will give way to e-books. This report by David J. Staley, Staley, director of the Harvey Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching in the History Department of Ohio State University, presents four alternate possible scenarios for the future, based in part on feedback from academic library directors. It includes scenarios which intentionally favor the continued existence of the printed book as a viable technology so that academic and research librarians may expand their thinking about the future to include a richer set of environmental conditions.
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Connect, Collaborate, and Communicate: A Report from the Value of Academic Libraries Summits
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2012-06) Brown, Karen; Malenfant, Kara J.
A report on two invitational summits supported by a National Leadership Collaborative Planning Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as part of ACRL's Value of Academic Libraries Initiative. The report – co-authored by Karen Brown, associate professor at Dominican University, and ACRL Senior Strategist for Special Initiatives Kara Malenfant – summarizes broad themes about the dynamic nature of higher education assessment that emerged from the summits. Additionally, listen to a conversation with Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe and Megan Oakleaf, co-chairs of ACRL’s Value of Academic Libraries committee, about the report.
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Academic Libraries and Research Data Services: Current Practices and Plans for the Future
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2012-06) Tenopir, Carol; Birch, Ben; Allard, Suzie
This survey reports the findings of a cross section of academic libraries in the United States and Canada to provide a baseline assessment of the current state of and future plans for research data services in academic libraries. Recently the academic library community has identified data curation as one of the top ten trends in 2012. Some academic libraries are already engaged in these activities, and others are examining ways they can best provide a range of research data services. As science becomes more collaborative, data-intensive, and computational, academic researchers are faced with a range of data management needs. Combine these needs with funding directives that require data management planning, and there is both a need and an imperative for research data services in colleges and universities. Academic libraries may be ideal centers for research data service activities on campuses, providing unique opportunities for academic libraries to become even more active participants in the knowledge creation cycle in their institution.
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Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2013-03) ACRL Working Group on Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy.
Written by a working group of leaders from many parts of the ACRL, this white paper explores and articulates three intersections between scholarly communication and information literacy. The paper also provides strategies for librarians from different backgrounds to initiate collaborations within their own campus environments between information literacy and scholarly communication. The white paper explores and articulates three intersections between scholarly communication and information literacy, and provides strategies for librarians from different backgrounds to initiate collaborations within their own campus environments between information literacy and scholarly communication.
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Environmental Scan 2013
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2013-04) ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee
The 2013 environmental scan by the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee explores the current atmosphere in the world of academic and research libraries along with trends that will define the future of academic and research librarianship and the research environment. The document builds on earlier ACRL reports, identifying several emerging issues.
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Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success Interim Report
(2013-09-30) ACRL
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Academic Library Contributions to Student Success: Documented Practices from the Field
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2015-01) Brown, Karen; Malenfant, Kara J.
This report synthesizes results from over 70 higher education institutions from across North America which completed team-based assessment projects during the first year of Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success. The projects resulted in promising and effective approaches to demonstrating the library’s value to students’ academic success. The findings from these campus teams are impressive. By demonstrating the variety of ways that libraries contribute to student learning and success, academic librarians are establishing connections between such academic success outcomes as student retention, persistence, GPA, engagement, graduation, career preparedness, and different aspects of the library (e.g., instruction, reference, space and facilities, and collections).
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Building with Purpose: A Quantitative Overview and Analysis of New U.S. Academic Library Construction, 2000–2014
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2015-02) Stewart, Christopher
The first in a set of Occasional Reports on academic library construction and renovation. Authored by Christopher Stewart, this report presents a rich set of data on, and analysis of, new library construction over the past fourteen years.
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Environmental Scan 2015
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2015-03) ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee
The 2015 environmental scan by the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee explores the current atmosphere in the world of academic and research libraries along with trends that will define the future of academic and research librarianship and the research environment. The document builds on earlier ACRL reports, identifying several emerging issues.
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New Roles for the Road Ahead: Essays Commissioned for ACRL’s 75th Anniversary
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2015-03) Bell, Steven; Dempsey, Lorcan; Fister, Barbara; Allen, Nancy; Wilson, Betsy
In this collection of essays commissioned for ACRL’s 75th Anniversary, authors Steven J. Bell, Lorcan Dempsey, and Barbara Fister share their thoughts on the world in which academic libraries will thrive, ways libraries are responding to change, and new roles for libraries and librarians. The essays include reflections on ways academic libraries can succeed in a changing higher education environment, take advantage of opportunities, and think about the best ways to deliver both ongoing and innovative services to students and faculty. These wide-ranging topics are bound by the singular understanding that action will need to be taken soon in order to stay current and relevant as ACRL celebrates its past successes and looks ahead to its future. The report also includes an introduction by Nancy H. Allen and afterword by Betsy Wilson.
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Documented Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success: Building Evidence with Team-Based Assessment in Action Campus Projects
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2016-04) Brown, Karen; Malenfant, Kara J.
This report synthesizes more than 60 individual project reports from higher education institutions which participated in the second year of the ACRL program Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success. Using past findings from projects completed during the first year of the program as context, the report identifies strong evidence of the positive contributions of academic libraries to student learning and success in four key areas. In addition the report reveals that a collaborative team-based approach on campus is an essential element of conducting an assessment project and planning for subsequent action.
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Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017) Connaway, Lynn Silipigni; Harvey, William; Kitzie, Vanessa; Mikitish, Stephanie
Developed for ACRL by OCLC Research, Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research investigates how libraries can increase student learning and success and effectively communicate their value to higher education stakeholders, and identifies the next generation of necessary research to continue to testify to library impact. This action-oriented research agenda includes a report on all project phases and findings; a detailed research agenda based on those findings; a visualization component that filters relevant literature and creates graphics that can communicate library value to stakeholders; a bibliography of the literature analyzed; and a full bibliography of the works cited and reviewed.
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Environmental Scan 2017
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017-03) ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee
The 2017 environmental scan by the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee explores the current atmosphere in the world of academic and research libraries along with trends that will define the future of academic and research librarianship and the research environment. The document builds on earlier ACRL reports, identifying several emerging issues.
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Academic Library Impact on Student Learning and Success: Findings from Assessment in Action Team Projects
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017-04) Brown, Karen; Malenfant, Kara J.
This report synthesizes individual project reports from more than 50 campus teams which participated in the ACRL program Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success from April 2015 to June 2016. Positive connections between the library and aspects of student learning and success in five areas are particularly noteworthy. These findings can be adapted to other settings with care and consideration to local context. Because the findings are derived from action research, which is situated in authentic institutional contexts, the results reflect “on the ground” practices in terms of resources available and campus priorities.