You have exceeded your limit for simultaneous device logins.

Your current subscription allows you to be actively logged in on up to three (3) devices simultaneously. click on continue below to log out of other sessions and log in on this device., white papers / case studies.

case study in library

At times, our sponsors make available valuable insights in the form of complimentary white papers or case studies that they wish to share with our audience. You’ll find descriptions and download links for these documents below.

case study in library

Posted:  Jun 2022

Reinventing Libraries for Post-Pandemic Success

As library system leaders plan for the future, they have a unique opportunity to leverage federal pandemic relief aid and build on the changes they made during the global pandemic to more effectively serve their patrons’ needs going forward.

Click Here To Download This White Paper

case study in library

Posted:  April 2022

Analytics Play a Key Role in Campus Library Operations

Data now inform nearly every aspect of our lives, and academic libraries are increasingly using data to drive operations. In fact, a new survey from Library Journal and EBSCO reveals that library analytics are critical for understanding how users engage with campus libraries.

Click Here to Download this white paper

case study in library

Posted:  Feb 2022

UNC Libraries builds a diverse collection of books and audiobooks with help from OverDrive

Today’s college students want access to books and other materials in the format of their choice, and often that’s online in the palm of their hand. The University Libraries at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill is using OverDrive Academic’s innovative digital reading platform to diversify its library collections by adding custom ebook and audiobook content to meet students’ desire for anytime, anywhere reading options.

Click Here to Download this Case Study

Posted:  Jan 2022

How Libraries Can Support Their Communities’ Digital Needs More Effectively

The pandemic has exposed significant gaps in access to computers and high speed internet service among low-income families in particular.

A 2020 Library Journal survey of public libraries across the United States, developed in coordination with Spectrum Enterprise, reveals how libraries have played a vital role in bringing digital resources to stakeholders during the pandemic.

case study in library

Posted:  August 2021

Video Streaming Service Meets Library Patrons’ Multiple Needs for Entertainment, Research, and More

Many public libraries have struggled to support their patrons’ needs with remote access to services during the pandemic. But in Ocean County, New Jersey, the library’s 600,000-plus members have enjoyed unlimited access to more than 28,000 hours of carefully curated streaming video content available on any device through a service called Access Video On Demand, from Infobase.

Click Here To Download This Case Study

Posted:  Jan 2021

How Libraries Are Essential Broadband Partners in Their Communities

At a time when more students are learning remotely and many office spaces have remained closed, libraries have been instrumental in making sure that community members without home broadband access aren’t left behind.

A new Library Journal survey of public libraries across the United States, developed in coordination with Spectrum Enterprise, sought to identify the key challenges and opportunities libraries experience with providing internet and WiFi access to their constituents.

case study in library

Posted:  Nov 2019

Digital Humanities in Action: How Academic Libraries Play a Prominent Role in Advancing Digital Humanities on Campus

The use of digital humanities capabilities is transforming the study of humanities at colleges and universities worldwide—and academic libraries are playing a central role in guiding the use of these technologies.  Download the white paper that highlights the conclusions from a study involving nearly 200 academic librarians from around the world, conducted in June and July 2019 by Library Journal in conjunction with Gale, a Cengage Company.

case study in library

Sponsor:  LaptopsAnytime

Posted:  Dec 2017

Welcome to Central Library. Your Device of Choice Is Waiting.

Austin Public Library and LaptopsAnytime Invest in Community Change, One Device at a Time

Austin Public Library had a vision for the new Central Library—create a sense of community in a growing downtown. This case study explores how LaptopsAnytime helped fulfill that vision with five self-service kiosks. Each 30-device kiosk accommodates multiple device types so patrons find their laptop or tablet of choice.

LearningExpress logo

Posted:  Nov 2017

Information & Media Literacy: Skills Needed in Today’s World

Extraordinary digital innovation has brought about a global information society and has radically changed information access and standards of authority and reliability — straining the educational and labor market infrastructures needed to confront this change. Read the LearningExpress-sponsored white paper on skills needed in today’s world to decipher information sources.

case study in library

Designing High-Participation Summer and Winter Reading Programs

Aggregating the results of over 2,000 summer reading programs, and looking deeper at the libraries which have run the highest participation summer programs, our data shows that seemingly small decisions about registration, logging, incentives, and other features can have a measurable impact. This report provides an overview of key insights and recommends some best practices that are enabling top-performing libraries to get the most out of their reading programs.

Communico logo

The Challenge: Breaking Out from Data Silos

In this case study, interim CEO Michael Gannon explores the challenges Prince George’s County Memorial Library System (PGCMLS) faced in providing digital services to its patrons.

He says that the library’s digital needs ranged from event management to a mobile app, and that it had become increasingly difficult to manage the different systems. For all their usefulness, the different systems were “silos” incapable of talking to one another.

Using the Communico suite, PGCMLS migrated from a fragmented, multi-vendor approach to an integrated cloud based platform.  They now find themselves able to provide what their customers expect.

Baker & Taylor logo

Posted:  Sep 2017

Gail Borden PL Finds Costs Savings & Increased Efficiency

Gail Borden PL serves the fifth largest population in Illinois with a circulation of more than 2 million items. They were challenged to find efficiencies that would result in overall cost savings, free up staff time and put more attention on customer engagement. Their partnership with Customized Library Services by Baker & Taylor allowed them to meet those goals and work on some important new initiatives that had been on their wish list. Download the case study to see how this partnership improved their Tech Services Department.

ByWater Solutions logo

Sponsor:  ByWater Solutions

Posted:  Jun 2017

Why Now is the Time to Move to a Collaborative Web Based ILS Platform

More and more libraries are finding that their proprietary, client based ILS products are no longer fulfilling their needs. Locked down systems that provide little in the way of open collaboration and interoperability are losing ground to more progressive, lightweight platforms that are open to working with other third party systems and provide unfettered access to the libraries’ own data. Learn how a public library system replaced their client based proprietary ILS and how that change opened doors to other improvements within their library that they never would have explored otherwise.

Sponsor:  SAGE

Posted:  Apr 2017

Sage Publishing logo

As change comes to academic institutions of all types—four-year colleges and universities, community colleges, technical and vocational schools, and professional schools—their library services are changing as well.  LJ ’s 2016 Academic Movers present a snapshot of some of the large and small shifts happening on campuses worldwide. The interviews featured in this collection, sponsored by SAGE Publishing, offer a closer look at the innovative work they’re doing to meet those changes head-on.

Click Here To Download The Insights

Sponsor:  Agati

Agati logo

A Practical Guide to Choosing the Right Furniture for Your Library

What integral elements  of design and construction create the most effective library furniture for contemporary libraries? Because the answer is not always obvious, AGATI has compiled all dimensions of our experience building furniture for academic and public libraries into a short paper just for librarians looking to create the best learning environments possible for their patrons.

Click Here To Download This Case Study

Sponsor:  Userful

Logo_Userful

10 Key Questions to Ask When Evaluating Public Computing Solutions

When searching for the right public computing solution, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by all the options out there. Librarians always want to ensure they’re getting the best solution for their needs. Knowing the right questions to ask saves time, and ensures librarians make a good purchase decision. This document outlines the  10 Key Questions to Ask When Evaluating Public Computing Solutions . It is a must-have for all library technology decision-makers.

Click Here To Download This PDF

COHS_logo_200w

Sponsor:  Gale Cengage Learning

Gale_Logo_600x140

Learn How Public Libraries Can Deliver Accredited High School Diplomas to Adults

Read about Denver Public Library’s (DPL) solution to a challenge uncovered in their community needs assessment—14 percent of their adults population did not complete high school.

To address this local educational crisis, DPL implemented the program Career Online High School, a high school completion program that allows libraries to offer accredited high school diplomas and career certificates to adult learners.

Sponsor:  School Outfitters

SchoolOutfitters_logo_200w

Finding New Life in an Old Space: Making the move from library to media center

The very idea of libraries is evolving. Traditional hushed, book-lined environments are being replaced by contemporary workspaces and becoming hubs of collaboration. School Outfitters had an opportunity to work with a local school to modernize their space, transforming it from a sparsely-populated room to one of the busiest in the building.

14M-GL0452 Analytics On Demand logo_final_72dpi

Posted:  April 2016

Data-Driven Decision Making Ideally Locates New Library Construction

How well do you know your community? Who are they? What are they interested in? How do you know?

Public libraries are the core of their communities and with Analytics On Demand, you can take data-driven decision making and community engagement to the next level.

Learn how Dedham Public Library determined where to build new library and developed new services with  Gale’s Analytics On Demand .

Sponsor:  Book Systems

Posted:  March 2016

BookSystems_logo

Not many libraries migrate to a new integrated library system (ILS) twice in one year – but the Blount County Public Library (BCPL) did! This case study explores BCPL Director, K.C. Williams’ experience and their decision to leave the statewide system and implement Atriuum to meet their needs.

Sponsor:  Comprise

Compirse_logo_250w

How You Can Benefit from Self Service Payments!

Every day, Spartanburg County Public Libraries uses Comprise’s revolutionary unified payment solution to process tens of thousands of dollars in payments for print services, fines and fees, and donations; most of it without staff involvement! Libraries that have executed the unified payment system have seen their total revenues grow, perfect audits, and happier staff & patrons, which the Spartanburg County Public Libraries can vouch for.

Comprise offers the only PCI-compliant Unified Payment System encompassing point of sale, online, and in-library self-service transactions with a full portfolio of consolidated reports. Our system is compatible with all leading ILS. We work directly with our customers and are committed to their satisfaction 24/7. Learn how your library can begin building a Unified Payment System and offer convenience to your patrons at the same time!

Sponsor:  Infor

infor_logo_200w

See How Kingston Frontenac PL Created a One-Stop Discovery Resource for Patrons

Increasingly, libraries are looking to replace the traditional online catalog with a discovery layer that’s more engaging and visually appealing. A new approach to discovery combines the catalog with the library’s website. Now library users have a single environment to explore not only collections, but also the wide array of services the library offers.

Iguana is a web portal and discovery platform that brings a library’s website and catalog together in one environment. Implemented world-wide, Iguana is becoming the platform of choice for libraries looking to revamp their web presence while providing users a best-in-breed discovery service. At Kingston Frontenac Public Library in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, the library has seen the benefits: more engaged users who explore collections and partake in the many services that the library offers.

Click Here To Download The Iguana Case Study

case study in library

Academic Insights: Innovation From  LJ  Movers Class of 2016

Posted:  Mar 2017

Posted:  August 2016

The Challenge: Combining a Robust ILS with Ease of Implementation and Use

Posted:  June 2013

Get Print. Get Digital. Get Both!

Add comment :-, comment policy:.

  • Be respectful, and do not attack the author, people mentioned in the article, or other commenters. Take on the idea, not the messenger.
  • Don't use obscene, profane, or vulgar language.
  • Stay on point. Comments that stray from the topic at hand may be deleted.
  • Comments may be republished in print, online, or other forms of media.
  • If you see something objectionable, please let us know. Once a comment has been flagged, a staff member will investigate.

First Name should not be empty !!!

Last Name should not be empty !!!

email should not be empty !!!

Comment should not be empty !!!

You should check the checkbox.

Please check the reCaptcha

case study in library

Ethan Smith

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.

Posted 6 hours ago REPLY

Jane Fitgzgerald

Posted 6 hours ago

Michael Woodward

Continue reading.

Libraries are always evolving. Stay ahead. Log In.

case study in library

Added To Cart

Related , the world’s largest online historical archive of eighteenth century studies turns 20, three things every librarian should know about open access content, librarians are instrumental in supporting open access publishing—and f1000 can help, librarians can help make research assessment more effective. here’s how, holding steady | placements and salaries survey 2022, utah state study reveals need for teacher-librarian collaboration on information literacy instruction | backtalk, "what is this" design thinking from an lis student.

case study in library

Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets & Titles Making News | July 17 2018

Story Image

Materials on Hand | Materials Handling

Story Image

LGBTQ Collection Donated to Vancouver Archives

L J image

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, --> Log In

You did not sign in correctly or your account is temporarily disabled

REGISTER FREE to keep reading

If you are already a member, please log in.

Passwords must include at least 8 characters.

Your password must include at least three of these elements: lower case letters, upper case letters, numbers, or special characters.

The email you entered already exists. Please reset your password to gain access to your account.

Create a Password to complete your registration. Get access to:

Uncommon insight and timely information

Thousands of book reviews

Blogs, expert opinion, and thousands of articles

Research reports, data analysis, --> What's Available---> Case Studies.

Business Library

case study in library

Questions? Ask a business librarian!  We are happy to recommend sources, walk you through Berkeley's many databases, and help you refine your search terms. 

Use the email form to reach our whole team of business librarians. For in-person or remote consultations, please make an reference  appointment . 

