Time and Location of Meeting
December 14, 20229:00 am - 10:00 am Zoom
Agenda Details
Agenda
1. Library Assessment updates (10 min.)
- AY 2022-2023 Meeting schedule (in Box)
- Unit Annual Report Post-Submission Analysis (in progress)
- Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey (Survey dates: January 30 to February 28, 2023)
- LibInsight update
- “After Assessment” (in Box; Research and Assessment Cycle Toolkit https://www.arl.org/research-and-assessment-cycle-toolkit/)
2. Library data request (10 min.)
3. Qualitative methods (30 min.)
- Belinda
- Hannah
- John
4. Thoughts/Questions/Reflections
Minutes Details
Attendees
Jen-chien Yu, John Laskowski, Belinda Bolivar, Virginia Haverstic, Sandi Caldrone, Hannah Jones, Alex Deeke, Megean Osuchowski, Yali Feng, Mary Ton
Minutes
1. Library Assessment Updates
- AY 2022-2023 meeting schedule: https://uofi.box.com/s/iy41ll1w9u96qu9kakvx3u7g8b71gtvo
- Meetings will continue to be virtual
- Subcommittees:
- Unit Annual Report Post-Submission Analysis (in progress)
- 4 teams to review 7 annual reports each w/ content analysis
- Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey (Survey dates: January 30 to February 28, 2023)
- Sent to all tenure-track, course instructors for last 2 years, those w/ profiles in Illinois Experts
- Unit Annual Report Post-Submission Analysis (in progress)
- LibInsight update
- Will replace DeskTracker by July 1, 2023
- Belinda, Jen, David continuing to lead focus groups with instructors
- “After Assessment” – Research and Assessment Cycle Toolkit: https://www.arl.org/research-and-assessment-cycle-toolkit/
- What do we do with the data we collect?
- Toolkit: Excellent for planning and budgeting, but it is not necessary to always compile results as research paper
2. Library Data Requests
- Patrons request data for research and projects, come through info desk, take up staff time without serving instruction needs
- Other data units on campus have policies, groups to review requests
- Mary, John, Sandi to write exploratory memo for library policy development
- Consider what data we can make freely available
3. Qualitative Methods
- Belinda
- Space observation in GELIC (Grainger Engineering Library Information Center)
- Goal: more funding for staffing
- 2 types of observation:
- Traditional observations – sitting in space for 1 hour
- Minute observations – staff filling out short form on patron count, noise level, etc.
- 4 spaces, observed 3 times each
- Spaces chosen by Megan Sapp-Nelson, head of GELIC – collab areas
- Times chosen were most active times based on wi-fi data
- Recruited GELIC GAs to help with observations and wrote observation guide
- Debrief with observers to assist in compiling observations
- Content analysis using Atlas TI
- Tips: Partner with unit, share resources
- Hannah
- Practicum on UX with John – bathroom access as factor in library satisfaction with additional concern for trans and gender-non-conforming patrons
- Participant recruitment: placed banner on library website and flyers in library bathrooms with QR code that linked to page with all 3 instruments, reached out to a couple of student groups on campus
- 2 online anonymous surveys open to all patrons
- #1: Free response with option to submit annotated images
- #2: Short answer prompts: I like…, I want…, I wish…
- 2 focus groups open to only trans and gender-non-conforming patrons
- Prioritized anonymity, information security
- Short-term goals:
- More accessible info on finding all-gender restrooms on campus
- Placing free menstrual products in more all-gender restrooms and men’s restrooms
- Info desk librarians communicating restroom locations quickly and clearly
- Occupancy indicators on all-gender restrooms
- Long-term goals:
- More than one all-gender restroom per building
- Multi-stall configurations
- More wheelchair accessibility
- Increased privacy in stalls (smaller gaps, etc.)
- John
4. Thoughts/Questions/Reflections