Use of the ACRLMetrics Service
9th Northumbria International Conference
University of York, EnglandJoe Matthews
August 2011
• Collections• Expenditures• Library Operations• Local Attributes
ACRLMetrics
• Academic Library Trends & Statistics
• National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) Academic Libraries Survey
• Data from 2000 to the present
• Partner with Counting Opinions
ACRLMetrics
Designed to support libraries
• Strategic planning• Budget presentations• Benchmarking• Trend analysis• Advocacy
ACRLMetricsType of Report Functions
Table
PI report
Trend/PI
Graph/PI
Summary
Period comparisons
Summary data *
Summary of selected variable *
Summary of selected variable (range of years)
PIs sorted by PI value *
Summary data for all selected PIs
Data values for each selected time period
* = Single time period
First Screen
Choose Reports - Metrics
Customize Standard Report
Resulting Report
User Control
Not all libraries respond each year