  • Next: Books >>
  • Last Updated: Jan 29, 2024 11:17 AM
  • URL: https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/case_studies
  • Hispanoamérica
  • Work at ArchDaily
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy

BBU Library And Student Center / Gereben Marián Architects

BBU Library And Student Center / Gereben Marián Architects

The Library in Ice-Chrysanthemum Field / ATELIER XI

The Library in Ice-Chrysanthemum Field / ATELIER XI

SQUARES in Tianshui Library  and Daycare / SAKO Architects

SQUARES in Tianshui Library and Daycare / SAKO Architects

Pyramid Book House / MAT Office

Pyramid Book House / MAT Office

Twisted Brick Shell Concept Library / HCCH Studio

Twisted Brick Shell Concept Library / HCCH Studio

Shanghai Book City / Wutopia Lab

Shanghai Book City / Wutopia Lab

Lea Bridge Library Pavilion / Studio Weave

Lea Bridge Library Pavilion / Studio Weave

Masoro Learning & Sports Center / General Architecture Collaborative

Masoro Learning & Sports Center / General Architecture Collabo...

Shanghai Conservatory of Music Experimental School Hebi Branch Library Interior Renovation / URBANUS

Shanghai Conservatory of Music Experimental School Hebi Branch...

Cai Yuanpei Square and Jiemin Library / UAD - ACRC

Cai Yuanpei Square and Jiemin Library / UAD - ACRC

Qinfeng Library / Wall Architects of XAUAT

Qinfeng Library / Wall Architects of XAUAT

A Red House Library / Estudio Arzubialde

A Red House Library / Estudio Arzubialde

Library and School Gate of CAUC / TJAD Original Design Studio

Library and School Gate of CAUC / TJAD Original Design Studio

Library in the Earth / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

Library in the Earth / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

JUANZONG Books & Cafe / CASE PAVILION

JUANZONG Books & Cafe / CASE PAVILION

The Reading Room / A N Design Studio

The Reading Room / A N Design Studio

L’échappée / Atelier WOA

L’échappée / Atelier WOA

Weldon Library Revitalization / Perkins&Will

Weldon Library Revitalization / Perkins&Will

Deba Library / Zhaohui Rong Studio

Deba Library / Zhaohui Rong Studio

Media Library Sainte-Geneviève- des-Bois / archi5 + Calmm architecture

Media Library Sainte-Geneviève- des-Bois / archi5 + Calmm arch...

Sant Martí Sarroca Library / Valor-Llimós

Sant Martí Sarroca Library / Valor-Llimós

Adams Street Library / WORKac

Adams Street Library / WORKac

de los Molinos Library  / Estudio DIIR

de los Molinos Library / Estudio DIIR

Córdoba Public Library / Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos

Córdoba Public Library / Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos

  • JMP Academic Program

Case Study Library

Bring practical statistical problem solving to your course.

A wide selection of real-world scenarios with practical multistep solution paths.  Complete with objectives, data, illustrations, insights and exercises. Exercise solutions available to qualified instructors only.

case study in library

What is JMP’s case study library?

  • Request Solutions ​

*: The cases with * need JMP Pro

About the Authors

Marlene Smith

Dr. Marlene Smith

University of Colorado Denver

Jim Lamar

Saint-Gobain NorPro

Stephens, Mia

Mia Stephens

Dewayne Derryberry

Dr. DeWayne Derryberry

Idaho State University

Eric Stephens

Eric Stephens

Nashville General Hospital

Shirley Shmerling

Dr. Shirley Shmerling

University of Massachusetts

Volker Kraft, JMP

Dr. Volker Kraft

Markus Schafheutle

Dr. Markus Schafheutle

Ajoy Kumar

Dr. M Ajoy Kumar

Siddaganga Institute of Technology

Sam Gardner

Sam Gardner

Jennifer Verdolin

Dr. Jennifer Verdolin

University of Arizona

Kevin Potcner

Kevin Potcner

Jane Oppenlander

Dr. Jane Oppenlander

Clarkson University

Mary Ann Shifflet

Dr. Mary Ann Shifflet

University of South Indiana

Muralidhara Anandamurthy

Muralidhara A

James Grayson

Dr. Jim Grayson

Augusta University

Robert Carver

Dr. Robert Carver

Brandeis University

Dr. Frank Deruyck

Dr. Frank Deruyck

University College Ghent

Dr. Simon Stelzig

Dr. Simon Stelzig

Lohmann GmbH & Co. KG

Andreas Trautmann

Andreas Trautmann

Lonza Group AG

Claire Baril

Claire Baril

Chandramouli Ramnarayanan

Chandramouli R

Ross Metusalem

Ross Metusalem

case study in library

Benjamin Ingham

The University of Manchester

Case Study Solutions request

To request solutions to the exercises within the Case Studies, please complete this form and indicate which case(s) and their number you would like to request in the space provided below.  Solutions are provided to qualified instructors only and all requests including academic standing will be verified before solutions are sent. 

Medical Malpractice

Explore claim payment amounts for medical malpractice lawsuits and identify factors that appear to influence the amount of the payment using descriptive statistics and data visualizations.

Key words: Summary statistics, frequency distribution, histogram, box plot, bar chart, Pareto plot, and pie chart

  • Download the case study (PDF)
  • Download the data set

Baggage Complaints

Analyze and compare baggage complaints for three different airlines using descriptive statistics and time series plots. Explore differences between the airlines, whether complaints are getting better or worse over time, and if there are other factors, such as destinations, seasonal effects or the volume of travelers that might affect baggage performance.

Key words: Time series plots, summary statistics

Defect Sampling

Explore the effectiveness of different sampling plans in detecting changes in the occurrence of manufacturing defects.

Key words: Tabulation, histogram, summary statistics, and time series plots

Film on the Rocks

Use survey results from a summer movie series to answer questions regarding customer satisfaction, demographic profiles of patrons, and the use of media outlets in advertising.

Key words: Bar charts, frequency distribution, summary statistics, mosaic plot, contingency table, (cross-tabulations), and chi-squared test

Improving Patient Satisfaction

Analyze patient complaint data at a medical clinic to identify the issues resulting in customer dissatisfaction and determine potential causes of decreased patient volume. 

Key words: Frequency distribution, summary statistics, Pareto plot, tabulation, scatterplot, run chart, correlation

  • Download the data set 1
  • Download the data set 2

Price Quotes

Evaluate the price quoting process of two different sales associate to determine if there is inconsistency between them to decide if a new more consistent pricing process should be developed.

Key words: Histograms, summary statistics, confidence interval for the mean, one sample t-Test

Treatment Facility

Determine what effect a reengineering effort had on the incidence of behavioral problems and turnover at a treatment facility for teenagers.

Key words: Summary statistics, time series plots, normal quantile plots, two sample t-Test, unequal variance test, Welch's test

Use data from a survey of students to perform exploratory data analysis and to evaluate the performance of different approaches to a statistical analysis.

Key words: Histograms, normal quantile plots, log transformations, confidence intervals, inverse transformation

Fish Story: Not Too Many Fishes in the Sea

Use the DASL Fish Prices data to investigate whether there is evidence that overfishing occurred from 1970 to 1980.

Key words: Histograms, normal quantile plots, log transformations, inverse transformation, paired t-test, Wilcoxon signed rank test

Subliminal Messages

Determine whether subliminal messages were effective in increasing math test scores, and if so, by how much.

Key words: Histograms, summary statistics, box plots, t-Test and pooled t-Test, normal quantile plot, Wilcoxon Rank Sums test, Cohen's d

Priority Assessment

Determine whether a software development project prioritization system was effective in speeding the time to completion for high priority jobs.

Key words: Summary statistics, histograms, normal quantile plot, ANOVA, pairwise comparison, unequal variance test, and Welch's test

Determine if a backgammon program has been upgraded by comparing the performance of a player against the computer across different time periods.

Key words: Histograms, confidence intervals, stacking data, one-way ANOVA, unequal variances test, one-sample t-Test, ANOVA table and calculations, F Distribution, F ratios

Per Capita Income

Use data from the World Factbook to explore wealth disparities between different regions of the world and identify those with the highest and lowest wealth.

Key words: Geographic mapping, histograms, log transformation, ANOVA, Welch's ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis

  • Download the data set 3

Kerrich: Is a Coin Fair?

Using outcomes for 10,000 flips of a coin, use descriptive statistics, confidence intervals and hypothesis tests to determine whether the coin is fair. 

Key words: Bar charts, confidence intervals for proportions, hypothesis testing for proportions, likelihood ratio, simulating random data, scatterplot, fitting a regression line

Lister and Germ Theory

Use results from a 1860’s sterilization study to determine if there is evidence that the sterilization process reduces deaths when amputations are performed.

Key words: Mosaic plots, contingency tables, Pearson and likelihood ratio tests, Fisher's exact test, two-sample proportions test, one- and two-sided tests, confidence interval for the difference, relative risk

Salk Vaccine

Using data from a 1950’s study, determine whether the polio vaccine was effective in a cohort study, and, if it was, quantify the degree of effectiveness.

Key words: Bar charts, two-sample proportions test, relative risk, two-sided Pearson and likelihood ratio tests, Fisher's exact test, and the Gamma measure of association

Smoking and Lung Cancer

Use the results of a retrospective study to determine if there is a positive association between smoking and lung cancer, and estimate the risk of lung cancer for smokers relative to non-smokers.

Key words: Mosaic plots, two-by-two contingency tables, odds ratios and confidence intervals, conditional probability, hypothesis tests for proportions (likelihood ratio, Pearson's, Fisher's Exact, two sample tests for proportions)

Mendel's Laws of Inheritance

Use the data sets provided to explore Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance for dominant and recessive traits.

Key words: Bar charts, frequency distributions, goodness-of-fit tests, mosaic plot, hypothesis tests for proportions

Contributions

Predict year-end contributions in an employee fund-raising drive.

Key words: Summary statistics, time series plots, simple linear regression, predicted values, prediction intervals

Direct Mail

Evaluate different regression models to determine if sales at small retail shop are influence by direct mail campaign and using the resulting models to predict sales based upon the amount of marketing.

Key words: Time series plots, simple linear regression, lagged variables, predicted values, prediction intervals

Cost Leadership

Assess the effectiveness of a cost leadership strategy in increasing market share, and assess the potential for additional gains in market share under the current strategy.

Key words: Simple linear regression, spline fitting, transformations, predicted values, prediction intervals

Archosaur:  The Relationship Between Body Size and Brain Size

Analyze data on the brain and body weight of different dinosaur species to determine if a proposed statistical model performs well at describing the relationship and use the model to predict brain weight based on body weight.

Key words: Histogram and summary statistics, fitting a regression line, log transformations, residual plots, interpreting regression output and parameter estimates, inverse transformations

Cell Phone Service

Determine whether wind speed and barometric pressure are related to phone call performance (percentage of dropped or failed calls) and use the resulting model to predict the percentage of bad calls based upon the weather conditions.

Key words: Histograms, summary statistics, simple linear regression, multiple regression, scatterplot, 3D-scatterplot

Housing Prices

After determining which factors relate to the selling prices of homes located in and around a ski resort, develop a model to predict housing prices.

Key words: Scatterplot matrix, correlations, multiple regression, stepwise regression, multicollinearity, model building, model diagnostics

Bank Revenues

A bank wants to understand how customer banking habits contribute to revenues and profitability. Build a model that allows the bank to predict profitability for a given customer. The resulting model will be used to forecast bank revenues and guide the bank in future marketing campaigns.

Key words: Log transformation, stepwise regression, regression assumptions, residuals, Cook’s D, model coefficients, singularity, prediction profiler, inverse transformations

Determine whether certain conditions make it more likely that a customer order will be won or lost.

Key words: Bar charts, frequency distribution, mosaic plots, contingency table, chi-squared test, logistic regression, predicted values, confusion matrix

Titanic Passengers

Use the passenger data related to the sinking of the RMS Titanic ship to explore some questions of interest about survival rates for the Titanic. For example, were there some key characteristics of the survivors? Were some passenger groups more likely to survive than others? Can we accurately predict survival?

Key words: Logistic regression, log odds and logit, odds, odds ratios, prediction profiler

Credit Card Marketing

A bank would like to understand the demographics and other characteristics associated with whether a customer accepts a credit card offer. Build a Classification model that will provide insight into why some bank customers accept credit card offers.

Key words: Classification trees, training & validation, confusion matrix, misclassification, leaf report, ROC curves, lift curves

Call Center Improvement: Visual Six Sigma

The scenario relates to the handling of customer queries via an IT call center. The call center performance is well below best in class. Identify potential process changes to allow the call center to achieve best in class performance.

