About MIS

Mission Statement

Management Information Services (MIS) has responsibility for coordinating the collection and reporting of management information throughout the Library, and for advising Library administrators and managers on the uses of management information.

The Department has the following functions:

1. To identify areas, functions, and tasks within the library where performance and service could be enhanced with management information data.
   
   
2. To develop expertise in various techniques of data collection and analysis, including focus groups and customer surveys, as well as analysis of computerized data files.
   
   
3. To educate the library staff in general, and library management in particular, as to the value of collecting and using management information.
   
   
4. To coordinate the statistical reports produced by the various library units, and to see that these reports correspond to the needs of the Library Administration and the appropriate national organizations.
   
   
5. To evaluate requests for management information and statistical reports, and to work with staff so that statistical reports and data analysis will be appropriate for the situation.
   
   
6. To assist the University Libraries Committee with their analyses and evaluations of library services and collections.
   
   
7. To provide the Library Administration with data for decision making by conducting and analyzing surveys and focus groups, etc.