TM Project web site Report Meeting Colleen Cook Bruce Thompson Martha Kyrillidou July 28, 2003 Durham United Kingdom
Assessment “The difficulty lies in trying to find a single model or set of simple indicators that can be used by different institutions, and that will compare something across large groups that is by definition only locally applicable—i.e., how well a library meets the needs of its institution. Librarians have either made do with oversimplified national data or have undertaken customized local evaluations of effectiveness, but there has not been devised an effective way to link the two.” Sarah Pritchard, Library Trends, 1996
Theory of Service Quality: SERVQUAL A. Parasuraman L. Berry V. Zeithaml 1985
Relationships: Perceptions, Service Quality and Satisfaction ….only customers judge quality; all other judgments are essentially irrelevant” Zeithaml, Parasuraman, Berry. (1999). Delivering quality service. NY: The Free Press.
Project Resources LibQUAL+ TM is an ARL/Texas A&M University joint effort. The project is supported in part by a 3-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) and a 3-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Dimensions items56-items25-items22-items Affect of Service Service Affect ReliabilityLibrary as Place ReliabilityPersonal ControlInformation Control Provision of Physical Collections Self-RelianceInformation Access Access to Information
LibQUAL+™ Growth
Rapid Growth in Other Areas 4 Languages American English British English French “Dutch English” 7 Consortia Each has 5 local questions added to the survey 7 Types of Institutions Academic Health Sciences Academic Law Academic Military College or University Community College Public State
LibQUAL+™ 2003 by the Numbers InstitutionsSurveys Total308128,958 American English285115,852 Colleges and Universities22198,206 Community Colleges307,354 Academic Health Sciences227,388 Military Institutions61,697 Public and State Institutions5741 Academic Law Institutions1466 British English2011,919 Canadian French2416 Dutch English1771 ARL6631,479
2003 LibQUAL+™ Survey Activity
LibQUAL+™ 2003 Summary Colleges or Universities
LibQUAL+™ 2003 Colleges or Universities – Dimension Means
LibQUAL+™ 2003 Colleges or Universities – Library Use
LibQUAL+™ 2003 Colleges or Universities – Core Questions
LibQUAL+™ 2003 Summary Community Colleges
LibQUAL+™ 2003 Community Colleges – Dimension Means
LibQUAL+™ 2003 Community Colleges – Library Use
LibQUAL+™ 2003 Summary Academic Health Sciences
LibQUAL+™ 2003 Health Sciences – Dimension Means
LibQUAL+™ 2003 Health Sciences – Library Use
LibQUAL+™ 2003 Summary Military Institutions
LibQUAL+™ 2003 Military Institutions – Dimension Means
LibQUAL+™ 2003 Military Institutions – Library Use
LibQUAL+™ 2003 Summary State and Public Institutions
LibQUAL+™ 2003 State and Public – Dimension Means
LibQUAL+™ 2003 State and Public – Library Use
LibQUAL+™ 2003 Summary United Kingdom
LibQUAL+™ 2003 United Kingdom – Dimension Means
LibQUAL+™ 2003 United Kingdom – Library Use
LibQUAL+™ 2003 Summary French Canadian
LibQUAL+™ 2003 French Canadian – Dimension Means
LibQUAL+™ 2003 French Canadian – Library Use
Key to Radar Charts
Key to Bar Charts
LibQUAL+ Related Documents LibQUAL+ LibQUAL+ Web Site LibQUAL+ LibQUAL+ Bibliography Survey Participants Procedures Manual
2003 Results on the Web Notebooks from the 2003 iteration of the LibQUAL+(TM) survey Interactive Statistics
Online Administration System