Key words: Interactive data visualization, graphs, distribution, tabulate, recursive partitioning, process capability, control chart, multiple regression, prediction profiler

Customer Churn

Analyze the factors related to customer churn of a mobile phone service provider. The company would like to build a model to predict which customers are most likely to move their service to a competitor. This knowledge will be used to identify customers for targeted interventions, with the ultimate goal of reducing churn.

Key words: Neural networks, activation functions, model validation, confusion matrix, lift, prediction profiler, variable importance

Boston Housing

Build a variety of prediction models (multiple regression, partition tree, and a neural network) to determine the one that performs the best at predicting house prices based upon various characteristics of the house and its location.

Key words: Stepwise regression, regression trees, neural networks, model validation, model comparison

Durability of Mobile Phone Screen - Part 1

Evaluate the durability of mobile phone screens in a drop test. Determine if a desired level of durability is achieved for each of two types of screens and compare performance.

Key words: Confidence Intervals, Hypothesis Tests for One and Two Population Proportions, Chi-square, Relative Risk

Durability of Mobile Phone Screen - Part 2

Evaluate the durability of mobile phone screens in a drop test at various drop heights. Determine if a desired level of durability is achieved for each of three types of screens and compare performance.

Key words: Contingency analysis, comparing proportions via difference, relative risk and odds ratio

Durability of Mobile Phone Screen - Part 3

Evaluate the durability of mobile phone screens in a drop test across various heights by building individual simple logistic regression models. Use the models to estimate the probability of a screen being damaged across any drop height.

Key words: Single variable logistic regression, inverse prediction

Durability of Mobile Phone Screen - Part 4

Evaluate the durability of mobile phone screens in a drop test across various heights by building a single multiple logistic regression model. Use the model to estimate the probability of a screen being damaged across any drop height.

Key words: Multivariate logistic regression, inverse prediction, odds ratio

Online Mortgage Application

Evaluate the potential improvement to the UI design of an online mortgage application process by examining the usability rating from a sample of 50 customers and comparing their performance using the new design vs. a large collection of historic data on customer’s performance with the current design.

Key words: Distribution, normality, normal quantile plot, Shapiro Wilk and Anderson Darling tests, t-Test

Performance of Food Manufacturing Process - Part 1

Evaluate the performance to specifications of a food manufacturing process using graphical analyses and numerical summarizations of the data.

Key words: Distribution, summary statistics, time series plots

Performance of Food Manufacturing Process - Part 2

Evaluate the performance to specifications of a food manufacturing process using confidence intervals and hypothesis testing.

Key words: Distribution, normality, normal quantile plot, Shapiro Wilk and Anderson Darling tests, test of mean and test of standard deviation

Detergent Cleaning Effectiveness

Analyze the results of an experiment to determine if there is statistical evidence demonstrating an improvement in a new laundry detergent formulation. Explore and describe the affect that multiple factors have on a response, as well as identify conditions with the most and least impact.

Key words: Analysis of variance (ANOVA), t-Test, pairwise comparison, model diagnostics, model performance

Manufacturing Systems Variation

Study the use of Nested Variability chart to understand and analyze the different components of variances. Also explore the ways to minimize the variability by applying various rules of operation related to variance.

Key words: Variability gauge, nested design, component analysis of variance

Text Exploration of Patents

This study requires the use of unstructured data analysis to understand and analyze the text related to patents filed by different companies.

Key words: Word cloud, data visualization, term selection

US Stock Indices

Understand the basic concepts related to time series data analysis and explore the ways to practically understand the risks and rate of return related to the financial indices data.

Key words: Differencing, log transformation, stationarity, Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) test

Pricing Musical Instrument

Study the application of regression and concepts related to choice modeling (also called conjoint analysis) to understand and analyze the importance of the product attributes and their levels influencing the preferences.

Key words: Part Worth, regression, prediction profiler

Pricing Spectacles

Design and analyze discrete choice experiments (also called conjoint analysis) to discover which product or service attributes are preferred by potential customers.

Key words: Discrete choice design, regression, utility and probability profiler, willingness to pay

Modeling Gold Prices

Learn univariate time series modeling using US Gold Prices. Build AR, MA, ARMA and ARMA models to analyze the characteristics of the time series data and forecast.

Key words: Stationarity, AR, MA, ARMA, ARIMA, model comparison and diagnostics

Explore statistical evidence demonstrating an association between Saguro size and the amount of flowers it produces.

Key words: Kendall's Tau, correlation, normality, regression

Manufacturing Excellence at Pharma Company - Part 1

Use control charts to understand process stability and analyze the patterns of process variation.

Key words: Statistical Process Control, Control Chart, Process Capability

Manufacturing Excellence at Pharma Company - Part 2

Use Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA) to assess the precision, consistency and bias of a measurement system.

Key words: Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

Manufacturing Excellence at Pharma Company - Part 3

Use Design of Experiments (DOE) to advance knowledge about the process.

Key words: Definitive Screening Design, Custom Design, Design Comparison. Prediction, Simulation and Optimization

Polymerization at Lohmann - Part 1

Application of statistical methods to understand the process and enhance its performance through Design of Experiments and regression techniques.

Key words: Custom Design, Stepwise Regression, Prediction Profiler

Polymerization at Lohmann - Part 2

Use Functional Data Analysis to understand the intrinsic structure of the data.

Key words: Functional Data Analysis (FDA), B Splines, Functional PCA, Generalized Regression

Optimization of Microbial Cultivation Process

Use Design of Experiments (DOE) to optimize the microbial cultivation process.

Key words: Custom Design, Design Evaluation, Predictive Modeling

Cluster Analysis in the Public Sector

Use PCA and Clustering techniques to segment the demographic data.

Key words: Clustering, Principal Component Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis

Forecasting Copper Prices

Learn various exponential smoothing techniques to build various forecasting models and compare them.

Key words: Time series forecasting, Exponential Smoothing

Increasing Bioavailability of a Drug using SMEDDS

Use Mixture/formulation design to optimize multiple responses related to bioavailability of a drug.

Key words: Custom Design, Mixture/Formulation Design, Optimization

Where Have All the Butterflies Gone?

Apply time series forecasting and Generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) to evaluate butterfly populations being impacted by climate and land-use changes.

Key words: Time series forecasting, Generalized linear mixed model

Exploratory Factor Analysis of Trust in Online Sellers

Apply exploratory factor analysis to uncover latent factor structure in an online shopping questionnaire.

Key words: Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Bartlett’s Test, KMO Test

Modeling Online Shopping Perceptions

Apply measurement and structural models to survey responses from online shoppers to build and evaluate competing models.

Key words : Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), Measurement and Structural Regression Models, Model Comparison

Functional Data Analysis for HPLC Optimization

Apply functional data analysis and functional design of experiments (FDOE) for the optimization of an analytical method to allow for the accurate quantification of two biological components.

Key words: Functional Data Analysis, Functional PCA, Functional DOE

Nonlinear Regression Modeling for Cell Growth Optimization

Apply nonlinear models to understand the impact of factors on a cell growth.

Key words: Nonlinear Modeling, Logistic 3P, Curve DOE

Have a language expert improve your writing

Run a free plagiarism check in 10 minutes, generate accurate citations for free.

  • Knowledge Base

Methodology

  • What Is a Case Study? | Definition, Examples & Methods

What Is a Case Study? | Definition, Examples & Methods

Published on May 8, 2019 by Shona McCombes . Revised on November 20, 2023.

A case study is a detailed study of a specific subject, such as a person, group, place, event, organization, or phenomenon. Case studies are commonly used in social, educational, clinical, and business research.

A case study research design usually involves qualitative methods , but quantitative methods are sometimes also used. Case studies are good for describing , comparing, evaluating and understanding different aspects of a research problem .

Table of contents

When to do a case study, step 1: select a case, step 2: build a theoretical framework, step 3: collect your data, step 4: describe and analyze the case, other interesting articles.

A case study is an appropriate research design when you want to gain concrete, contextual, in-depth knowledge about a specific real-world subject. It allows you to explore the key characteristics, meanings, and implications of the case.

Case studies are often a good choice in a thesis or dissertation . They keep your project focused and manageable when you don’t have the time or resources to do large-scale research.

You might use just one complex case study where you explore a single subject in depth, or conduct multiple case studies to compare and illuminate different aspects of your research problem.

Prevent plagiarism. Run a free check.

Once you have developed your problem statement and research questions , you should be ready to choose the specific case that you want to focus on. A good case study should have the potential to:

  • Provide new or unexpected insights into the subject
  • Challenge or complicate existing assumptions and theories
  • Propose practical courses of action to resolve a problem
  • Open up new directions for future research

TipIf your research is more practical in nature and aims to simultaneously investigate an issue as you solve it, consider conducting action research instead.

Unlike quantitative or experimental research , a strong case study does not require a random or representative sample. In fact, case studies often deliberately focus on unusual, neglected, or outlying cases which may shed new light on the research problem.

Example of an outlying case studyIn the 1960s the town of Roseto, Pennsylvania was discovered to have extremely low rates of heart disease compared to the US average. It became an important case study for understanding previously neglected causes of heart disease.

However, you can also choose a more common or representative case to exemplify a particular category, experience or phenomenon.

Example of a representative case studyIn the 1920s, two sociologists used Muncie, Indiana as a case study of a typical American city that supposedly exemplified the changing culture of the US at the time.

While case studies focus more on concrete details than general theories, they should usually have some connection with theory in the field. This way the case study is not just an isolated description, but is integrated into existing knowledge about the topic. It might aim to:

  • Exemplify a theory by showing how it explains the case under investigation
  • Expand on a theory by uncovering new concepts and ideas that need to be incorporated
  • Challenge a theory by exploring an outlier case that doesn’t fit with established assumptions

To ensure that your analysis of the case has a solid academic grounding, you should conduct a literature review of sources related to the topic and develop a theoretical framework . This means identifying key concepts and theories to guide your analysis and interpretation.

There are many different research methods you can use to collect data on your subject. Case studies tend to focus on qualitative data using methods such as interviews , observations , and analysis of primary and secondary sources (e.g., newspaper articles, photographs, official records). Sometimes a case study will also collect quantitative data.

Example of a mixed methods case studyFor a case study of a wind farm development in a rural area, you could collect quantitative data on employment rates and business revenue, collect qualitative data on local people’s perceptions and experiences, and analyze local and national media coverage of the development.

The aim is to gain as thorough an understanding as possible of the case and its context.

Receive feedback on language, structure, and formatting

Professional editors proofread and edit your paper by focusing on:

  • Academic style
  • Vague sentences
  • Style consistency

See an example

case study in library

In writing up the case study, you need to bring together all the relevant aspects to give as complete a picture as possible of the subject.

How you report your findings depends on the type of research you are doing. Some case studies are structured like a standard scientific paper or thesis , with separate sections or chapters for the methods , results and discussion .

Others are written in a more narrative style, aiming to explore the case from various angles and analyze its meanings and implications (for example, by using textual analysis or discourse analysis ).

In all cases, though, make sure to give contextual details about the case, connect it back to the literature and theory, and discuss how it fits into wider patterns or debates.

If you want to know more about statistics , methodology , or research bias , make sure to check out some of our other articles with explanations and examples.

  • Normal distribution
  • Degrees of freedom
  • Null hypothesis
  • Discourse analysis
  • Control groups
  • Mixed methods research
  • Non-probability sampling
  • Quantitative research
  • Ecological validity

Research bias

  • Rosenthal effect
  • Implicit bias
  • Cognitive bias
  • Selection bias
  • Negativity bias
  • Status quo bias

Cite this Scribbr article

If you want to cite this source, you can copy and paste the citation or click the “Cite this Scribbr article” button to automatically add the citation to our free Citation Generator.

McCombes, S. (2023, November 20). What Is a Case Study? | Definition, Examples & Methods. Scribbr. Retrieved February 22, 2024, from https://www.scribbr.com/methodology/case-study/

Is this article helpful?

Shona McCombes

Shona McCombes

Other students also liked, primary vs. secondary sources | difference & examples, what is a theoretical framework | guide to organizing, what is action research | definition & examples, what is your plagiarism score.

Smart. Open. Grounded. Inventive. Read our Ideas Made to Matter.

Which program is right for you?

MIT Sloan Campus life

Through intellectual rigor and experiential learning, this full-time, two-year MBA program develops leaders who make a difference in the world.

A rigorous, hands-on program that prepares adaptive problem solvers for premier finance careers.

A 12-month program focused on applying the tools of modern data science, optimization and machine learning to solve real-world business problems.

Earn your MBA and SM in engineering with this transformative two-year program.

Combine an international MBA with a deep dive into management science. A special opportunity for partner and affiliate schools only.

A doctoral program that produces outstanding scholars who are leading in their fields of research.

Bring a business perspective to your technical and quantitative expertise with a bachelor’s degree in management, business analytics, or finance.

