We’re Gonna Make it After All : Perspectives from Kent State University With content contributed by Virginia Dressler, MA, MLIS Assistant Professor Digital Projects Librarian University Libraries Kent State University Presented by Elizabeth A. Richardson, MLIS, M.S. Ed. Associate Professor Document Delivery and Institutional Repository Manager University Libraries Kent State University Presented during panel discussion Assessment Strategies for Digital Collections Using Altmetrics: Results of a white paper and experiences from the field LITA FORUM 2015 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | November 12-15, 2015

Digital KSU Libraries Digital Kent State University Libraries Journal/Serial Publishing Book Publishing Conference/Event hosting Academic Series (Previously published works) Image Galleries SelectedWorks™ (Faculty scholarship pages) Special Collections and Archives Digital Collections Chestnut Burr- Student Yearbook ( ) –Content hosted by the Internet Archive Digital Daily Kent Stater- Student Newspaper –Content hosted by Veridian Other image and audio collections –Omeka Digital Collections on multiple platforms

Digital Kent State University Libraries Digital Kent State University Libraries launched in October of Institutional Repository Manager was not given detailed objectives. Purpose of the IR is “to publicize, disseminate, and preserve the scholarly work of Kent State University scholars and affiliates in an open access environment for the purpose of shared knowledge and learning.” IR Manager initiated collection of stats that primarily tracked growth of the IR with limited information about usage. Stats we began tracking for Digital Kent State University Libraries Various counts (# of items, # of structures, etc.) Full-text downloads Page hits

Digital KSU Libraries With the addition of a Digital Projects Librarian, our team started to consider more meaningful metrics and the application of a set of metrics across digital collections on multiple platforms. Referenced the Toolkit for the Impact of Digitised Scholarly Resources – Identified type of metrics within the categories of Sustainability, Usage, and Access/Discoverability Created metrics spreadsheet defining metrics as Quantitative or Qualitative and identifying Tools. Investigating subscription tools such as Plum Analytics

Categories Quantitative Numerical information about collections Qualitative Information about how collections are used. Sustainability Who is mentioning/interested? Usage What did they do? Where did they click? Access/Discoverability How do users arrive there? Categories overlap and are not rigidly defined but are useful for discussion and selection of tools.

Notes - Summary of Tools This is not the final list of tools but shows the process of examining and selecting tools.

Digital KSU Libraries Selected collections for initial bi-monthly analysis Set schedule for reporting and statistic capturing Routinely review retrieved statistics Use statistics to gauge use, value and impact Routinely review statistics in-depth Can this new information provide meaningful information for collection development for digital content? Track how marketing and promotion impact usage of digital collections. Identify any surprises (unknown unknowns?) Tweak and apply to other collections from launch This is not the final list of tools but an example of a list of tools to use on selected collections.

We’re Gonna Make it After All : Perspectives from Kent State University Elizabeth A. Richardson, MLIS, M.S. Ed. Associate Professor Document Delivery and Institutional Repository Manager University Libraries Kent State University Thank you!