A PROXY FOR SUCCESSAnalyzing EZProxy Logs to Connect Resource Use to Student Success

April 4, 2016Electronic Resources and Libraries (ER&L) Conference

Tiffany LeMaistreNevada State College

Marydean Martin Library

Electronic Resources & Discovery Librarian

Tiffany.LeMaistre@nsc.edu

ABOUT THE COLLEGE

Nevada State CollegeFounded: 2002 Enrollment: 3,500Degree Programs: 29

Diverse Student Population“By placing a special emphasis on the advancement of a diverse and largely under-served student population, NSC is uniquely positioned to improve our state’s economic and civic prosperity by bringing educational opportunities to those who historically have been unable to pursue a baccalaureate degree. The commitment of the entire campus community to fulfilling this promise and becoming a national model for closing equity gaps in student performance is a cornerstone of the 2015-2020 academic strategic plan.”

-Nevada State College, 2015-2020 Academic Strategic Plan

[Emphasis Added]

ABOUT THE TEAM

Library Staff

• Collect library data• Clean library data• Interpret library

data• Ask research

questions• Make improvements

Institutional Research (IR)

• SQL Database• Anonymization• Aggregation• Tableau visualization• Statistical analysis

Information Technology Services (ITS)

• Data encryption• Data parsing• Secure storage• Secure movement

ABOUT THE WORK

Standard EZProxy Logs203.0.113.23 - - [25/Nov/2015:14:43:37 -0800] "POST https://ozone.nsc.edu/login?url=https://nevadastatecollege.on.worldcat.org/external-search?queryString=Nevada+atomic+testing+site HTTP/1.1" 302 0

198.51.100.0 - - [25/Nov/2015:14:51:20 -0800] "GET http://link.springer.com.ozone.nsc.edu:8080/book/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-3227-1 HTTP/1.1" 200 494

NSC EZProxy Logs203.0.113.23 - testuser1 [25/Nov/2015:14:43:37 -0800] "POST https://ozone.nsc.edu:443/login HTTP/1.1" 302 0 - 0 "https://ozone.nsc.edu/login?url=https://nevadastatecollege.on.worldcat.org/external-search?queryString=Nevada+atomic+testing+site" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:42.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/42.0"198.51.100.0 - testuser2 [25/Nov/2015:14:51:20 -0800] "GET http://link.springer.com:80/static/1.720/images/pdf-preview/reader-bottom-shadow.png HTTP/1.1" 200 494 TFUSj2uepZWyjz4 0 "http://link.springer.com.ozone.nsc.edu:8080/book/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-3227-1" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_5) AppleWebKit/600.8.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0.8 Safari/600.8.9"

Cleaning EZProxy Logsoffcampus - newid634 [25/Nov/2015:14:43:37 -0800] "POST https://ozone.nsc.edu:443/login HTTP/1.1" 302 0 - 0 "https://ozone.nsc.edu/login?url=https://nevadastatecollege.on.worldcat.org/external-search?queryString=Nevada+atomic+testing+site" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:42.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/42.0"oncampus - newid235 [25/Nov/2015:14:51:20 -0800] "GET http://link.springer.com:80/static/1.720/images/pdf-preview/reader-bottom-shadow.png HTTP/1.1" 200 494 TFUSj2uepZWyjz4 0 "http://link.springer.com.ozone.nsc.edu:8080/book/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-3227-1" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_5) AppleWebKit/600.8.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0.8 Safari/600.8.9"

Cleaning EZProxy Logsoffcampus - newid634 [25/Nov/2015:14:43:37 -0800] “EZProxy Login Page" 302 0 - 0 “OCLC WorldCat Discovery" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:42.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/42.0"

oncampus - newid235 [25/Nov/2015:14:51:20 -0800] “Springer SpringerLink" 200 494 TFUSj2uepZWyjz4

0 “Springer SprinerLink Books" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_5) AppleWebKit/600.8.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0.8 Safari/600.8.9”

PRIVACY

Managing The RiskSecurity Strategies

Encryption Anonymization Aggregation Transparency Training

NISO Privacy Principles

Shared Privacy Responsibilities

Transparency and Facilitating Privacy

AwarenessSecurity

Data Collection and Use Anonymization Options and

Informed Consent

Sharing Data with Others

Notification of Privacy Policies and

PracticesSupporting

Anonymous Use

Access to One’s Own User Data

Continuous Improvement Accountability

RESULTS

Library Use and One Term Retention

One-Term RetentionNo Yes Total

Library Use

No Count 542 1053 1595% 34.0% 66.0% 100.0%

Yes Count 292 1644 1936% 15.1% 84.9% 100.0%

TotalCount 834 2697 3531

% 23.6% 76.4% 100.0%

Spearman’s rho 0.135 P < .01

Did Not Use Library Used LibraryNot Retained Retained

Library Use and Academic Standing

Good Academic Standing

No Yes TotalLibrary Use

No Count 329 1243 1572% 20.9% 79.1% 100.0%

Yes Count 211 1705 1916% 11.0% 89.0% 100.0%

TotalCount 540 2948 3488

% 15.5% 84.5% 100.0%

Spearman’s rho 0.198 P < .01

Did Not Use Library Used LibraryOther Academic StandingGood Academic Standing

Library Use and Semester GPACorrelation .201p < .05

Under 1.0

1.000-1.499

1.500-1.999

2.000-2.499

2.500-2.999

3.000-3.599

3.500 and up

23456789

1011

3.26

4.5 4.85.3

6.8

7.99

10.3

GPA Range

Aver

age

Libr

ary

Sess

ions

Research Assignment Data Project

Did not Partic-ipate

Participated

65.07%

80.61%

Average Research Assign-ment Grade by Library Module Participation

0 5 10 15 20 25 300%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

Student Grades on Research Assignment by Online Library Use

Online Library Sessions

Rese

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Gra

de

SummaryLimitations

Unknown reason for the relationship Imperfect measure of library use No relationship with graduation rates

Advantages & Future Directions

Strategic partnerships on campus Automated and on-going

assessment Opportunities for future research

ReferencesALA. (2008, January 22). Code of Ethics of the American Library Association. Retrieved January 8, 2016, from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/proethics/codeofethics/codeethicsCox, B., & Jantti, M. (2012, July 18). Discovering the Impact of Library Use and Student Performance. Retrieved from http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/discovering-impact-library-use-and-student-performanceJISC. (2015). Library Analytics and Metrics Project. Retrieved February 9, 2015, from http://jisclamp.mimas.ac.uk/National Information Standards Organization. (2015). NISO Consensus Principles on User’s Digital Privacy in Library, Publisher, and Software-Provider Systems (NISO Privacy Principles). Retrieved from http://www.niso.org/topics/tl/patron_privacy/Nevada State College. (2014). Nevada State College: Facts & Figures. Retrieved February 13, 2015, from http://nsc.nevada.edu/2069.asp

Nevada State College. (2015). 2015-2020 Academic Strategic Plan: Opportunity, Enrichment, Impact (p. 8). Henderson, NV: Nevada State College. Retrieved from https://nsc.edu/Files/provost/pdfs/NSC_2015-2020_Strategic_Plan.pdfOakleaf, M. (2010). The Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/issues/value/val_report.pdfOCLC. (2015). Log File Analysis. Retrieved February 13, 2015, from http://www.oclc.org/support/services/ezproxy/documentation/loganalysis.en.htmlUniversity of Minnesota Libraries. (n.d.). Library Data and Student Success. Retrieved February 7, 2015, from http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ldss/

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