Connect, Collaborate, and Communicate: A Report from the Value of Academic Libraries Summits, by Karen Brown and Kara J. Malenfant, June 2012. “Five overarching recommendations for the library profession emerged from the discussions, presentations, and facilitated small group work at the summits:

• Increase librarians’ understanding of library value and impact in relation to various dimensions of student learning and success.
• Articulate and promote the importance of assessment competencies necessary for documenting and communicating library impact on student learning and success.
• Create professional development opportunities for librarians to learn how to initiate and design assessment that demonstrates the library’s contributions to advancing institutional mission and strategic goals.
• Expand partnerships for assessment activities with higher education constituent groups and related stakeholders.
• Integrate the use of existing ACRL resources with library value initiatives.”