Dear all,

Previous discussions on this and other mailing lists have alluded to a desire to have access to research providing empirical evidence for the pedagogical benefits of online reading lists, especially around student satisfaction, NSS score improvements, and library workflow efficiencies (to paraphrase Paul Dibble). Myself and a couple of colleagues have been discussing whether it would be possible to form a small group of TAUG representatives and begin to put something together by way of a research project to look at the feasibility of achieving this in more detail. It is not clear yet how this will finally look, but some initial thoughts are:

·         Determining the range and nature of the evidence which may be required to demonstrate impact 

·         Assessing what statistics / performance metrics can be realistically gathered by library staff in order to demonstrate this impact (Talis may also be able to provide statistical information for the project)

·         Devise practical methodologies and data analysis techniques which can be used by libraries/resource centres within HEIs to gather this data

·         Request case studies / evidence previously collected by other UK HEIs to help inform these methodologies and techniques (which will form part of a literature review)

·         Undertake to test this proposed methodology by collating data from the HEIs represented by the project group and analyse the results  

·         Report on our findings and recommend a research proposal method which could be used across the Talis community to demonstrate to our respective institutions the impact TARL (and TADC?) has had on T&L 

Once we have a core group of people involved, the actual scope of the project, aims, and deliverables, can be more clearly defined. 

But, for now, would anyone from the TAUG be interested in forming a research group to take this forward?     

  

Best,

 

Kerry Webb

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Kerry Webb MCLIP FHEA
Liaison Team Manager: Arts & Humanities & Course Support Co-ordinator
University of Reading Library, Whiteknights,
PO Box 223, Reading RG6 6AE
0118 378 5120 
www.reading.ac.uk/library 

 

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