Assessment in the Libraries
Identifying user needs and assessing the Libraries efforts at meeting them. Includes links to key Libraries statistics, surveys and results, and presentations.
Assessment Activities
Statistics
- Selected Library Statistics by Campus
Summary statistics, for the past five fiscal years, as reported the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) - Circulation Statistics
Annual statistics since 2003 of returnable library material by UW library branch. - Gate Counts
Annual and monthly counts since 2002 of the number of persons entering UW library buildings.
Surveys
- Triennial Survey
The University of Washington Libraries has conducted extensive large-scale surveys of faculty and students since 1992. These triennial surveys focus on library use and satisfaction as well as user needs and library priorities. - In Library Use Survey
The In Library Use Survey is conducted every three years with the goal of assessing library use by students, faculty, and visitors while within the Libraries' physical spaces.
Other Assessment Activities
- Publications & Presentations
- Teaching & Learning Program
- User Experience/Human Factors Program
- Strategic Planning
Libraries Assessment and Metrics Team Blog
Information and links about assessment-related activities and news at University of Washington Libraries, UW generally, and in the wider world of higher education and academic libraries.
