In Fall 2011, staff at the University of Minnesota Libraries-Twin Cities undertook a project to measure how often, and in what ways, students used the Libraries' services. Partnering with the University's Office of Institutional Research, the team investigated ways to match library service usage to individual accounts while retaining patron privacy to determine who was-and was not-using the library. With complete data sets, the group was able to determine overall usage rates for undergraduate and graduate students and compare how students in different colleges used library services. This article discusses data gathering techniques, analysis, and initial findings.

This study describes how University of Minnesota Extension staff locate and use information to accomplish daily activities. The major findings were: (a) information seeking is a daily or weekly need; (b) staff use predominately online resources from a variety of sources-peer-reviewed journals, technical or research reports, and government information-and use search engines most frequently to locate them; and (c) Extension staff are aware of the majority of library resources and services. Extension staff welcome advanced information-seeking tools and techniques for professional development.

For years scientists in fields from climate change to biodiversity to hydrology have used older data to address contemporary issues. Since the 1960s researchers, recognizing the value of this data, have expressed concern about its management and potential for loss. No widespread solutions have emerged to address the myriad issues around its storage, access, and findability. This paper summarizes observations and concerns of researchers in various disciplines who have articulated problems associated with analog data and highlights examples of projects that have used historical data. The authors also examined selected papers to discover how researchers located historical data and how they used it. While many researchers are not producing huge amounts of analog data today, there are still large volumes of it that are at risk. To address this concern, the authors recommend the development of best practices for managing historic data. This will take communication across disciplines and the involvement of researchers, departments, institutions, and associations in the process.

As a central gathering place that furthers the mission and vision of their larger institutions and communities, libraries are well poised to be strategic partners within their communities. Respondents consistently indicated the value that their libraries placed on developing strategic partnerships and collaborations. These collaborations were valued because they helped ensure that strategic goals were met, they broadened the scope of expertise and perspectives, provided access and avenues to new audiences, created additional marketing efforts, and leveraged resources, both financial and staffing. However, collaborations were not without their challenges, which included differing expectations, communication issues, varying timelines between partners, a lack of follow through, and limited ability to hold partners accountable. In-person tours 56 98% Open houses 55 97% Resource tables 55 97% Orientation presentations 54 95% Social media 54 95% Author talks 50 88% Film screenings 44 77% Friends of the Library events 40 70% Scavenger hunts 33 58% Gaming events 31 54% Virtual or self-guided tours 28 49% Other activity 38 67% Please briefly describe the other activity. N=38 Academic programming support with an emphasis on academic integrity, mental health and wellness/ stress reduction activities, and events including therapy dogs, yoga breaks, Bell Let's Talk Activities during finals, Museum Gallery tours Art projects, poetry readings, "DIY" music and maker space event, workshops (in person and online), "Office hours" (faculty drop-in support sessions) Book talks, faculty presentations/talks, exam relief-including both scheduled activities and drop-in / time of need activities-displays & exhibits, white-board engagement question walls, pop-up librarian, activities, please specify the partner. N=27 Never

The objective of this paper is to illustrate the importance and complexities of working with historical analog data that exists on university campuses. Using a case study of fruit breeding data, we highlight issues and opportunities for librarians to help preserve and increase access to potentially valuable data sets. Methods: We worked in conjunction with researchers to inventory, describe, and increase access to a large, 100-year-old data set of analog fruit breeding data. This involved creating a spreadsheet to capture metadata about each data set, identifying data sets at risk for loss, and digitizing select items for deposit in our institutional repository. Results/Discussion: We illustrate that large amounts of data exist within biological and agricultural sciences departments and labs, and how past practices of data collection, record keeping, storage, and management have hindered data reuse. We demonstrate that librarians have a role in collaborating with researchers and providing direction in how to preserve analog data and make it available for reuse. This work may provide guidance for other science librarians pursuing similar projects. Conclusions: This case study demonstrates how science librarians can build or strengthen their role in managing and providing access to analog data by combining their data management skills with researchers' needs to recover and reuse data.