This presentation was provided by Lorraine J. Haricombe of the University of Texas Libraries, during Session Two of the NISO training series "Assessment Practices and Metrics in a 21st Century Pandemic," held on September 25, 2020.
6. UT’s Research profile
• UT Austin ranks No. 33 in the world,
• No. 21 in the U.S. and
• No. 7 among U.S. public universities.
source 2020-2021 Center for World University Rankings
8. Highlights in Undergraduate Education 2014-
2019
• Overall four-year graduation rates have
increased from 55.1% to 69.8%
• Six-year graduation rates improved rising 2.8
percentage points in the past year to reach a
new high for UT of 85.6%.
9. Four-year graduation rates for African American and Hispanic students showed broadly similar increases during the same period
14. UTL: Ramping up…
Fall Library Building Hours:
• Sunday – Saturday, 7am-11pm
(students, staff, faculty)
• Closed to general public
Onsite services: (Research and help
desk/check out services
• Saturday-Sunday, 10AM-
6:45pm
• Monday-Friday, 9am – 6:45pm
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16. UTL: Ramping up…
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Use of e-resources in HathiTrust
Total users Total number of items accessed Pickup Items
17. UTL: Ramping up…
Collections Portal content increased by
680% with notable growth in several
areas:
• Architecture – 280% increase
• Benson – 160% increase
• Maps – 30,000% (from 46 maps to
over 14,000)
19. Doing things differently
• Prepared virtual introductions
• Recorded search demonstrations
• Made resource-specific video tutorials
• Used Panopto, iMovie and other tools
• Transitioned from physical reserves to
e-resources
21. Some observations
Prompt reaction
Safety a high priority
Emergency solutions
Some useful solutions may stick
Institutions/students/faculty agree that the pandemic was major disruption for
everybody (a good thing, no blame game)
22. Doing things differently
Budget impact
Collaborate on campus and beyond
Move from local to “at scale” solutions
Rethink economic and organizational
models
23. What do we have going for us?
Guarded optimism
Trust capital
Ready partners
Distinctive skillsets
Will continue to functions as partners in research/learning enterprises
24. What do we have going for us?
Collaboration
• ARL Association of Research Libraries
• HATHITrust Digital Library
• SPARC Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
• TDL Texas Digital Library
• CRL Center for Research Libraries
• TLCUA Texas Library Coalition for United Action
25. Academic/Research Libraries in Texas negotiating together for
decreased costs, improved access, and faculty ownership
v.20.9.16
28. Change Readiness
The ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways
that create advantage, minimize risk
Organizations most likely to be successful in making change work to
their advantage are the ones that no longer view change as a
discrete event to be managed, but as a constant opportunity to
evolve.
◦ (Musselwhite and Plouffe)