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Making Data work for youThe Library Impact Data Project
Graham Stone
Information Resources Manager
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
#lidp #jiscLAMPhttp://eprints.hud.ac.uk/19570
To support the hypothesis that…
“There is a statistically significant correlation across a number of universities between
library activity data and student attainment”
Library Impact Data Project 1Original data requirements
• For each student who graduated in a given year, the following data was required:– Final grade achieved– Number of books borrowed– Number of times e-resources were accessed – Number of times each student entered the library, e.g.
via a turnstile system that requires identity card access– School/Faculty
Library Impact Data Project
– Showed a statistical significance between:
• Final grade achieved• Number of books
borrowed• Number of times e-
resources were accessed
– Across all 8 partners– Not a cause and effect
relationship
Library Impact Data Project
Phase I looked at over 33,000 students across 8 universities
Phase II looked at around 2,000 FT undergraduate students at Huddersfield
Library Impact Data Project 2Additional data
• Demographics• Discipline• Retention• On/off campus use• Breadth and depth of e-
resource usage• UCAS points (entry data)• Correlations for Phase 1
Library usageRetention
• Looking at one year of data for every student• Using a cumulative measure of usage for the first two
terms of the 2010-11 academic year• Only looking at people who dropped out in term three• All the students included in this study were at the
university in the first two terms, and they have all had exactly the same opportunity to accumulate usage.
Going forward@Huddersfield
• Identifying retention issues and our impact on lowering them as part of a University dashboard
Engagement
Workload
Performance
Thanks to Lee for the inspiration for this image
Going forward@Huddersfield
• Identifying retention issues and our impact on lowering them as part of a University dashboard
• Look at specific subjects in order to work towards:– A best practice toolkit for information skills sessions– Further understanding by holding focus groups with target areas
• Create an action plan to engage with academic colleagues
• Showing value for money and the impact of the service on the student experience
Library Analytics Survey
We asked:
How important will analytics be to academic libraries now and in the future, and what is the potential for a service in
this area?
With thanks to the team at MIMAS for the initial survey analysis
How important will analytics be to academic libraries
• Significant appetite for analytics services among this sample– 96% were interested in the automated provision of analytics
demonstrating the relationship between student attainment and library usage
• Strong willingness to share a broad range of data– preference to be identified by JISC band (91%)– as opposed to named institution (47%)
Key strategic drivers
1. Enhancing the student experience
2. Demonstrating value for money
3. Supporting research excellence
JiscLAMPLibrary Analytics and Metrics Project
• Looking at the benefits of scale• To develop a prototype shared library analytics service
for UK academic libraries– Envisioned as a data dashboard– Enabling libraries to capitalise on the many types of data
they capture in day-to-day activities – To support the improvement and development of new
services and demonstrate value and impact in new ways across the institution
JiscLAMPA brief word on ethics?
• Should we be holding and analyzing this kind of data– Data protection issues– ‘Big brother’
– All students pay the same fees – shouldn’t they be treated the same?
• But what if we didn’t do this– What would the reaction be if it was found that we had this data but
didn’t act on it?
– We have a duty to care for the individual wellbeing of our students
JiscLAMPWhat can we do with the data?
• We can demonstrate usage by cohorts:
DepartmentDegree nameCourseCourse ‘type’?Gender/Ethnicity/Nationality/Disability/AgeLevel of attainmentAttendance mode (full time/part time)UCAS points
• We can demonstrate correlations between usage and attainment/usage and cohort)
JiscLAMPWhere do we go from here?
• LAMP Phase 2– We have funding for Phase 2 – We start testing the ‘ugly’ prototype in late-March– Next steps include putting a project plan together
• Key Use cases for next phase– NSS scores and how LAMP would enable analysis of the data– Individual usage data (possibly outside LAMP and wider Jisc analytics issue)– Financial data– eBooks content usage (possibly separate strand of work?)
JiscLAMPWhere do we go from here?
• Workshop with SCONUL (London 7 May 2014 tbc)– engaging the wider library community, specifically library directors
• Key contacts/relationships for next phase– HESA (NSS)– Shibboleth/Athens – SCONUL (performance group)
• Business case ideas– Possibility of a LAMP service which provides consultancy whereby institutions
could buy-in the analysis of data that they want
Thank you!
Ben Showers (Jisc)[email protected]
Graham Stone (Huddersfield)[email protected]
http://jisclamp.mimas.ac.uk
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
#lidp #jiscLAMPhttp://eprints.hud.ac.uk/19570