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I am the Services Assessment Librarian at the University of Regina and in that position I am also responsible for the library promotional activities. I report directly to the University Librarian. We do not have an assessment or quality committee but there is a growing interest in assessment in some areas of our library. I have a team that I work with for promotions activities and all members have an aspect of promotions as a part of their work duties assignment.

I am intrigued by all aspects of assessment and most recently have been looking at ways to measure the nature of the use of the academic library physical space. I’d be interested to hear from anyone else on this if you have thoughts, advice or experience.

Right now I am running a faculty survey on digital repositories that is getting a good response and most importantly, it is also generating interest and discussion about open access on campus. The survey response results will help us decide the direction that we should take with an institutional repository. This study is a follow-up to the University of Regina Task Force on University Publishing for which the hearings have just concluded on our campus.

We completed our first run of LibQUAL+ in spring 2006 and we were very pleased with the process and the results. Early in the process, through the text box contributions we received from our respondents in which they described their problems and frustration, we were able to identify a large systemic problem relating to access to full text resources from off campus. We would not have had the insight into this problem were it not for LibQUAL+ and the participation of our community. We have reported back to the community the good news about the resolution of the problem and our thanks for their participation. I am working now on our summary of LibQUAL+ findings.

Thank you Pam for setting up this forum and for bringing us all together!