A joint program for mid-career professionals that integrates engineering and systems thinking. Earn your master’s degree in engineering and management.

An interdisciplinary program that combines engineering, management, and design, leading to a master’s degree in engineering and management.

Executive Programs

A full-time MBA program for mid-career leaders eager to dedicate one year of discovery for a lifetime of impact.

This 20-month MBA program equips experienced executives to enhance their impact on their organizations and the world.

Non-degree programs for senior executives and high-potential managers.

A non-degree, customizable program for mid-career professionals.

Teaching Resources Library

Case studies.

The teaching business case studies available here are narratives that facilitate class discussion about a particular business or management issue. Teaching cases are meant to spur debate among students rather than promote a particular point of view or steer students in a specific direction.  Some of the case studies in this collection highlight the decision-making process in a business or management setting. Other cases are descriptive or demonstrative in nature, showcasing something that has happened or is happening in a particular business or management environment. Whether decision-based or demonstrative, case studies give students the chance to be in the shoes of a protagonist. With the help of context and detailed data, students can analyze what they would and would not do in a particular situation, why, and how.

Case Studies By Category

case study in library

  • Utility Menu

University Logo

harvardchan_logo.png

school logo

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Case-Based Teaching & Learning Initiative

Teaching cases & active learning resources for public health education, case library.

The Harvard Chan Case Library is a collection of teaching cases with a public health focus, written by Harvard Chan faculty, case writers, and students, or in collaboration with other institutions and initiatives.

Use the filters at right to search the case library by subject, geography, health condition, and representation of diversity and identity to find cases to fit your teaching needs. Or browse the case collections below for our newest cases, cases available for free download, or cases with a focus on diversity. 

Using our case library

Access to cases.

Many of our cases are available for sale through Harvard Business Publishing in the  Harvard T.H. Chan case collection . Others are free to download through this website .

Cases in this collection may be used free of charge by Harvard Chan course instructors in their teaching. Contact  Allison Bodznick , Harvard Chan Case Library administrator, for access.

Access to teaching notes

Teaching notes are available as supporting material to many of the cases in the Harvard Chan Case Library. Teaching notes provide an overview of the case and suggested discussion questions, as well as a roadmap for using the case in the classroom.

Access to teaching notes is limited to course instructors only.

  • Teaching notes for cases available through  Harvard Business Publishing may be downloaded after registering for an Educator account .
  • To request teaching notes for cases that are available for free through this website, look for the "Teaching note  available for faculty/instructors " link accompanying the abstract for the case you are interested in; you'll be asked to complete a brief survey verifying your affiliation as an instructor.

Using the Harvard Business Publishing site

Faculty and instructors with university affiliations can register for Educator access on the Harvard Business Publishing website,  where many of our cases are available . An Educator account provides access to teaching notes, full-text review copies of cases, articles, simulations, course planning tools, and discounted pricing for your students.

related case

What's New

Atkinson, M.K. , 2023. Organizational Resilience and Change at UMass Memorial , Harvard Business Publishing: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Available from Harvard Business Publishing Abstract The UMass Memorial Health Care (UMMHC or UMass) case is an examination of the impact of crisis or high uncertainty events on organizations. As a global pandemic unfolds, the case examines the ways in which UMMHC manages crisis and poses questions around organizational change and opportunity for growth after such major events. The case begins with a background of UMMHC, including problems the organization was up against before the pandemic, then transitions to the impact of crisis on UMMHC operations and its subsequent response, and concludes with challenges that the organization must grapple with in the months and years ahead. A crisis event can occur at any time for any organization. Organizational leaders must learn to manage stakeholders both inside and outside the organization throughout the duration of crisis and beyond. Additionally, organizational decision-makers must learn how to deal with existing weaknesses and problems the organization had before crisis took center stage, balancing those challenges with the need to respond to an emergency all the while not neglecting major existing problem points. This case is well-suited for courses on strategy determination and implementation, organizational behavior, and leadership.

The case describes the challenges facing Shlomit Schaal, MD, PhD, the newly appointed Chair of UMass Memorial Health Care’s Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Schaal had come to UMass in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the summer of 2016 from the University of Louisville (KY) where she had a thriving clinical practice and active research lab, and was Director of the Retina Service. Before applying for the Chair position at UMass she had some initial concerns about the position but became fascinated by the opportunities it offered to grow a service that had historically been among the smallest and weakest programs in the UMass system and had experienced a rapid turnover in Chairs over the past few years. She also was excited to become one of a very small number of female Chairs of ophthalmology programs in the country. 

Dr. Schaal began her new position with ambitious plans and her usual high level of energy, but immediately ran into resistance from the faculty and staff of the department.  The case explores the steps she took, including implementing a LEAN approach in the department, and the leadership approaches she used to overcome that resistance and build support for the changes needed to grow and improve ophthalmology services at the medical center. 

This case describes efforts to promote racial equity in healthcare financing from the perspective of one public health organization, Community Care Cooperative (C3). C3 is a Medicaid Accountable Care Organization–i.e., an organization set up to manage payment from Medicaid, a public health insurance option for low-income people. The case describes C3’s approach to addressing racial equity from two vantage points: first, its programmatic efforts to channel financing into community health centers that serve large proportions of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), and second, its efforts to address racial equity within its own internal operations (e.g., through altering hiring and promotion processes). The case can be used to help students understand structural issues pertaining to race in healthcare delivery and financing, to introduce students to the basics of payment systems in healthcare, and/or to highlight how organizations can work internally to address racial equity.

Kerrissey, M.J. & Kuznetsova, M. , 2022. Killing the Pager at ZSFG , Harvard Business Publishing: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health case collection. Available from Harvard Business Publishing Abstract This case is about organizational change and technology. It follows the efforts of one physician as they try to move their department past using the pager, a device that persisted in American medicine despite having long been outdated by superior communication technology. The case reveals the complex organizational factors that have made this persistence possible, such as differing interdepartmental priorities, the perceived benefits of simple technology, and the potential drawbacks of applying typical continuous improvement approaches to technology change. Ultimately the physician in the case is not able to rid their department of the pager, despite pursuing a thorough continuous improvement effort and piloting a viable alternative; the case ends with the physician having an opportunity to try again and asks students to assess whether doing so is wise. The case can be used in class to help students apply the general concepts of organizational change to the particular context of technology, discuss the forces of stasis and change in medicine, and to familiarize students with the uses and limits of continuous improvement methods. 

Yatsko, P. & Koh, H. , 2021. Dr. Joan Reede and the Embedding of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Harvard Medical School , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health case collection. Available from Harvard Business Publishing Abstract For more than 30 years, Dr. Joan Reede worked to increase the diversity of voices and viewpoints heard at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and at its affiliate teaching hospitals and institutes. Reede, HMS’s inaugural dean for Diversity and Community Partnership, as well as a professor and physician, conceived and launched more than 20 programs to improve the recruitment, retention, and promotion of individuals from racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented in medicine (UiMs). These efforts have substantially diversified physician faculty at HMS and built pipelines for UiM talent into academic medicine and biosciences. Reede helped embed the promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) not only into Harvard Medical School’s mission and community values, but also into the DEI agenda in academic medicine nationally. To do so, she found allies and formed enduring coalitions based on shared ownership. She bootstrapped and hustled for resources when few readily existed. And she persuaded skeptics by building programs using data-driven approaches. She also overcame discriminatory behaviors and other obstacles synonymous with being Black and female in American society. Strong core values and sense of purpose were keys to her resilience, as well as to her leadership in the ongoing effort to give historically marginalized groups greater voice in medicine and science.

Cases Available for Free Download

Teaching note available for faculty/instructors .

Rossano, P. & Johnson, P. , 2015. Adrienne Germain: A Leader in Women's Health Rights , Harvard University: Global Health Education and Learning Incubator. Access online Abstract This case explores strategies for changing policy and attitudes at national and international levels through the lens of women’s health. Adrienne Germain: A Leader in Women’s Health Rights charts the career of Adrienne Germain, a leader in the field of women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Germain successfully broadened and shifted the area of reproductive health to encompass SRHR. While the context of this case is women’s health, Germain’s strategies and choices would also interest those focused on generating lasting social change. The lessons students could learn from the use of this case in classroom discussion easily extend beyond women’s health to areas of social change, political advocacy, and the importance of judicious negotiation in health policy efforts. 

Weinberger, E. , 2014. Beauty and the Breast: Mobilizing Community Action to Take on the Beauty Industry , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (STRIPED). Download free of charge Abstract How does one learn to become an effective advocate? “Beauty and the Breast: Mobilizing Community Action to Take on the Beauty Industry” tells the story of protagonist Joe Wendell, known as Wendell, an emergency room nurse and widower raising a teenage daughter in Franklin, a largely working class town in the fictional US state of Columbia. One day his daughter announces she would like to have breast implants. The distressing news prompts Wendell into new, unforeseen directions as he learns all he can about implants and surgery, the “beauty culture” permeating society especially in his community, and the psychological development of teenagers. Though relieved to find out that as long as she is a minor she cannot legally obtain the surgery without his consent (and, no doubt, without his cash), Wendell starts to believe that greater protections for teen girls in Columbia are needed. In this effort he is guided by the confident figure of Anna Pinto, director of a community center in an East Franklin neighborhood with a vibrant Brazilian-American community where cosmetic surgery, especially for girls and young women, is something she perceives to be a particular problem and has some ideas about how to address. Teaching note available for faculty/instructors .

Kane, N.M. & Alidina, S. , 2008. Attacking Heart Disease in Suffolk County , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health case collection. Download free of charge Abstract “Suffolk County is experiencing elevated cardiovascular disease mortality relative to New York State,” explained Dr. Humayun Chaudhry, Commissioner for the Department of Health Services of Suffolk County. Given the general affluence of the area, he finds the CVD mortality rates "a paradoxical situation. We need to determine strategies to address this high priority health issue for our county."  Teaching note available for faculty/instructors .

Carrasco, H., et al. , 2019. The Story of Esdras: Child Malnutrition as a Social Condition , Harvard University: Social Medicine Consortium. Download free of charge Abstract This case tells the story of Dr. Roblero, a newly-graduated Mexican physician working in the rural community of La Soledad, who cares for Esdras, a young boy suffering from chronic malnutrition and pneumonia. Dr. Roblero and a team of providers subsequently seek to address the structural determinants of malnutrition through numerous interventions including education campaigns, homestead gardens, and poultry husbandry. This case details the challenges they encounter as they explore novel ways to improve child nutrition in La Soledad. Teaching note available for faculty/instructors.

Focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Johnson, P. & Gordon, R. , 2013. Hauwa Ibrahim: What Route to Change? , Harvard University: Global Health Education and Learning Incubator. Access online Abstract This case explores Nigerian attorney Hauwa Ibrahim’s defense of a woman charged with adultery by Islamic Shariah law. One of Nigeria’s first female lawyers, Ibrahim develops a strategy to defend a young married woman, Amina Lawal, against adultery charges that could potentially, if the court judged against her, result in her death. While many Western non-governmental organizations and advocacy groups viewed Lawal’s case as an instance of human rights abuse and called for an abolition of the Shariah-imposed punishment, Ibrahim instead chose to see an opportunity for change within a system that many – especially cultural outsiders – viewed as oppressive. Ibrahim challenged the dominant paradigm by working within it to create change that would eventually reverberate beyond one woman’s case. Willing to start with a framework that saw long-term opportunity and possibility, Ibrahim developed a very measured change approach and theory framed in seven specific principles. Additionally, Ibrahim’s example of challenging her own internal paradigms while also insisting that others do the same invites students to examine their own internal systems and paradigms.

Chai, J., Gordon, R. & Johnson, P. , 2013. Malala Yousafzai: A Young Female Activist , Harvard University: Global Health Education and Learning Incubator. Access online Abstract This case traces the story of Malala Yousafzai who has advocated passionately for girls’ right to education. In October 2012, a militant group with ties to the Taliban shot 14-year-old Yousafzai in the head as she was riding the school bus home after a day of classes. Yousafzai recovered and became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. This case explores the social factors that made such an attack possible and why there continue to be such barriers to educational opportunities for girls. "Malala Yousafzai: A Young Female Activist" is a part of a case series on violence against women that illustrate the critical role for leadership through an examination of how factors within a society influence women’s health. Students analyze the situations described by considering the circumstances that placed each protagonist in vulnerable positions. Participants examined the commonalities and differences of these situations in an effort to understand the circumstances that affect women’s well-being. Additionally, using the cases as a framework, students analyzed the connections between collective outrage, reactive action, and leadership. 

