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Process Management. Presented by LibQUAL+™. Presentation Goal. Identify key elements that contribute to a successful survey implementation. ARL New Measures Initiative. Collaboration among member leaders with strong interest in measurement - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Project web site old.libqual.org
Process ManagementProcess Management
Presented byLibQUAL+™
Presentation GoalPresentation Goal
Identify key elements that contribute to a successful survey implementation
ARL New Measures InitiativeARL New Measures Initiative
Collaboration among member leaders with strong interest in measurement
Specific projects developed with different models for exploration
Intent to make resulting tools and methodologies available to full membership and wider community
LibQUAL+LibQUAL+™™ Description Description
LibQUAL+™ is a suite of services that libraries use to solicit, track, understand, and act upon users’ opinions of service quality. These services are offered to the library community by ARL. The program’s centerpiece is a rigorously tested Web-based survey bundled with training that helps libraries assess and improve library services, change organizational culture and market the library
LibQUAL+LibQUAL+TMTM Project Goals Project Goals
Foster a culture of excellence in providing library service
Help libraries better understand user perceptions of library service quality
Collect and interpret library user feedback systematically over time
LibQUAL+LibQUAL+TMTM Project Goals Project Goals
Provide libraries with comparable assessment information from peer institutions
Identify best practices in library service
Enhance library staff members’ analytical skills for interpreting and acting on data
LibQUAL+™ GrowthLibQUAL+™ Growth
LibQUAL+LibQUAL+TMTM Process as Process as ProjectProject
A Project is defined as: Non-routine series of tasks Directed toward a goal Of finite duration A way of addressing customer
expectations
Project Management (PM)Project Management (PM)
“...supplies project teams with a process that helps them coordinate their efforts so they may create the right product (or service, process or plan), at the right time, for the right customer, within the resource limits established by the organization.” (Martin, P. & Tate, K., 1997, p. 2)
Managing the Survey ProcessManaging the Survey Process
Project Management Stages Project Management Stages LibQUAL+™ ProcessLibQUAL+™ Process
Definition Stage
Planning Stage
Implementation Stage
Follow-up Evaluate performance/follow-up
Launch Survey
Select liaison/gather data
Determine needs for survey
OLMS Project Management Institute, ARL Office of Leadership and Management Services
LibQUAL+LibQUAL+TMTM Stages Stages
What are the budgetary requirements?
Who are your sample groups?
What is the survey timeframe? Is it doable?
What are the needs: people supplies, technology?
What skills do survey liaisons or survey team members need?
Definition Stage
Survey LiaisonsSurvey Liaisons
Prepare for survey administration Communicate with LibQUAL+TM team Respond to user feedback Work with local IT/academic computing
contacts and LibQUAL+TM team to resolve any local technical issues
Process TimelineProcess Timeline
•Gather information about LibQUAL+TM survey
•Determine if have appropriate resources
•Identify budgetary requirements if any
•Identify key people to act as survey liaisons/survey committee members.
June/July
LibQUAL+LibQUAL+TMTM Stages Stages
Planning Stage
What are the project specifications? Success criteria?
What resources are in place? What needs to be acquired?
What are the tasks, the specific activities?
What is the survey schedule? Ending Date?
Process TimelineProcess Timeline
August September
•Register for LibQUAL+TM
related workshops
•Identify and initiate stepsto obtain human subjectsresearch approval from IRB
October – December
•Register for Spring survey
•Subscribe to ARL-QUALITYlistserv
•Designate survey liaison/committee/project team
Identify sample groups
Identify best data source toobtain valid e-mail addressesfor sample groups
Meet with person(s) who will be drawing e-mail addressesto determine process feasibility
•Register for LibQUAL+TM
related workshops
LibQUAL+LibQUAL+TMTM Stages Stages
Implementation Stage
What is your implementation plan/schedule?
How will you monitor, control, obtain feedback?
What is your communications plan? How will stakeholders find out about project progress?
What is your contingency plan? What are possible developments and how will you handle them?
Process TimelineProcess Timeline
January
•Need to have IRB approval by mid-January
•Orientation session for participating libraries held during ALA Midwinter, Philadelphia, PA Attendance by first time participants required!
•Complete online demographics questionnaire & Survey preferences
•Survey open
•Draw final e-mail address samples
•Participants launchsurvey on their campuses
February February-March-April
•Survey closed to public
May
LibQUAL+LibQUAL+TMTM Stages Stages
Follow-up
What are the desired outcomes and success criteria you identified during the definition and planning stages?
How well did the project succeed when evaluated against this criteria?
Are there areas for improvement and enhancement?
What did you learn that you can apply in subsequent LibQUAL+TM survey runs?
Process TimelineProcess Timeline
June July
•Participants complete online post hoc survey
•Survey liaison/contacts complete evaluation questionnaire
•Survey results distributed
•Results meeting at ALA AnnualConference
Process TimelineProcess Timeline
August
•Gather information about LibQUAL+TM survey
•Determine if have appropriate resources
•Identify budgetary requirements if any
September
•Register for LibQUAL+TM related workshops
•Identify and initiate steps to obtain human subjects research approval from IRB
October – December June/July
•Register for Spring 2003 survey
•Subscribe to ARL-QUALITY listserv
•Designate survey liaison/committee/project team
•Identify sample groups
•Identify best data source to obtain valid e-mail addresses for sample groups
•Meet with person(s) who will be drawing e-mail addresses to determine process feasibility
•Register for LibQUAL+TM
related workshops
Process TimelineProcess Timeline
January
•Need to have IRB approval by mid-January
•Orientation session for participating libraries held during ALA Midwinter, Phildelphia, PA Attendance by first time participants is required!
•Complete online demographics questionnaire & survey preferences
•Survey open
•Draw final e-mail address samples
•Participants launchsurvey on their campuses
•Survey closed to public
February February -March-April May June
•Survey results distributed
•Results meeting at ALA AnnualConference
July
•Participants complete online post hoc survey
•Survey liaison/contacts complete evaluation questionnaire
THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR FOR YOUR INTEREST!INTEREST!
ReferencesReferences
Cook, C. Heath, F., & Thompson, R.L. (2000). A meta-analysis of response rates in Web- or Internet-based surveys. Educational and psychological Measurement, 60, no.6, 821-836.
Cook, C. & Thompson, B. (2002). “Response Rates,” Introduction to the LibQUAL+TM Spring 2002 Aggregate Results. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries.
Frame, J. D. (1987). Managing projects in organization: How to make use of time, techniques, and people. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Martin, P. and Tate, K. (1997). Project Management Memory Jogger. Methuen, MA: GOAL/QPC.
Project Management Institute. Project management: A proven process for success. http://www.pmi.org. Accessed May 1, 2002.
Smith, A. The fix is in. Projects@Work. http://www.projectsatwork.com/march2002/psa.htm.Accessed May 1, 2002.
LibQUAL+™ ResourcesLibQUAL+™ Resources
LibQUAL+LibQUAL+ Web Site http://www. libqual.org
LibQUAL+LibQUAL+ Bibliographyhttp://www.coe.tamu.edu/~bthompson/servqbib
Survey Participants Policies and Procedures Manualhttp://www.libqual.org/documents/admin/procedures3.8.pdf