[LIBRARYDIR] Articles on library value

[Bates, Aryana]

Interesting.  Thanks for sharing, Erica.  The timeline is certainly useful.  I wonder, from the tone of the blog post, whether there's a value judgment being made about libraries' "complicity" in using analytics that it is important to pay attention to. I guess I'd be interested to hear what others think about the ways in which using analytics is problematic.  I think we can't avoid using data and that there is value in evidence...and I think it is important to be savvy and cautious about expecting data to tell the whole story...as with any teaching effort.

Aryana


Aryana Bates, MLS, PhD

Dean of the Library, eLearning, TLC

North Seattle College

aryana.bates at seattlecolleges.edu

206.934.3612


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Hello all,



The CLAMS newsletter led me to a blog for Zoe Fisher.   Zoe was a librarian at Pierce, and recently returned there as an Instructional Designer.  In her recent post, Libraries & learning analytics: A brief history<https://quickaskzoe.com/2017/11/10/libraries-learning-analytics-a-brief-history/>, she provides a timeline with links for readings that may be of interest as you consider using and sharing library data to demonstrate value to the college.   I shared this with my librarians also.



Wishing you all a fantastic 2018!



Thanks,

Erica






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