For context, here are the “Areas of Library Value and Potential Surrogates” from the Value of Academic Libraries report that I’m using as a basis for your input:
Student Enrollment
• Recruitment of prospective students
• Matriculation of admitted students
• Recommendation of current students
Student Retention & Graduation
• Fall-to-fall retention
• Graduation rates
Student Success
• Internship success
• Job placement
• Job salaries
• Professional/graduate school acceptance
• Marketable skills
Student Achievement
• GPA
• Professional/educational test scores
Student Learning
• Learning assessments
• Faculty judgments
Student Experience, Attitude, & Perception of Quality
• Self-report engagement studies
• Senior/alumni studies
• Help surveys
• Alumni donations
Faculty Research Productivity
• Number of publications, number of patents, value of technology transfer
• Tenure/promotion judgments
Faculty Grants
• Number of grant proposals (funded or unfunded)
• Value of grants funded
Faculty Teaching
• Integration of library resources and services into course syllabi, websites,
• lectures, labs, texts, reserve readings, etc.
• Faculty/librarian collaborations; cooperative curriculum, assignment, or
• assessment design
Institutional Reputation & Prestige
• Faculty recruitment
• Institutional rankings
• Community engagement