Reporting Term July 1st 2015 - December 31st 2015

Instruction Statistics:

Bibliographic Instruction

7.1.2015 - 12.31.2015
Total Sessions: 106
Contact Hours: 131.5
Total Attendees: 2356

7.1.2014 - 12.31.2015
Total Sessions: 101
Contact Hours: 115.5
Total Attendees: 2375

• There was a 4% increase in the number of instruction sessions for this reporting period.
• There was a 13% increase in the total number of contact hours for this reporting period.
• There was an .08% decrease  in the total number of attendees in for this reporting period.

Faculty/Staff/Graduate Student Workshops

7.1.2015 - 12.31.2015
Total Sessions: 8
Contact Hours: 8
Total Attendees: 57

7.1.2014 - 12.31.2015
Total Sessions: 6
Contact Hours: 6
Total Attendees: 32

Reference Desk Statistics:

2015

Total Transactions: 5273
Reference Transactions: 2887
Directional Transactions: 2386

2014
Total Transactions: 6683
Reference Transactions: 2922
Directional Transactions: 3761

• There was a 21% decrease in the total number of transactions for this reporting period.
• There was a 1% decrease in the total number of Reference transactions for this reporting period.
• There was a 36% decrease in the total number of Directional transactions for this reporting period.

Approximately 78% of all desk transactions were walk in, 10% were chat, 7% were phone, and 2% were e-mail, 1% were proactive chat, and 1% were walk-ins at the trial location/

Consultations:

2015
Total Consultations: 114

2014
Total Consultations: 138

Outreach Activities:

2015

Outreach Events: 14
Outreach Attendance: 1355

2014

Outreach Events: 14
Outreach Attendance: 911

Projects Completed and in Progress

Collection Development & Management: 

(Print) Reference collection reduction: ongoing. approximately 1000 of 10000 titles processed. 

Sage Reference ebook package approved, titles available Jan. 1 (in process).

New Reference ebooks landing page underway.

Government documents review (in process, sisyphean)

Technology:

Proactive Chat 

Assessment:

Field tested Threshold Achievement Test (TATIL)

Second semester of IHU assessment

Outreach & Marketing:  
Outreach calendar to connect COSMO to all library events

Instruction:

Instruction Camp (Program level outcomes)
Google Site for Library Instruction Resources
Integration of library instruction discussions into reference meetings 

Space:

Student survey and development of plan/quote for reference room space

Reference Desk reconfiguration - in process

Website & Online Instruction:

Built and launched the new website

Usability testing of the new website

Other:

Campus teaching and learning symposium-JG presented

National:

ACRL (KS, JG, GK, SS)

State/Regional:

ACRL Summer Program (GK, JG, KS) 

MLA (KS, JG, GK, SS)

USMAI Reference Forum - November 2015 (KS, JG, GK) JG-presented

ACRL MD/ MILEX Fall program (SS, GK, KS, JG) JG-presented

USMAI UX Unconference (in process) - January 2016 (SN)