15 student data secrets that could change your library, number 5 will shock you
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15 Student Data Secrets that Could Change Your
Library,
Number 5 Will Shock You
Tiffany LeMaistreNevada State College
• 3,700 Students• Founded in 2002• All Digital Collection
About Nevada State College
First Gen65%
Non-First Gen35%
White42%
Hispanic27%
Black or African Amer-
ican10%
Asian10%
Two or More5%
Unknown4%
Native Hawai-ian or Pacific
Islander2%
Overview
• Our Data Journey• Getting Started• Privacy• Using the Data
Data Sources• EZProxy logs
• Interlibrary loan requests
• Library computer use
• Group study room reservations
• Library instruction attendance
• Research consultations
Our Data Journey
• Planning• Research• Testing
2014
• Start of Data Collection
• Feedback
2015 • Research assessment
• Process refinement
2016
• Reflection• Continuing
Improvement
2017
2014: The Why Year
Our Data Journey
• Planning• Research• Testing
2014
• Start of Data Collection
• Feedback
2015 • Research assessment
• Process refinement
2016
• Reflection• Continuing
Improvement
2017
2015: The Whoa! Year
Our Data Journey
• Planning• Research• Testing
2014
• Start of Data Collection
• Feedback
2015 • Research assessment
• Process refinement
2016
• Reflection• Continuing
Improvement
2017
2016: Redefining the How
Our Data Journey
• Planning• Research• Testing
2014
• Start of Data Collection
• Feedback
2015 • Research assessment
• Process refinement
2016
• Reflection• Continuing
Improvement
2017
2017: Charting a Way Forward
Getting Started
1. There is no handbook
2. Look beyond the library for help
3. Start by reproducing other research
4. Be willing to take a detour
5. D*ta is not a four letter word
Privacy
6. Transparency
7. Encryption
8. There is such a thing as too much data
9. No backups
10. Anonymize as soon as possible
11. Aggregate before you share
Using the Results
Results
Library users at Nevada State are significantly more likely to:
• Be retained• Maintain good academic standing• Earn a higher GPA
Students that participated in an online library instruction module were significantly more likely to:
• Earn a higher score on a research assignment
• Use the library collection
12. Continue to improve the machine
13. Tell everyone
14. Correlation still has value
15. Visualization matters
15. Visualization mattersPresented to administrators Presented to campus
Did not Participate Participated
65.07%
80.61%
Average Research Assignment Grade by Library Instruction Module Participation
Results from an independent samples t-test indicate that students who did not participate in the library module (M = .651, SD = .399) scored significantly lower on the research assignment than students who participated in at least one section of the library module (M = .806, SD = .271). The mean difference was significant, t (128) = -2.075, p = .020, r2 = .033.
Nevada State College Library
ResourcesRelated Reading
LeMaistre, T. (2016, February). Logging logins. Lightning Talk presented at the SCELCapalooza, Los Angeles, CA. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/tlemaistre/logging-logins
LeMaistre, T. (2016, April). A Proxy for Success: Analyzing EZProxy Logs to Connect Resource Use to Student Success. Presented at the Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L), Austin, Texas. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/tlemaistre/a-proxy-for-success
LeMaistre, T. (2016). Cost Per User: Analyzing EZProxy Logs for Assessment. In Proceedings of the Charleston Library Conference. Charleston, SC: Purdue e-Pubs. https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284316291
Marineo, F. (2016, June). Canvas Commons: Scaling Library Instruction in the LMS. Presented at the Library Instruction West, Salt Lake City, Utah. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/FrancescaMarineo/canvas-commons-scaling-library-instruction-in-the-lms
Nevada State College. (2014). Nevada State College: Facts & Figures. Retrieved February 13, 2015, from http://nsc.nevada.edu/2069.asp
More Information
Cox, 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-performance
JISC. (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/
Oakleaf, 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.pdf
Oakleaf, M. (2015). The Library’s Contribution to Student Learning: Inspirations and Aspirations. In College and Research Libraries, v.76:no.3. Retrieved from http://m.crl.acrl.org/content/76/3/353.full.pdf
OCLC. (2015). Log File Analysis. Retrieved February 13, 2015, Retrieved from http://www.oclc.org/support/services/ezproxy/documentation/loganalysis.en.html
University of Minnesota Libraries. (n.d.). Library Data and Student Success. Retrieved February 7, 2015, from http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ldss/
ResourcesImage Credits
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Focus by Mark Hunter, CC BY 2.0, https://flic.kr/p/7VHwy6
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