IPEDS Academic Library Definition Changes for 2016-2017
Channel: Association of Research Libraries
Date: 2016-08-02

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) has adopted revised definitions for the FY 2016–2017 Academic Libraries Component as a result of public review comments and recommendations made by a joint Association of Research Libraries and Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association task force in 2016. The changes to the survey definitions address a number of concerns, an important one being the need to measure and describe usage of electronic resources in rigorous, robust, and standardized ways that are easy to implement while providing valid and reliable indicators of usage.

Webinar presenters include task force members Chris Cody, Robert Dugan, Martha Kyrillidou, and Mary Jane Petrowski along with Kristin Martin and Oliver Pesch, experts in developing standardized ways of capturing usage statistics. 

Slides from this webinar can be downloaded at http://www.arl.org/storage/documents/publications/ipeds-academic-library-definition-changes-for-2016-2017-webinar-slides.ppt

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