PDA Event: Evidence-Based Library Advocacy: Assessment Strategies for Every Library Type
How can libraries demonstrate their value to stakeholders? This session will explore strategies for aligning library services with institutional and community goals, conducting needs assessments, gathering meaningful data, and communicating impact. Drawing on experience in both academic and public libraries, the presentation offers practical approaches that libraries of any type can use to assess needs, measure outcomes, and build a compelling case for support.
Presenter:
Katy Webb (she/her) has served as the Betty Drees Johnson Dean of the Library and Learning Technologies at Stetson University’s duPont-Ball Library since July of 2024. She received her MLIS degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2011. After serving as the Head of Research and Instructional Services at East Carolina University, she was the Director of Yale Access Services and Bass Library at Yale University. Katy was the recipient of a Fulbright Specialist grant that took her to Leiden, the Netherlands to assist them in envisioning a digital scholar’s lab. Her writing focuses on library space usage, library labs, student employee engagement, how libraries can contribute to the High Impact Practices for Student Success (HIPs), and mindfulness, yoga, and burnout in libraries. She is the author of the book, Development of Creative Spaces in Academic Libraries: A Decisionmaker’s Guide, which initially appeared in 2018. A second edition is in the works and will appear in 2027. She is the incoming president of the Florida chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries (FACRL).
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