[AL-Directors] Project Outcome Coming to Academic Libraries

[Darci Hanning]

Greetings Directors,

Some of you may have heard of Project Outcome for public libraries - and now this free tool is coming to academic libraries. Read on for more information:

The field-testing process for the new surveys for ACRL's Project Outcome for Academic Libraries, developed in partnership with the Public Library Association (PLA), wrapped up at the end of October. These surveys are outcome-based, following the model<https://projectoutcome.org/> developed by the PLA's Performance Measurement Task Force. The goal is to provide users with free, easy-to-use, standard surveys in a toolkit that all types of academic libraries can adopt to assess and improve their services, and to benchmark themselves against their peers.

The Association of College & Research Libraries<http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT04MjI4MDAwJnA9MSZ1PTExMjE3MzYxMjYmbGk9NjE4OTcyMDc/index.html> (ACRL) will be launching Project Outcome for Academic Libraries, developed in partnership with the Public Library Association (PLA), at the ACRL 2019 Conference<http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT04MjI4MDAwJnA9MSZ1PTExMjE3MzYxMjYmbGk9NjE4OTcyMDg/index.html> in April. The seven survey topics available to academic libraries will be: Instruction, Events/Programs, Research, Teaching Support, Digital & Special Collections, Space and Library Technology.

To learn more, visit ACRL Insider<https://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/16865>.

Cheers,
Darci Hanning, MLIS
Public Library Consultant / CE Coordinator
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