focusing on the customer: assessing electronic resources through all stages of collection workflows
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Focusing on the customer: assessing electronic resources through all stages of collection workflows
Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians Spring MeetingApril 4, 2014
Juleah Swanson
Assistant ProfessorAcquisitions Librarian for Electronic ResourcesThe Ohio State University
Swanson.234@osu.edu
“Social Media Information Overload” by Mark Smiciklas http://www.flickr.com/photos/intersectionconsulting/7537238368/
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Agenda• Concepts• Examples• Activity• Discussion
PRESENTATION TITLE:
Focusing on the customer: assessing electronic resources through all stages
of collection workflows
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Focus on the customer
Assessing
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Electronic Resources
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workflow
Workflows
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Why does it matter?
“Information professionals and librarians in particular are in a unique position to bridge the gaps that exist between people, information and technology. ”
https://ischool.uw.edu/academics/mlis/what-is-library-science
What are the stages in collection workflows for Electronic Resources &
what are the possible forms of assessment?
LibQual DataReference StatisticsInstruction EvaluationsGeneral Patron feedback
Usage/COUNTER Stats
Trouble/Problem Reports
Website AnalyticsCitation Analysis
DiscoveryCataloging
IT workflows
Public ServicesReferenceInstruction
Subject Librarian workflows
AcquisitionsElectronic Resource
Management workflows
Types of assessment data found within workflows
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What customer feedback can reveal about our work
New Resource Proposal Process
• Subject Librarian requests a new resource & provide justification on why OSU should buy
• Committee recommends resources to buy• Acquire and monitor usage
Activity Time: Electronic Animals
Objective: To determine what Electronic Animals to buy for the NOTSL library.
Customer population is everyone in this room.
• Need 4 Volunteers (for a paper based activity)– 2 Subject Librarians– 2 Selection Committee Members
Subject Librarians
• Responsible for your subject matter on either:– Cuteness– Intriguing/Interesting
• Objective:– Using your available resources, make a request for
electronic animals, with a justification– Give request to selection committee
Selection Committee Members
• Responsible for reviewing subject librarians requests & purchasing, within budget, the finalized list of electronic animals for the NOTSL library
• Give finalized list to me.
Audience Participation
http://tiny.cc/notsl
If you have a laptop, tablet or smartphone, visit this site & click on your favorite electronic animal. Multiple clicks for favorites encouraged.
Think about why you like the animal, is it the cuteness & or the intrigue?
Discussion & Debrief
Final Thoughts:• Focusing on the customer is our
professional responsibility• Assess electronic resources holistically• Think about what the data doesn’t tell us
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