Weinberger, E. , 2017. Coloring the Narrative: How to Use Storytelling to Create Social Change in Skin Tone Ideals , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (STRIPED). Download free of charge Abstract Many millions of people around the world experience the pervasive, and often painful, societal messages of colorism, where lighter skin tones are asserted to be more attractive and to reflect greater affluence, power, education, and social status. Even in places where the destructive effects of colorism are fairly well understood, far less is known about the problem of skin-lightening (really, it’s “skin bleaching”) creams and lotions, and the health risks that consumers assume with these products. In this teaching case, the protagonists are two women who have recently immigrated to the United States from Nigeria and Thailand, both with a life-time of experience with these products like many of the women of their home countries. As the story unfolds, they struggle along with the rest of the characters to copy with the push and pull of community norms vs. commercial influences and the challenge of promoting community health in the face of many societal and corporate obstacles. How can the deeply ingrained messages of colorism be effectively confronted and transformed to advance social change without alienating the community members we may most want to reach? Teaching note and supplemental slides available for faculty/instructors .

This module will present two unfolding case studies based on real-world, actual events. The cases will require participants to review videos embedded into three modules and a summary module: Introduction to Concepts of Social Determinant of Health and Seeking Racial Equity  Case Study on Health and Healthcare Context - Greensboro Health Disparities Collaborative (GHDC)​    Case Study on Social and Community Context - Renaissance Community Cooperative (RCC) Summary (Optional)

The learning objectives for the modules are related to achieving the Healthy People 2020 Social Determinants of Health Objectives – specifically the (1) Health and Healthcare Context, and (2) Social and Community Context.   

Yatsko, P. & Koh, H. , 2017. Dr. Jonathan Woodson, Military Health System Reform, and National Digital Health Strategy , Harvard Business Publishing: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health case collection. Available from Harvard Business Publishing Abstract Dr. Jonathan Woodson faced more formidable challenges than most in his storied medical, public health, and military career, starting with multiple rotations in combat zones around the world. He subsequently took on ever more complicated assignments, including reforming the country’s bloated Military Health System (MHS) in his role as assistant secretary of defense for health affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense from 2010 to 2016. As the director of Boston University’s Institute for Health System Innovation and Policy starting in 2016, he devised a National Digital Health Strategy (NDHS) to harness the myriad disparate health care innovations taking place around the country, with the goal of making the U.S. health care system more efficient, patient-centered, safe, and equitable for all Americans. How did Woodson—who was also a major general in the U.S. Army Reserves and a skilled vascular surgeon—approach such complicated problems? In-depth research and analysis, careful stakeholder review, strategic coalition building, and clear, insightful communication were some of the critical leadership skills Woodson employed to achieve his missions.

Filter cases

Author affiliation.

  • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (98) Apply Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health filter
  • Harvard Business School (22) Apply Harvard Business School filter
  • Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University (12) Apply Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University filter
  • Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (STRIPED) (11) Apply Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (STRIPED) filter
  • Social Medicine Consortium (8) Apply Social Medicine Consortium filter
  • Harvard Kennedy School of Government (1) Apply Harvard Kennedy School of Government filter
  • Harvard Malaria Initiative (1) Apply Harvard Malaria Initiative filter
  • Women, Gender, and Health interdisciplinary concentration (1) Apply Women, Gender, and Health interdisciplinary concentration filter

Geographic focus

  • United States (63) Apply United States filter
  • Massachusetts (14) Apply Massachusetts filter
  • International/multiple countries (11) Apply International/multiple countries filter
  • California (6) Apply California filter
  • Mexico (4) Apply Mexico filter
  • India (3) Apply India filter
  • Israel (3) Apply Israel filter
  • New York (3) Apply New York filter
  • Bangladesh (2) Apply Bangladesh filter
  • Colorado (2) Apply Colorado filter
  • Guatemala (2) Apply Guatemala filter
  • Haiti (2) Apply Haiti filter
  • Japan (2) Apply Japan filter
  • Kenya (2) Apply Kenya filter
  • South Africa (2) Apply South Africa filter
  • Uganda (2) Apply Uganda filter
  • United Kingdom (2) Apply United Kingdom filter
  • Washington state (2) Apply Washington state filter
  • Australia (1) Apply Australia filter
  • Cambodia (1) Apply Cambodia filter
  • China (1) Apply China filter
  • Connecticut (1) Apply Connecticut filter
  • Egypt (1) Apply Egypt filter
  • El Salvador (1) Apply El Salvador filter
  • Honduras (1) Apply Honduras filter
  • Liberia (1) Apply Liberia filter
  • Louisiana (1) Apply Louisiana filter
  • Maine (1) Apply Maine filter
  • Michigan (1) Apply Michigan filter
  • Minnesota (1) Apply Minnesota filter
  • New Jersey (1) Apply New Jersey filter
  • Nigeria (1) Apply Nigeria filter
  • Pakistan (1) Apply Pakistan filter
  • Philippines (1) Apply Philippines filter
  • Rhode Island (1) Apply Rhode Island filter
  • Turkey (1) Apply Turkey filter
  • Washington DC (1) Apply Washington DC filter
  • Zambia (1) Apply Zambia filter

Case availability & pricing

  • Available for purchase from Harvard Business Publishing (73) Apply Available for purchase from Harvard Business Publishing filter
  • Download free of charge (50) Apply Download free of charge filter
  • Request from author (4) Apply Request from author filter

Case discipline/subject

  • Healthcare management (55) Apply Healthcare management filter
  • Social & behavioral sciences (41) Apply Social & behavioral sciences filter
  • Health policy (35) Apply Health policy filter
  • Global health (28) Apply Global health filter
  • Multidisciplinary (16) Apply Multidisciplinary filter
  • Child & adolescent health (15) Apply Child & adolescent health filter
  • Marketing (15) Apply Marketing filter
  • Environmental health (12) Apply Environmental health filter
  • Human rights & health (11) Apply Human rights & health filter
  • Social innovation & entrepreneurship (11) Apply Social innovation & entrepreneurship filter
  • Women, gender, & health (11) Apply Women, gender, & health filter
  • Finance & accounting (10) Apply Finance & accounting filter
  • Population health (8) Apply Population health filter
  • Social medicine (7) Apply Social medicine filter
  • Epidemiology (6) Apply Epidemiology filter
  • Nutrition (6) Apply Nutrition filter
  • Technology (6) Apply Technology filter
  • Ethics (5) Apply Ethics filter
  • Life sciences (5) Apply Life sciences filter
  • Quality improvement (4) Apply Quality improvement filter
  • Quantative methods (3) Apply Quantative methods filter
  • Maternal & child health (1) Apply Maternal & child health filter

Health condition

  • Cancer (3) Apply Cancer filter
  • COVID-19 (3) Apply COVID-19 filter
  • Obesity (3) Apply Obesity filter
  • Breast cancer (2) Apply Breast cancer filter
  • Disordered eating (2) Apply Disordered eating filter
  • Ebola (2) Apply Ebola filter
  • Influenza (2) Apply Influenza filter
  • Injury (2) Apply Injury filter
  • Malaria (2) Apply Malaria filter
  • Alcohol & drug use (1) Apply Alcohol & drug use filter
  • Asthma (1) Apply Asthma filter
  • Breast implants (1) Apply Breast implants filter
  • Cardiovascular disease (1) Apply Cardiovascular disease filter
  • Cervical cancer (1) Apply Cervical cancer filter
  • Cholera (1) Apply Cholera filter
  • Food poisoning (1) Apply Food poisoning filter
  • HPV (1) Apply HPV filter
  • Malnutrition (1) Apply Malnutrition filter
  • Meningitis (1) Apply Meningitis filter
  • Opioids (1) Apply Opioids filter
  • Psychological trauma (1) Apply Psychological trauma filter
  • Road traffic injury (1) Apply Road traffic injury filter
  • Sharps injury (1) Apply Sharps injury filter
  • Skin bleaching (1) Apply Skin bleaching filter

Diversity and Identity

  • Female protagonist (13) Apply Female protagonist filter
  • Health of diverse communities (11) Apply Health of diverse communities filter
  • Protagonist of color (5) Apply Protagonist of color filter

Supplemental teaching material

  • Teaching note available (70) Apply Teaching note available filter
  • Multi-part case (18) Apply Multi-part case filter
  • Additional teaching materials available (12) Apply Additional teaching materials available filter
  • Simulation (2) Apply Simulation filter
  • Teaching pack (2) Apply Teaching pack filter
  • Teaching example (1) Apply Teaching example filter

Browse our case library

Novick, L.F., Morrow, C.B. & Novick, C. , 2017. JPHMP’s 21 Public Health Case Studies on Policy & Administration , Taylor & Francis. Publisher's Version Abstract From the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice , these 21 cases showcase real-life examples of how to strategize and execute policies and practices when confronted with issues such as disease containment, emergency preparedness, and organizational, management, and administrative problems. These cases can be used as tools to develop competencies designated in the new CEPH (Council on Education for Public Health) accreditation criteria.

Gordon, R. , 2014. Who Owns Your Story? , Harvard University: Global Health Education and Learning Incubator. Access online Abstract This case uses a role play simulation to illustrate ethical implications when research practices violate cultural taboos and norms. In Who Owns Your Story? the Trilanyi - a fictional Native American tribe based on a real community that is not identified or located in the case – is adversely affected by a high prevalence of diabetes. They ask a university professor with whom they have a close relationship to study their tribe, and they agree to give samples of their blood – which they consider sacred – for the study. Tribe members signed a consent form to participate but it was unclear whether they realized that the consent covered the university potentially using their blood for other possible research topics beyond diabetes. Ultimately, the study does not discover that the tribe has a genetic predisposition to diabetes. Years later, however, tribe members learn that their samples had also been used to study topics they considered objectionable. The case is based on true events between the Havasupai tribe and the University of Arizona which ultimately led to a legal suit that was settled out of court. In the case, students are asked to develop and simulate role play negotiations toward an acceptable resolution for all the parties involved. 

In February 2015, technical staff reviewed the results from a jointly conducted study on malaria control. This study had major implications for malaria in Zambia—and elsewhere. The preliminary analysis strongly suggested that the study’s Mass Drug Administration (MDA) strategy was reducing the incidence of malaria disease. In addition, MDA seemed to be driving down the infection reservoir among asymptomatic people in the study area of the Southern Province of Zambia. Further analysis with mathematical models indicated that if the intervention was sustained so current trends continued, then the MDA strategy would make it possible to eliminate malaria in the Southern Province. 

If malaria could be eliminated in one region of Zambia, that would provide new evidence and motivation to work towards elimination throughout the country, an ambitious goal. But it would not be easy to move from conducting one technical study in a single region to creating a national strategy for malaria elimination. The scientists realized that their new data and analyses—of malaria infections, mosquito populations, and community health worker activities—were not enough. A national malaria elimination effort would require mobilizing many partners, national and local leaders, and community members, and convincing them to get on board with this new approach. 

Alidina, S., Beit, L. & Brown, M. , 2011. Implementing an Electronic Health Record at the Central City Medical Group , Harvard Business Publishing: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health case collection. Available from Harvard Business Publishing Abstract At the June 2007, Central City Medical Group (CCMG) board meeting, Deb Moore, Executive Director, reported that there were mounting tensions caused by the implementation of an electronic health record (EHR). Physician morale and productivity were spiraling downward. The present challenge was the growing gap between the patient workload and physician capacity, as physicians remained well below historic productivity levels while learning to use the new EHR. The medical director had resigned her post and other senior physicians were threatening to retire. Ms. Moore had a pressing question for the board: should CCMG stop accepting new patients until they returned to full productivity?

How might health insurance exchanges make health insurance more accessible and affordable for employers in the small group market (with 2–50 workers)? While the Massachusetts Health Connector—the state’s first-in-the-nation health insurance exchange—successfully enrolled nearly a quarter of a million individuals in subsidized and non-subsidized individual coverage, small businesses remained elusive as customers. The Health Connector needed to increase its scale in the small group market to be able to improve the affordability and quality of health insurance products for this sector, but finding ways to create value had been challenging indeed.  

In 2017, the small group market would expand, when the ACA would permit SHOPs (Small Business Health Options Programs) to sell to employers with up to 100 employees. But deciding whether, and how, to enter this market, or even whether to stay in the existing small group market, was a major strategic question for the Connector and other SHOPs across the country. SHOPs everywhere could also soon face more competition in the small employer market, as brokers and consultants nationally began to create private exchanges to target small businesses. A state waiver request from the ACA could include deciding to eliminate its SHOP altogether.

The Health Connector’s leadership had long grappled with how to crack the small employer market, and now other states are facing the same challenge. What should they do next?

