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crl-16693	Murray, Adam; Ireland, Ashley	Provosts' Perceptions of Academic Library Value & Preferences for Communication: A National Study	2018-04-04	30	.pdf	application/pdf	12130	446	41	336 Provosts’ Perceptions of Academic Library Value and Preferences for Communication: A National Study Adam Murray and Ashley Ireland* While many studies have been conducted under the auspices of cal- culating academic library value, there are no large-scale studies into the perceptions that college or university provosts have of library value, nor are there studies into how provosts prefer library value data to be communicated. al., library deans often struggle to communicate library value, particularly in an age where the academic library’s rhetorical place as the “heart of the university” is no longer sufficient to garner additional resources—positions, funding, facilities—for the library.6 Being able to speak directly to library involve- ment in, and impact on, critical university initiatives such as enrollment, retention, student success, faculty research productivity, and accreditation is at the heart of the Association of College & Research Libraries’ Value of Academic Libraries and Assessment in Action initiatives.7 Academic librarians have conducted many studies using new methodologies and new data collection techniques to calculate the value of academic libraries.	cache/crl-16693.pdf	txt/crl-16693.txt