About the Academic Library Impact Research Grants
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) offers grants of up to $3,000 each for librarians to carry out new research in areas suggested by ACRL’s 2017 report Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research (prepared for ACRL by OCLC Research and available for download or purchase). This program is one of several developed by ACRL’s Value of Academic Libraries (VAL) Committee to support librarians in their efforts to demonstrate the impact of their work to a wider audience.
ACRL invites applications from librarians and information professionals seeking to conduct research that will demonstrate library contributions to student learning and success. The proposed project should aim to build on the foundations of the Academic Library Impact report and fill gaps in existing literature. The committee invites applicants to propose using any investigative methods appropriate to their research questions. These include but are not limited to standard quantitative and qualitative approaches, as well as critical evaluations, case studies, reflective essays, and (auto)ethnography. Proposals that involve collaboration between librarians and other higher education stakeholders, such as institutional researchers, faculty, administration, students, or community partners are also welcome.
More information is available on the ACRL website: http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/researchawards/impactgrants
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2018 Winner(s)
Activating Library Classrooms: Evaluating Formal Learning Spaces for Active Learning and Student Engagement Penn State University
Rebecca K. Miller, Carmen Cole, Stephanie Diaz, and Julie Porterfield (Penn State University) for a project titled “Activating Library Classrooms: Evaluating Formal Learning Spaces for Active Learning and Student Engagement”
Assessing Student Success through Collaborative Data Collection and Analysis St. Olaf College
Maggie Epstein, Jason Paul, and Bridget Draxler (St. Olaf College) for a project titled “Assessing Student Success through Collaborative Data Collection and Analysis”
Communicating Value and Enhancing Library Use through Finding Common Language Sonoma State University
Marjorie Schreiber Lear, Hilary Smith, Kelly Estrada, and Rhianna Casesa (Sonoma State University) for a project titled “Communicating Value and Enhancing Library Use through Finding Common Language”
Empowering Parenting Students to Succeed University of Memphis
Rachel Scott and Brannen Varner (University of Memphis) for a project titled “Empowering Parenting Students to Succeed”
Let’s Get to Know Each Other: A Mixed Methods Study on Library-Online Patron Communication Champlain College
Nick Faulk and Emily Crist (Champlain College) for a project titled “Let’s Get to Know Each Other: A Mixed Methods Study on Library-Online Patron Communication”
Quantifying the Library’s Value: Aligning Library, Institutional, and Student Success Data University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Rebecca A. Croxton and Anne Cooper Moore (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) for a project titled “Quantifying the Library’s Value: Aligning Library, Institutional, and Student Success Data”
Researchers on Academic Library Impact: Characteristics and Perspectives University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Starr Hoffman and James Cheng (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) for a project titled “Researchers on Academic Library Impact: Characteristics and Perspectives”
Students Helping Students: Creating and Evaluating a Collaborative Service Model in the Library University of Northern Iowa
Theresa Westbrock (University of Northern Iowa) for a project titled “Students Helping Students: Creating and Evaluating a Collaborative Service Model in the Library”