“Alameda Health System” (AHS) describes a county-owned safety net health system adapting to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and an increasingly competitive health delivery environment. It takes the perspective of senior management, specifically the Chief Medical Officer for the system, who has been in his job for just over one year. The case begins in late 2014, when the CEO of 9 years announced that he was leaving AHS to become CEO of a Detroit health system. He was leaving behind a senior management team that had been in place for 1–2 years, and had turned over several times throughout his tenure. At the same time, the system was experiencing a financial downturn, brought on in part by the loss of many low-income, formerly county indigent patients who selected subsidized private health insurance plans on the new state health exchange that contracted primarily with AHS’s two largest competitors. AHS also had yet to integrate clinically or administratively with two community hospitals, both of which were in poor financial health, recently acquired as part of a strategy to diversify the AHS payer mix.

The system faced operating challenges common to many publicly-owned safety net hospitals, including: a unionized workforce; an independent, mission-driven medical staff that had grown weary of administrative turnover; a poorly functioning revenue collection system; unprofitable contracts with managed care plans; relatively few commercially insured patients or contracts; long wait times for care; lack of telephone and transportation access to providers; and a low-income population with multiple poorly managed chronic diseases, including mental illness and substance abuse, as well as a high rate of violent crime.  

The case requires that students understand key aspects of the ACA and can synthesize other relevant environmental and organizational trends in order to recommend and evaluate the actions that senior management should take.

Siegrist, R. , 2011. Hospital in Transition , Harvard Business Publishing: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health case collection. Available from Harvard Business Publishing Abstract Jane Leader, president of Simsbury General Hospital, was reviewing the recommendations put together by her senior management team to resolve the growing problems her hospital was facing. The recommendations, totaling some $10 million, could put the hospital back on a sound financial footing. But Jane was unsure which of the recommendations made sense and should be implemented. She was particularly interested in understanding the financial, operational and political impact of each one.  She was due to meet with the senior management team that afternoon to develop an action plan.

PADM 5118: Diversity in Leadership: Experience, Perspective and Relatability in Public Affairs: Finding articles & case studies

  • Finding articles & case studies
  • Finding books
  • Company/Industry Research
  • Non-profit research
  • Citing Sources

Tips for Finding Articles

  • The easiest way to find articles is to use the Articles & Full Text  option on the library homepage .
  • A more precise way to search for articles is to select and browse Research Guides   on the library homepage, especially those recommended in this and other library guides.
  • In the databases, choose the advanced or guided searches (usually 3 lines) to help you correctly format your search.
  • Use OR between your search terms to broaden the search to include any of the terms. 
  • Use AND between your search terms to narrow the search to include all the terms.
  • Find full text within the databases in html or pdf format.
  • Use the GetIt!Cornell to link to full text found outside of the database.
  • Ask a Librarian if you need further help!  

Top resources

  • ABI/Inform ABI Inform is an extensive international business and management database, contains bibliographic citations, abstracts, and full text of articles appearing in professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines published worldwide. Also known as ProQuest.
  • Business Source Complete Business Source Complete provides full text for scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,800 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for top scholarly journals, including the Harvard Business Review. It also includes industry and country reports from Euromonitor and company and industry reports from Datamonitor.
  • PsycINFO Contains citations and summaries of the international literature in psychology and related behavioral and social sciences, including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, pharmacology, and linguistics. Includes applied psychology, communication systems, developmental psychology, educational psychology, experimental human and animal psychology, personality, physical and psychological disorders, physiological psychology and intervention, professional personnel and issues, psychometrics, social processes and issues, sports psychology and leisure, and treatment and prevention.
  • Sociology Source Ultimate An expanded version of SocINDEX, including greater coverage of peer-reviewed journals, international resources and open access titles. Provides citations and direct links to the texts of journal articles, book chapters and conference proceedings, some as far back as 1880. Comprehensive coverage encompassing sub-disciplines and related areas of the social sciences, including labor, crime, demography, economic sociology, immigration, ethnic, racial and gender studies, family, political sociology, religion, development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, social history, theory, methodology, and more.”
  • International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences This comprehensive work covers Anthropology. Archaeology, Demography, Economics, Education, Geography, History,Law, Linguistics, Philosophy, Political science, Clinical and applied psychology, Cognitive psychology and cognitive science, Developmental, social, personality and motivational psychology, and Sociology.

Case studies

Many of the resources on this page are just as useful for finding case studies as they are for finding articles and other resources! Just add " case study " as a search term when using Advanced Search, or any search that allows more than one term at a time.

To find out more about running case studies, including case studies focused on leadership, check out the SAGE Research Methods database:

  • SAGE Research Methods SAGE Research Methods (SRM) is a research tool supported by a newly devised taxonomy that links content and methods terms. It provides the most comprehensive picture available today of research methods (quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods) across the social and behavioural sciences. It includes more than 100,000 pages of SAGE book and reference material on research methods as well as editorially selected material from SAGE journals. In addition, SRMO contains content from more than 640 books, including the complete Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences "Little Green Books" series from SAGE.

Additional resources

Find articles via library databases.  Searches retrieve articles from thousands of publications.  Here are suggested databases. 

  • ScienceDirect Online service for scientific research that contains the full text of Elsevier Science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. Also includes reference books and the Research in...series of article complations.
  • Social Science Research Network Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is composed of a number of specialized research networks in the social sciences. Topics covered by networks include accounting, economics, financial economics, legal scholarship, and management (including negotiation and marketing). These networks encourage the rapid distribution of research by publishing submitted abstracts and soliciting abstracts of top quality research papers around the world. Journals, publishers, and other cooperating institutions provide working papers for distribution. The SSRN eLibrary consists of an abstract database containing abstracts of scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an electronic paper collection of downloadable full text documents in pdf format.
  • Web of Science The Web of Science citation databases are multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information indexed to be searched by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. They can also be searched for articles that cite a known author or work. Cited reference searching allows use of a given work as if it were a subject term, to identify more recent articles on the same topic.
  • Sociological Abstracts Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Provides citations from 1963 to the present, and abstracts since 1974, to journal articles, conference papers, books, and dissertations. Subjects covered include community development, culture and social structure, demography and human biology, environmental interactions, family and social welfare, health and medicine and law, religion and science, social psychology and group interactions, welfare services, and women's studies.
  • MSCI ESG Direct A comprehensive research database, measuring the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of corporations. The web-based database contains ESG and controversial business involvement research on more than 4,000 companies in 50+ global markets. The database provides over 200 ESG indicators and over 2,000 ESG points. It provides continuous global coverage for involvement in controversial lines of business, such as nuclear power, tobacco, and weapons. Previously known as ESG Manager on Campus.
  • << Previous: Home
  • Next: Finding books >>
  • Last Updated: Feb 19, 2024 9:53 PM
  • URL: https://guides.library.cornell.edu/padm5118

AIA KnowledgeNet logo. This will take you to the homepage

Academy of Architecture for Health

  • Community Home
  • Discussion 712
  • Library 138
  • Our Events 6
  • Members 9.9K

AAH Banner Story

Quick Links

  • AAH Board/Committees
  • Knowledge Repository
  • Case Studies
  • Academy Journal
  • Healthcare Design Awards
  • Scholarships & Fellowships
  • Webinars on AIAU
  • Pillars of Healthcare Architecture

The Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) provides knowledge which supports the design of healthy environments by creating education and networking opportunities for members of – and those touched by – the health care architectural profession.

View the AAH organization chart and strategy documents >

COVID-19 resources for health care design

You can contribute information to the AIA COVID-19 project database , and view all submitted projects . Visit the Alternative Care Sites preparedness site to learn important areas to evaluate when selecting ACSs for the care and treatment of COVID-19 or surge capacity patients. Explore additional resources for health care facilities >

AIA/AAH Case Study Library 

case study in library

The AIA/AAH Case Study Library was officially published online in late 2016 with the goal of “bridging the gap” between research and practice . The original goals of the Case Study effort by the Research Initiatives Committee was the following:

  • Gathering and/or creating case studies to share with the Healthcare Industry
  • Utilizing the AIA/AAH Health Care Design Awards as a “peer-reviewed” source for case studies
  • Defining a standardized format for case studies and encouraging firms and their clients to use it
  • Creating a AIA/AAH Case Study Repository or Library for sharing the case studies

It is the AIA/AAH Research Initiatives Committee’s vision that a more focused and formal approach to collegial sharing of Design Award Winning Project information will help us all do better work. By creating enough project case studies for a qualitative and comparative BASELINE in the Library which will help develop scalable metrics that in turn will provide the industry with some best practice “Rules of Thumb” and “Benchmarking” analyses on our projects which may eventually lead to and encourage additional and more rigorous research opportunities (such as POEs, etc.).

How to Use the Case Study Library:

The typical Case Study highlights the key design intentions of the project and shows photographic images to help identify design features that address those intentions. Each case study also identifies the project, the team, and the overall building gross square footage and completion date, as well as floor by floor interdepartmental Net to Gross Square Footages and Net to Gross Factors are identified . It will also identify minimum and maximum travel distances for patient and staff travel within key departments. Key Clinical Spaces are also identified in terms of typical and average range of net square footages . Finally, as an AIA Academy of Architecture for Health Design Award recipient, the Jury Comments are also included to help explain the award-winning features .

In addition to adding more award-winning Case Studies every year, the Research Initiatives Committee took a deeper dive in 2018 into “benchmarking” Acute Care nursing units and patient rooms using two of the larger hospital Case Studies - Palomar Medical Center and Rush University Medical Center. The purpose of this deeper dive was, and is, to produce a subset repository within the Case Study Library of Nursing Unit and Patient Room typologies using a consistent and rigorous format for more detailed departmental and key clinical space comparison and “benchmarking.”

Examining a series of inpatient facilities in a consistent Case Study format is beneficial in informing a data base repository; and identifying “best practices” and “rules of thumb” case study comparisons are a pre-requisite to a performance-based design approach.

The Case Studies below are in alphabetical order. Each has been categorized and tagged with the following keywords:

1. Acute Care (Hospitals)      - Medical/Surgical      - Children's 2. Ambulatory Care      - Clinics      - Surgicenters      - Cancer Care      - Specialty Care      - Freestanding ERs 3. Pediatric Care 4. Specialty Care 5. Research Facilities 6. Acute Care - Clinical Departments      - Emergency Departments      - Surgery and Interventional Departments      - Medical/Surgical Bed Units      - Critical Care Bed Units      - Radiology/Imaging Departments The first file provides a graphical index of how projects fall into the various categories above.

#AcademyofArchitectureforHealth    #casestudy    #HealthcareDesignAwards

This easy to use reference chart provides a quick index of current Case Studies across the six different project type categories.

Tags and Keywords

AIA Logo

Privacy Policy Terms of Use Code of Ethics Contact Us

AIA Network

AIA Conference on Architecture AIA Contract Docs AIAU AIA Foundation AIA Store AIA Trust TopicA

  • Our Mission
  • What is a Sustainable Built Environment?
  • Unlocking the Sustainable Development Goals
  • News and Thought Leadership
  • Our Annual Reports
  • Why become a Green Building Council
  • Partner with us
  • Work with us
  • Case Study Library
  • Sustainable Building Certifications
  • Advancing Net Zero
  • Better Places for People
  • Circularity Accelerator
  • #BuildingLife
  • Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment
  • Regional Advocacy
  • Sustainable Finance
  • Corporate Advisory Board
  • GBC CEO Network
  • Global Directory of Green Building Councils
  • Asia Pacific
  • Middle East & North Africa
  • Regional Leadership

Your lawyers since 1722

About the case study library.

Home Case Study Library About the Case Study Library

Our Case Study Library is the ‘go-to’ resource for certified best practice case studies in the built environment, showcasing some of the world’s most cutting-edge sustainable buildings.

Each case study demonstrates outstanding performance of an operational building that complies with at least one of WorldGBC’s three strategic impact areas: Climate Action ; Health , Equity & Resilience ; and Resources & Circularity .  

Travel the world’s sustainable buildings through our interactive map . 

Whether it be health benefits, regeneration of nature, or achieving net zero carbon, WorldGBC recognises these case studies as global leaders for sustainable built environments. Each case study has been validated by established certification schemes, rating tools or other third-party verification.

Our Case Study Library is continually evolving to highlight the ‘best in class’ buildings that excel in key areas of sustainability, and to recognise the growing market demand for low-carbon, healthy, equitable and circular buildings. 

Submissions are reviewed against the qualification criteria , developed by WorldGBC with input from an advisory committee of development partners. This process ensures that each featured project represents an outstanding example of sustainability in the built environment across our three impact areas.

Sustainability focus areas

The three focus areas include:

1) Net zero carbon case studies of new developments, major renovations, existing buildings or spaces, that demonstrate either the following achievement:

— Net Zero Operational Carbon

For existing buildings or spaces, the case study should demonstrate how net zero operational carbon emissions have been achieved. The building should demonstrate the highest levels of energy efficiency with the use of either renewables generated onsite or renewable energy procured offsite.

The building must be verified and certified as “net zero operational energy and/or carbon” through Green Building Council or third-party certification schemes related to zero carbon and based on a minimum of 12-months data.

