The University of Tennessee (University of Tennessee, Center for Information & Communication Studies)

Lib-Value addresses academic librarians’ growing need to demonstrate the return on investment (ROI) and value of the library to the institution and will help guide library management in the redirection of library funds to important products and services for the future. To remain relevant and central to the academic mission, academic librarians need to demonstrate the value that the academic library provides to the campus community and need to use proven methods of measurement to determine where their efforts should be concentrated and how funding should be allocated. Lib-Value will provide evidence and a set of tested methodologies and tools to assist academic librarians in these areas.