Library value and impact continue to be a key topic of research and discussion. We have updated our ‘useful publications’ page with a few recent relevant articles, including:
• Ayre S, Barbrook J, Engel C, Lacey P, Phul A, Stevenson P and Toft S (2015) Measuring the impact of information skills training: a survey of health libraries in England, Health Information & Libraries Journal, 32(1), 50–60
• Perrier L, Farrell A, Ayala AP, Lightfoot D, Kenny T, Aaronson E, Allee N, Brighma T, Connor E, Constantinescu T, Muellenbach J, Brown Epstin HA, and Weiss A (2014) Effects of librarian-provided services in healthcare settings: a systematic review. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 21, 1118-1124,
• Poll R (2014) Bibliography ‘Impact and outcome of libraries, ULB Münster
• Raynor M and Craven J (2015) Looking beyond satisfaction: evaluating the value and impact of information skills training, Health Information & Libraries Journal, 32(1), 73-79
A number of UK conferences this year highlight issues of value and impact:
The 2015 i3 conference (Information, Interactions and Impact) takes place June 23-26, 2015 at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland.
The 11th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services will be hosted in Edinburgh, UK, between Monday 20th and Wednesday 22nd July 2015, in partnership with the National Library of Scotland.
The CILIP conference 2015 takes place in Liverpool from 2 – 3 July 2015. One of the four themes is demonstrating value: what’s your impact.
We welcome any suggestions for useful publications or resources.
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