Verification of the compensation for residual emissions, if applicable, should also be provided.

— Net Zero Whole Life Carbon  

For new developments and major renovations, the case study should have achieved both net zero upfront embodied carbon and net zero operational carbon. The case study should demonstrate maximised reduction of embodied carbon emissions during the design and construction phase, and optimised for maxmised reductions across the building lifecycle, according to local/regional/international benchmarks or targets. Any remaining residual upfront carbon emissions (A1 – A5) must then be compensated (offset) at the point of practical completion of the project.

The building should have its life cycle assessments (LCA) and whole life carbon data verified and certified under Green Building Council or other third-party certification schemes related to LCA/net zero embodied carbon/net zero whole life carbon. Verification of the compensation for residual emissions at the point of practical completion should also be provided. 

Note: Case studies that have achieved reductions in embodied carbon, but have not compensated (offset) for any remaining residual upfront embodied carbon emissions (A1 – A5) at point of practical completion, should submit under the ‘Resources and Circularity’ category, as well as case studies that have only achieved net zero upfront embodied carbon but not net zero operational carbon.

Find out more about net zero carbon buildings through our Advancing Net Zero programme.

2) Health, equity and resilience case studies of existing buildings or spaces that provide features which enhance one or all of these elements. 

The case study must demonstrate that outstanding performance in these elements can be done through a holistic green building certification scheme, or through achieving specific health or social-based certification or validation. Outstanding performance can also be demonstrated using verified performance data, such as Post-Occupancy Evaluations. 

Find out more about healthy, equitable and resilient buildings through our Better Places for People programme. 

3) Resources and Circularity case studies of buildings or spaces that illustrate the principles of the circular economy in an exceptional way. 

This includes efficient use of natural resources, such as water, and the regeneration of nature. Reducing embodied carbon through efficient and low carbon design, materials and construction processes is important to start reducing whole life carbon across the built environment. Circularity principles must be demonstrated across the entire asset (individual product-level assessments cannot be used to verify an entire asset), and commitment to circular economy practices across the entire lifecycle must be demonstrated. 

Find out more about circular and resource efficient buildings through our Circularity Accelerator programme.

What is the Case Study Library?

WorldGBC’s Case Study Library is an online tool showcasing buildings globally that are elevating their response to the climate emergency through leading certification schemes. This will enable us to fulfil our mission of communicating and educating on industry best practice, specifically in relation to healthy, circular, and net zero carbon buildings.

By keeping track of these projects, WorldGBC is able to share insights and provide solutions to these critical issues. Our aim is to inform policymakers, designers, and developers about the feasibility and best practices to advance sustainable building performance.

What buildings are eligible for the Case Study Library?

Relevant certification is required for buildings to be featured in the Case Study Library, and buildings must undergo a third party verification process and adhere to performance requirements of the appropriate schemes. 

The schemes used should represent the highest market performance level in the focus areas of healthy, circular, and net zero carbon buildings, and can be any building typology or location.

Please refer to the criteria for each category.

What information is required?

To see the list of questions in the submission form required for the Case Study Library,  click here .

How long does my project stay on the library?

Your project can stay in the library for as long as the performance level is maintained. This should be reviewed every five years, but may be reviewed as per the certification scheme pursued, for example, if the scheme requires recertification every two years. If the performance level is no longer achieved, please contact the relevant programme lead for each category. 

What if my project meets the criteria of more than one category? e.g. “Net Zero operational carbon and Resources and Circularity” or “Whole Life Carbon and Health, Equity and Resilience”

These projects will demonstrate exceptional sustainability performance, and will be pioneers in the industry, showing what the sector can and should achieve, whilst inspiring others to elevate their ambition for the benefit of people and planet.

When submitting your project via the form , there is a section called “Performance Area” where you will see the categories presented. Here, you can select the categories that your project falls under and you can fill in the required fields for each category. 

Case studies may be accepted, but not necessarily for all categories chosen. The teams responsible for each category will review your project and provide feedback. 

How will I know if my project has been accepted?

Following a review by WorldGBC, the submitter will receive an email confirming if the submission has been accepted or not. In some cases, we will contact you to clarify information if unclear and to avoid the submission being rejected. 

If your building is to be featured on our social media, you will be contacted by a team member to discuss the next steps. 

What if my building is high performance but not certified?

We will review and consider buildings that have not been certified under traditional schemes, but are able to demonstrate the equivalent level of performance via third party verified data, such as a “special pleading case” (see below).

What is a "special pleading" case?

We recognise that not all high performance buildings are certified, for many reasons. The “special pleading” option allows the inclusion of world class case studies that have not pursued a traditional rating tool path, but have externally verified performance as a sustainable building and meet the same performance criteria (and in operation at time of submission).

We will accept projects that are able to demonstrate the equivalent level of performance and maintain the exemplary standards demonstrated by the qualification criteria. The minimum requirement is third party verification of performance data, which is confirmed via the disclaimer in the submission form. Entries will be evaluated for alignment against the criteria.

Over time, we seek to develop metrics and benchmarks against key performance criteria and expand the inclusivity of this initiative.

Can I submit if my project is under construction?

We appreciate that there are many buildings currently under design or construction that are seeking to achieve these performance standards. Our current focus is on buildings that demonstrate how these standards were achieved post construction. This helps us maintain alignment with our project missions. We look forward to including your building in our Case Study Library once its been completed and its performance has been verified. 

My project is "net zero ready", can this be submitted?

In cases where a building operates at an equivalent high performance standard, but for reasons beyond the control of the project team cannot achieve verified net zero carbon status due to legal, energy procurement or other restrictions, these are encouraged to be submitted as “special pleading” projects for consideration.

In these cases, the local GBC will also be consulted.

What are the submission criteria?

Find out more about the criteria required for acceptance into the Case Study Library.

Who can I contact if I have further questions?

For any queries, please contact the respective programme leads:  

Net Zero Operational Carbon/Whole Life Carbon case studies  — Rebecca Dilnot, [email protected]

Health, Equity and Resilience case studies — Sara Kawamura, [email protected]   

Resources and Circularity case studies — Carolina Montano-Owen, [email protected]

World Green Building Council Suite 01, Suite 02, Fox Court, 14 Gray’s Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HN

World Green Building Council

  • Privacy Overview
  • Strictly Necessary Cookies
  • 3rd Party Cookies

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.

This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.

Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.

Please enable Strictly Necessary Cookies first so that we can save your preferences!

U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Here’s how you know

world globe

Official websites use .gov

A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS

A lock ( Lock A locked padlock ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. .

Case Study Library

FEMA develops Interagency Recovery Coordination (Recovery) Case Studies to share stories of recovery solutions and best practices.

Please directly consult the provider of a potential resource for current program information and to verify the applicability and requirements of a particular program.

Banner

Legal Research: Cases and Legislation

  • Introduction
  • Court Structure
  • Scholarly Articles
  • Newspaper Articles
  • Legislation
  • Legal Citations This link opens in a new window

La Loria Konata, Policy Studies Librarian

Profile Photo

Introduction to Legal Research

Cover Art

  • Next: Court Structure >>
  • Last Updated: Feb 21, 2024 1:41 PM
  • URL: https://research.library.gsu.edu/lawandlegal

Share

College of Nursing

Driving change: a case study of a dnp leader in residence program in a gerontological center of excellence.

View as pdf A later version of this article appeared in Nurse Leader , Volume 21, Issue 6 , December 2023 . 

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) published the Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Practice Nursing in 2004 identifying the essential curriculum needed for preparing advanced practice nurse leaders to effectively assess organizations, identify systemic issues, and facilitate organizational changes. 1 In 2021, AACN updated the curriculum by issuing The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education to guide the development of competency-based education for nursing students. 1 In addition to AACN’s competency-based approach to curriculum, in 2015 the American Organization of Nurse Leaders (AONL) released Nurse Leader Core Competencies (updated in 2023) to help provide a competency based model to follow in developing nurse leaders. 2

Despite AACN and AONL competency-based curriculum and model, it is still common for nurse leaders to be promoted to management positions based solely on their work experience or exceptional clinical skills, rather than demonstration of management and leadership competencies. 3 The importance of identifying, training, and assessing executive leaders through formal leadership development programs, within supportive organizational cultures has been discussed by national leaders. As well as the need for nurturing emerging leaders through fostering interprofessional collaboration, mentorship, and continuous development of leadership skills has been identified. 4 As Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) nurse leaders assume executive roles within healthcare organizations, they play a vital role within complex systems. Demonstration of leadership competence and participation in formal leadership development programs has become imperative for their success. However, models of competency-based executive leadership development programs can be hard to find, particularly programs outside of health care systems.

The implementation of a DNP Leader in Residence program, such as the one designed for The Barbara and Richard Csomay Center for Gerontological Excellence, addresses many of the challenges facing new DNP leaders and ensures mastery of executive leadership competencies and readiness to practice through exposure to varied experiences and close mentoring. The Csomay Center , based at The University of Iowa, was established in 2000 as one of the five original Hartford Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence in the country. Later funding by the Csomay family established an endowment that supports the Center's ongoing work. The current Csomay Center strategic plan and mission aims to develop future healthcare leaders while promoting optimal aging and quality of life for older adults. The Csomay Center Director created the innovative DNP Leader in Residence program to foster the growth of future nurse leaders in non-healthcare systems. The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of the development and implementation of the Leader in Residence program, followed by suggested evaluation strategies, and discussion of future innovation of leadership opportunities in non-traditional health care settings.

Development of the DNP Leader in Residence Program

The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle has garnered substantial recognition as a valuable tool for fostering development and driving improvement initiatives. 5 The PDSA cycle can function as an independent methodology and as an integral component of broader quality enhancement approaches with notable efficacy in its ability to facilitate the rapid creation, testing, and evaluation of transformative interventions within healthcare. 6 Consequently, the PDSA cycle model was deemed fitting to guide the development and implementation of the DNP Leader in Residence Program at the Csomay Center.

PDSA Cycle: Plan

Existing resources. The DNP Health Systems: Administration/Executive Leadership Program offered by the University of Iowa is comprised of comprehensive nursing administration and leadership curriculum, led by distinguished faculty composed of national leaders in the realms of innovation, health policy, leadership, clinical education, and evidence-based practice. The curriculum is designed to cultivate the next generation of nursing executive leaders, with emphasis on personalized career planning and tailored practicum placements. The DNP Health Systems: Administration/Executive Leadership curriculum includes a range of courses focused on leadership and management with diverse topics such as policy an law, infrastructure and informatics, finance and economics, marketing and communication, quality and safety, evidence-based practice, and social determinants of health. The curriculum is complemented by an extensive practicum component and culminates in a DNP project with additional hours of practicum.

New program. The DNP Leader in Residence program at the Csomay Center is designed to encompass communication and relationship building, systems thinking, change management, transformation and innovation, knowledge of clinical principles in the community, professionalism, and business skills including financial, strategic, and human resource management. The program fully immerses students in the objectives of the DNP Health Systems: Administration/Executive Leadership curriculum and enables them to progressively demonstrate competencies outlined by AONL. The Leader in Residence program also includes career development coaching, reflective practice, and personal and professional accountability. The program is integrated throughout the entire duration of the Leader in Residence’s coursework, fulfilling the required practicum hours for both the DNP coursework and DNP project.

The DNP Leader in Residence program begins with the first semester of practicum being focused on completing an onboarding process to the Center including understanding the center's strategic plan, mission, vision, and history. Onboarding for the Leader in Residence provides access to all relevant Center information and resources and integration into the leadership team, community partnerships, and other University of Iowa College of Nursing Centers associated with the Csomay Center. During this first semester, observation and identification of the Csomay Center Director's various roles including being a leader, manager, innovator, socializer, and mentor is facilitated. In collaboration with the Center Director (a faculty position) and Center Coordinator (a staff position), specific competencies to be measured and mastered along with learning opportunities desired throughout the program are established to ensure a well-planned and thorough immersion experience.

Following the initial semester of practicum, the Leader in Residence has weekly check-ins with the Center Director and Center Coordinator to continue to identify learning opportunities and progression through executive leadership competencies to enrich the experience. The Leader in Residence also undertakes an administrative project for the Center this semester, while concurrently continuing observations of the Center Director's activities in local, regional, and national executive leadership settings. The student has ongoing participation and advancement in executive leadership roles and activities throughout the practicum, creating a well-prepared future nurse executive leader.

After completing practicum hours related to the Health Systems: Administration/Executive Leadership coursework, the Leader in Residence engages in dedicated residency hours to continue to experience domains within nursing leadership competencies like communication, professionalism, and relationship building. During residency hours, time is spent with the completion of a small quality improvement project for the Csomay Center, along with any other administrative projects identified by the Center Director and Center Coordinator. The Leader in Residence is fully integrated into the Csomay Center's Leadership Team during this phase, assisting the Center Coordinator in creating agendas and leading meetings. Additional participation includes active involvement in community engagement activities and presenting at or attending a national conference as a representative of the Csomay Center. The Leader in Residence must mentor a master’s in nursing student during the final year of the DNP Residency.

