2/12/2013

For more information, contact:
Amy Yeager
Association of Research Libraries
202-296-2296
amy@arl.org

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Library Assessment Conference poster session. The awards were presented on October 29, 2012, at the conference in Charlottesville, Virginia. The winning posters, along with all poster session submissions, are now available on the conference website.

The highly regarded poster session was part of the biennial Library Assessment Conference sponsored by ARL, the University of Virginia, and the University of Washington. The 2012 session featured 86 posters on the topics of Data and Collections, Learning, LibQUAL+® and Other Surveys, Methods, Organizational Performance, Reference and Research Services, Space, and Usability. Subject experts judged the submissions on content (benefit for practice, appropriateness of methodology) and aesthetics (logical organization, visual attraction) and selected nine Judges’ Choice posters. From among these selections, conference attendees chose two People’s Choice posters.

People’s and Judges’ Choice Awards

    Making Use of What You Are Already Collecting: Library Data and Student Success (PDF)
    Kate Peterson, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
    Shane Nackerud, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
    Janet Fransen, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
    Kristen Mastel , University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
 
    RAILS Results 1 Year Later: What We've Learned and Changed So Far (PDF)
    Jenny Rushing Mills, Belmont University
    Jackie Belanger, University of Washington, Bothell and Cascadia Community College
    Claire Holmes, Towson University
    Carroll Wilkinson, West Virginia University

Judges’ Choice Awards

    Building a 21st-Century Learning Environment: The Power of LibQUAL+ Information to Foster Change! (PDF)
    Carolyn Hart, Atlanta University Center

    Doing LibQUAL+ at the Worst Possible Time: How Changes in the University and Library Affected Results (PDF)
    Marcia Rapchak, Duquesne University
    Allison Brungard, Duquesne University
    David Nolfi, Duquesne University
    Tracie Ballock, Duquesne University
    Bridget Euliano, Duquesne University
    Joe Nelson, Duquesne University

    Breaking Barriers: A Qualitative Assessment of Library Use by Distance Education Students from Low Socio‐economic Backgrounds (PDF)
    Anne Horn, Deakin University
    Sue Owen, Deakin University
    Michael Currie, Deakin University

    What's the Story, Morning Glory? A Content Analysis of Land‐Grant Universities Libraries Assessment and Fact Pages (PDF)
    Rick Stoddart, Oregon State University

    Avoiding the Runaround: Implementing DeskStats to Improve User Experience (PDF)
    Sarah Northam, Texas A&M University–Commerce
    Gail Johnston, Texas A&M University–Commerce

    The Suma Project: An Open‐Source, Mobile Tool Enabling Observational Data Collection and Analysis (PDF)
    Joyce Chapman, Triangle Research Libraries Network
    Jason Casden, North Carolina State University

    "Instruction...that just bugs me!" Using Card‐Sorting to Arrange Menu Items on an Academic Library Homepage (PDF)
    Kymberly Goodson, University of California, San Diego