Award-Winning Posters at Library Assessment Conference Focus on Improving User Experience

by Amy Yeager | 202-296-2296 | amy@arl.org | on August 26, 2014

First-place poster by Hagman, Bussell, and Guder

ARL and the University of Washington are pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Library Assessment Conference poster session. The awards were presented on August 5 at the conference in Seattle, Washington. The winning posters, along with all poster session submissions, are available on the conference website.

The highly regarded poster session was part of the biennial Library Assessment Conference sponsored by ARL and the University of Washington. The 2014 session featured 45 posters on the topics of Teaching and Learning, Data and Collections, Organizational Performance, Facilities/Spaces, and Methods/Surveys. Conference attendees chose the winning posters in a “people’s choice” format.

Winning Posters

All three winning posters focus on improving the user's experience of the library, either by better assessing user needs, evaluating how the library helps users to succeed, or using GIS to optimize the use of spaces and collections.

First Place
“In the Mix: A Student-Centered Approach to Needs Assessment Survey Development” (PDF)
Jessica Hagman, Hilary Bussell, Chris Guder (Ohio University)

Second Place
“Evaluating Library Contribution to Student Success” (PDF)
Dana Thomas, Weina Wang (Ryerson University)

Third Place
“Using GIS to Facilitate Data-Driven Decision Making” (PDF)
Jason Glatz (Western Michigan University)

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