User Research
Libraries are impacted by the ways in which individuals engage with technology; how they seek, access, contribute, and use information; and how and why they demonstrate these behaviors and do what they do. We're collaborating with librarians to shape their services around a set of expectations that have been influenced by consumer technologies and modern research and learning environments. By providing the library community with behavioral evidence about individuals’ perceptions, habits, and requirements, we can ensure that the design of future library services is all about the user. Our efforts are amplified by strategic partnerships and focus in these two areas:
Presentations
Communicating Library Impact Beyond Library Walls: A Collaborative Effort
Columbus, Ohio (USA)
This presentation covers an agenda for action-based research on student success and how libraries can communicate and collaborate better across the institution about their role in student learning and success.
Topics: Student Support, Research Agendas
Communicating Library Impact Beyond Library Walls: A Collaborative Effort
Wrocław (Poland)
This presentation covers an agenda for action-based research on student success and how libraries can communicate and collaborate better across the institution about their role in student learning and success.
Topics: Student Support, Research Agendas
Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research
Chicago, Illinois (USA)
An OCLC Research team shares their work on exploring how academic libraries demonstrate alignment with and impact on institutional outcomes.
Topics: Student Support, Research Agendas
Communicating Library Impact Beyond Library Walls: Findings from an Action-oriented Research Agenda
Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Learn about a project initiated by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and led by OCLC Research to identify specific themes and trends related to the current state of library value studies and connect them to student learning and success, create a research agenda, and more.
Topics: Student Support, Research Agendas
Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries in Times of Uncertainty: A Research Agenda for Student Learning and Success
Macau (China)
Learn about research done in partnership with the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) to identify specific themes and trends related to the current state of library value studies and connect them to student learning and success.
Topics: Student Support, Research Agendas
Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries in Times of Uncertainty: A Research Agenda for Student Learning and Success
Hong Kong (China)
In this presentation, Lynn Silipigni Connaway shares research done in partnership with the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) to identify specific themes and trends related to the current state of library value studies and connect them to student learning and success.
Topics: Student Support, Research Agendas
Changing Tack: A Future-Focused ACRL Research Agenda
Virtual
Learn about research done in partnership with the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) to identify themes and trends related to the current state of library value studies and connect them to student learning and success.
Topics: Student Support, Research Agendas
Where are we Going and What do we do Next? Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries in Times of Uncertainty
London, England (United Kingdom)
Silipigni Connaway details research done in partnership with the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) to identify specific themes and trends related to the current state of library value studies and connect them to student learning and success.
Topics: Student Support, Research Agendas
Action-oriented Research Agenda on Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success
Virtual
Lynn Silipigni Connaway shares the methods and recommendations from research done in partnership with the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) to identify specific themes and trends related to the current state of library value studies and connect them to student learning and success.
Topics: Student Support, Research Agendas