This is a suite of resources for developing and measuring services and skills within the library sector through the use of logic models. It also includes a set of exemplars that demonstrate the logic models. 

This is a suite of Library guides on Library Assessment by the University of Tennessee. It includes assessment tools and resources, as well as data analysis tools and resources. Importantly, it also has a list of guiding principles that librarians can adapt to fit their own environment. 

This resource is from Project Outcome. It has templates of surveys that academic libraries can use to get feedback from users in seven (7) areas of library services/resources. 

This is a quality assessment framework for Library guides. However, it can be adapted and applied to other information services in academic libraries. Librarians can use the framework to understand performance metrics for their library services.

This resource lays the groundwork for practical SWOT analysis. Librarians can adapt the key points and use for internally generated data. The CPD coordinator can also use as it is as an exercise template for learning how to do SWOT analysis using library data. 

Essentially, a SWOT analysis is an examination of the internal and external factors that impact the organization and its strategies. The internal factors are strengths and weaknesses; the external factors are opportunities and threats. A SWOT analysis gives an organization a clear picture of the “situation” in which it operates and helps it identify which strategies to pursue.

This resource is a module in a course on principles of marketing. Librarians can adapt it and use for practical SWOT processes that would lead them to benchmark how they handle internally generated data. 

This resource is a suite of short guides on library assessment in a University library. It describes the mission, guiding principles, assessment and data analysis tools for the assessment. It also provides further reading materials for each step in the assessment process. The CPD coordinator for librarians can break down the assessment process and adapt different sections to suit the learning needs of librarians. 

The purpose of this resource is to provide guidance for academic libraries seeking to incorporate dashboards and other data visualization tools into their assessment practice.

This suite of resources developed by Canadian Association of Research Libraries would lead librarians into an understanding of how to create data visualization tools such as  dashboards for aligning performance indicators of theiroutputs for excellent academic library services.

The resource has a suite of materials including a handout, slides and an exercise that would assist librarians to understand the components of a DMP as well as the needed tools for creating a DMP.

This resource is a guide on the practical steps to take for drawing up a data management plan. It also has links to DMPs that librarians can adapt to suit the requirements of their services and user communities. 

This resource outlines tools and various means for consistent and methodical collection of library usage data as well as standards and protocols for collection and reporting of library data. It also lists Library Management Systems (LMS) that have inbuilt data analytics features. Librarians can use the material and the links to gain a better understanding of how to manage library data.

This resource proposes data mining as a procedure needed for meaningful data collection  in academic libraries.

This resource explains why inclusiveness in language is important in metadata for creating access points for knowledge. Librarians will gain an understanding of why representation matters in creating metadata.

This Library guide will teach librarians the basic elements of metadata and standards to be adhered to in creating metadata in different disciplines.

This resource explains and provides links to ontologies , data types and file formats for metadata creation. 

This resource will help librarians learn how to document their data before depositing it in a data repository using DataCite Metadata schema and formalized specific metadata standards

A suite of Open Educational Resources (webinars) on Metadata that can be repurposed for training academic librarians.

An identifier is a string of characters that gives a unique name to a person, digital object, resource or entity.  A persistent identifier (PID) is long lasting and, when extended to a fully defined URL, it can be ‘actioned’ online. 

This resource will lead librarians into an understanding of persistent identifiers in dta management as well as the role of ORCID and DOIs. 

A persistent identifier (PID) is a long-lasting reference to a digital resource. Unlike URLs, which may break, a persistent identifier reliably points to a digital entity.

An ORCID iD is an example of a persistent identifier for a person. ORCID works closely with many other PID organizations to build trusted connections between ORCID iDs and other identifiers.

This resource focuses on ORCID and persistent identifiers for journals, and organizations that they work with.

This is a suite of resources from a webinar that include slides on Zenodo and a YouTube recording. The material will lead librarians to an understanding ofthe role of DataCite in making PIDs more available and usable in Africa.