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Telling the Academic Library Story Susan Contente & Michael Meth November 1, 2017 LLAMA webinar: What's Your Story? -- Evidence- Based Advocacy for Your Academic Library Who Are We? Susan Contente Director of Development
Susan Contente & Michael Meth November 1, 2017 LLAMA webinar: What's Your Story? -- Evidence- Based Advocacy for Your Academic Library
– Director of Development
– Associate Dean, Research and Learning Services
– University metrics – Association and Consortia metrics – Peer metrics – Rankings
– When metrics oppose each other – When metrics are not directly tied to Libraries – When metrics are measured but not valued – When metrics are outdated
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– Where do we keep the data? – Is it accessible? – Push or Pull? – Ad hoc vs standing reports? – Do we have the right skill sets to communicate and understand the data?
– Magazines & Annual Reports – Brochures – Social Media – Digital formats vs print formats – Meetings; online or F2F?
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Donors:
Library Management:
(The Susan and Mike definition)
– Educating our various stake holders about what is important for libraries and why we measure and do what we do – Library jargon vs. human speak – Audience: faculty, students, alumni, campus administration, community, etc.
You can reach us at scontente@fsu.edu || mmeth@fsu.edu