The Data Framework: A Collaborative Tool for Assessment at the UNLV Libraries

Authors

Starr Hoffman, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Ashley Hernandez-Hall, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2017

Publication Title

Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship

Volume

29

Issue

2

First page number:

1

Last page number:

21

Abstract

Keeping track of the data that academic libraries capture is a massive task. The University of Nevada - Las Vegas (UNLV) University Libraries developed a data framework as a tracking tool for data points. This framework is both a data dictionary and a manual that records data-gathering procedures. This ensures that the data is continually gathered and reported in the same way, and also ensures that institutional memory of those procedures is preserved, regardless of staff turnover. Additionally, the revised Data Framework, and the revision process, transformed staff attitudes about data reporting and strengthened the libraries' culture of assessment.

Keywords

assessment; culture of assessment; academic libraries; data; database; data dictionary

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Language

English

Repository Citation

Hoffman, S., Hernandez-Hall, A. (2017). The Data Framework: A Collaborative Tool for Assessment at the UNLV Libraries. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 29(2), 1-21.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/lib_articles/528