Implementation of the DNP Leader in Residence Program

PDSA Cycle: Do

Immersive experience. In this case study, the DNP Leader in Residence was fully immersed in a wide range of center activities, providing valuable opportunities to engage in administrative projects and observe executive leadership roles and skills during practicum hours spent at the Csomay Center. Throughout the program, the Leader in Residence observed and learned from multidisciplinary leaders at the national, regional, and university levels who engaged with the Center. By shadowing the Csomay Center Director, the Leader in Residence had the opportunity to observe executive leadership objectives such as fostering innovation, facilitating multidisciplinary collaboration, and nurturing meaningful relationships. The immersive experience within the center’s activities also allowed the Leader in Residence to gain a deep understanding of crucial facets such as philanthropy and community engagement. Active involvement in administrative processes such as strategic planning, budgeting, human resources management, and the development of standard operating procedures provided valuable exposure to strategies that are needed to be an effective nurse leader in the future.

Active participation. The DNP Leader in Residence also played a key role in advancing specific actions outlined in the center's strategic plan during the program including: 1) the creation of a membership structure for the Csomay Center and 2) successfully completing a state Board of Regents application for official recognition as a distinguished center. The Csomay Center sponsored membership for the Leader in Residence in the Midwest Nurse Research Society (MNRS), which opened doors to attend the annual MNRS conference and engage with regional nursing leadership, while fostering socialization, promotion of the Csomay Center and Leader in Residence program, and observation of current nursing research. Furthermore, the Leader in Residence participated in the strategic planning committee and engagement subcommittee for MNRS, collaborating directly with the MNRS president. Additional active participation by the Leader in Residence included attendance in planning sessions and completion of the annual report for GeriatricPain.org , an initiative falling under the umbrella of the Csomay Center. Finally, the Leader in Residence was involved in archiving research and curriculum for distinguished nursing leader and researcher, Dr. Kitty Buckwalter, for the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging, the University of Pennsylvania Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, and the University of Iowa library archives.

Suggested Evaluation Strategies of the DNP Leader in Residence Program

PDSA Cycle: Study

Assessment and benchmarking. To effectively assess the outcomes and success of the DNP Leader in Residence Program, a comprehensive evaluation framework should be used throughout the program. Key measures should include the collection and review of executive leadership opportunities experienced, leadership roles observed, and competencies mastered. The Leader in Residence is responsible for maintaining detailed logs of their participation in center activities and initiatives on a semester basis. These logs serve to track the progression of mastery of AONL competencies by benchmarking activities and identifying areas for future growth for the Leader in Residence.

Evaluation. In addition to assessment and benchmarking, evaluations need to be completed by Csomay Center stakeholders (leadership, staff, and community partners involved) and the individual Leader in Residence both during and upon completion of the program. Feedback from stakeholders will identify the contributions made by the Leader in Residence and provide valuable insights into their growth. Self-reflection on experiences by the individual Leader in Residence throughout the program will serve as an important measure of personal successes and identify gaps in the program. Factors such as career advancement during the program, application of curriculum objectives in the workplace, and prospects for future career progression for the Leader in Residence should be considered as additional indicators of the success of the program.

The evaluation should also encompass a thorough review of the opportunities experienced during the residency, with the aim of identifying areas for potential expansion and enrichment of the DNP Leader in Residence program. By carefully examining the logs, reflecting on the acquired executive leadership competencies, and studying stakeholder evaluations, additional experiences and opportunities can be identified to further enhance the program's efficacy. The evaluation process should be utilized to identify specific executive leadership competencies that require further immersion and exploration throughout the program.

Future Innovation of DNP Leader in Residence Programs in Non-traditional Healthcare Settings

PDSA Cycle: Act

As subsequent residents complete the program and their experiences are thoroughly evaluated, it is essential to identify new opportunities for DNP Leader in Residence programs to be implemented in other non-health care system settings. When feasible, expansion into clinical healthcare settings, including long-term care and acute care environments, should be pursued. By leveraging the insights gained from previous Leaders in Residence and their respective experiences, the program can be refined to better align with desired outcomes and competencies. These expansions will broaden the scope and impact of the program and provide a wider array of experiences and challenges for future Leaders in Residency to navigate, enriching their development as dynamic nurse executive leaders within diverse healthcare landscapes.

This case study presented a comprehensive overview of the development and implementation of the DNP Leader in Residence program developed by the Barbara and Richard Csomay Center for Gerontological Excellence. The Leader in Residence program provided a transformative experience by integrating key curriculum objectives, competency-based learning, and mentorship by esteemed nursing leaders and researchers through successful integration into the Center. With ongoing innovation and application of the PDSA cycle, the DNP Leader in Residence program presented in this case study holds immense potential to help better prepare 21 st century nurse leaders capable of driving positive change within complex healthcare systems.

Acknowledgements

         The author would like to express gratitude to the Barbara and Richard Csomay Center for Gerontological Excellence for the fostering environment to provide an immersion experience and the ongoing support for development of the DNP Leader in Residence program. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

  • American Association of Colleges of Nursing. The essentials: core competencies for professional nursing education. https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/AcademicNursing/pdf/Essentials-2021.pdf . Accessed June 26, 2023.
  • American Organization for Nursing Leadership. Nurse leader core competencies. https://www.aonl.org/resources/nurse-leader-competencies . Accessed July 10, 2023.
  • Warshawsky, N, Cramer, E. Describing nurse manager role preparation and competency: findings from a national study. J Nurs Adm . 2019;49(5):249-255. DOI:  10.1097/NNA.0000000000000746
  • Van Diggel, C, Burgess, A, Roberts, C, Mellis, C. Leadership in healthcare education. BMC Med. Educ . 2020;20(465). doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02288-x
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Plan-do-study-act (PDSA) worksheet. https://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Tools/PlanDoStudyActWorksheet.aspx . Accessed July 4, 2023.
  • Taylor, M, McNicolas, C, Nicolay, C, Darzi, A, Bell, D, Reed, J. Systemic review of the application of the plan-do-study-act method to improve quality in healthcare. BMJ Quality & Safety. 2014:23:290-298. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002703

Return to College of Nursing Winter 23/24 Newsletter

IMAGES

  1. Case study of surrey library

    case study in library

  2. Case Study: Seattle Public Library by OMA

    case study in library

  3. Case study of library

    case study in library

  4. Case study of library

    case study in library

  5. Longo Libraries

    case study in library

  6. Case Study 2

    case study in library

VIDEO

  1. Case Studies

  2. Case Studies

  3. Demo Case Study

  4. BK STUDY LIBRARY HAZARIBAGH

  5. Case Studies

  6. CASE STUDY COM165 VIDEO PRESENTATION

COMMENTS

  1. White Papers / Case Studies

    Apr 20, 2022 | Filed in Research At times, our sponsors make available valuable insights in the form of complimentary white papers or case studies that they wish to share with our audience. You'll find descriptions and download links for these documents below. Sponsor: Spectrum Enterprise Posted: Jun 2022

  2. Case Library

    Industry Function Video Coach Created A case library of 600+ case study examples to get you ready for your case interview! McKinsey, BCG, Bain & 20+ other firm styles represented!

  3. (PDF) Exploring Case Study Method for Library and ...

    The case study is frequently used in library science research and refers to the application of a descriptive research approach to get a comprehensive investigation of an individual, entity,...

  4. Case Studies

    Read more about some of their stories in the following case studies. Download the complete set of LTC case studies [PDF]. Columbus (Wis.) Public Library: Innovative Solutions to Bridging Community Divisions [PDF] For much of its history, Columbus was a rural community, but today it is quickly becoming a commuter town.

  5. Case Study: Red Hook (N.Y.) Public Library: One Small Win Creates Huge

    Location: Red Hook, N.Y. | Staff Size: 5.4 FTE | Service Area: 14,000 Ì Download PDF The Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC) team from Red Hook Public Library used their training to engage residents in their small town. They learned people were frustrated that problems in their community—even obvious ones—often went unaddressed. The only stoplight in town, which didn't work ...

  6. Everyday Evidence-Based Practice in Academic Libraries: Case Studies

    The most important part of the title of this book, Everyday Evidence-Based Practice in the Academic Library: Case Studies and Reflections, is the word "everyday."We believe that these chapters contain excellent, thorough examples of evidence-based practice (EBP) in numerous functional areas of academic libraries.

  7. Case Study: Los Angeles (Calif.) Public Library: Two Paths, One

    Location: Los Angeles, Calif. | Staff Size: 1,630 (one Central Library, 72 branches) | Service Area: 3.9 million | Download PDF The Los Angeles Public Library, a massive library system with a service area of 3.9 million people, joined Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC) to generate new ways to deepen their connection to community and help people in communities address issues that mattered ...

  8. Library Guides: Case Studies: Sources for Case Studies

    These are a few resources that do offer free cases, but only LearningEdge offers their entire catalog for free. LearningEdge. Cases developed at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Free cases from Stanford Graduate School of Business. More are available for purchase through Harvard Business School Publishing. Free cases from the Case Centre.

  9. Public Libraries, Communities, and Technology: Twelve Case Studies

    it has established a program to take a closer look at public libraries. and determine the most useful avenues for developing leaders, building. networks within the library and information science communities, and strengthening the dialog among the people who use and support. public libraries.Within this Kellogg program, the Council has gathered ...

  10. The Sustainable Library: A retrospective case study of a public library

    Sharing initiatives, things collections or libraries of things have become developing features in public libraries within recent years. This article reports on a retrospective case study of The ...

  11. FEMA Case Study Library

    FEMA Case Study Library Browse case study reports and best practice articles from across FEMA's areas of expertise. You can search by title or keywords, select additional content filters, or jump to a collection. Collections COVID-19 Best Practice Case Studies Interagency Recovery Coordination Case Studies Mitigation Best Practices

  12. Home

    Home Books Case Studies SAGE Business Cases SAGE Business Cases are fully licensed for all campus users, including for classroom teaching. The collection includes the Berkeley-Haas Case Series, Yale School of Management, and other case study providers in addition to SAGE originals.

  13. Library

    Shanghai Book City / Wutopia Lab Lea Bridge Library Pavilion / Studio Weave Masoro Learning & Sports Center / General Architecture Collabo... Shanghai Conservatory of Music Experimental School...

  14. Case Study Library

    Case Study Library Case Study Library Bring practical statistical problem solving to your course A wide selection of real-world scenarios with practical multistep solution paths. Complete with objectives, data, illustrations, insights and exercises. Exercise solutions available to qualified instructors only. What is JMP's case study library? Cases

  15. What Is a Case Study?

    Revised on November 20, 2023. A case study is a detailed study of a specific subject, such as a person, group, place, event, organization, or phenomenon. Case studies are commonly used in social, educational, clinical, and business research. A case study research design usually involves qualitative methods, but quantitative methods are ...

  16. Case Studies

    The case studies available in The MIT Sloan Teaching Resources Library are teaching case studies, narratives that facilitate class discussion about a particular business or management issue.

  17. Case Studies

    CDSE case study Library Your awareness is key to protecting our national security. Explore a growing repository of U.S. case studies. Learn about the crimes, the sentences, the impact, and the potential risk indicators that, if identified, could have mitigated harm.

  18. Case Library

    The Harvard Chan Case Library is a collection of teaching cases with a public health focus, written by Harvard Chan faculty, case writers, and students, or in collaboration with other institutions and initiatives.

  19. Finding articles & case studies

    The easiest way to find articles is to use the Articles & Full Text option on the library homepage. ... Just add "case study" as a search term when using Advanced Search, or any search that allows more than one term at a time. To find out more about running case studies, including case studies focused on leadership, check out the SAGE Research ...

  20. Academy of Architecture for Health

    How to Use the Case Study Library: The typical Case Study highlights the key design intentions of the project and shows photographic images to help identify design features that address those intentions.

  21. PUBLIC LIBRARY CASE STUDY

    PUBLIC LIBRARY CASE STUDY. 1. CASE STUDY OF PUBLIC LIBRARY. SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY. DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE. STUDENT NAME : MD ARAFAT HOSSAIN STUDENT ID : 2019000600012 BATCH : 26th. 2. LIBRARY ERGONOMICS STUDY. 3. 2' 40' 2' 38"28" 28" 2' 40' 40'.

  22. Case study of library

    Similar to Case study of library (20) Seattle library, washington. rem-koolhaas.ppt. James Primmer Further Portfolio. Qatar National Library. Qatar National Library: Case study. Pillsbury Hall Renovation. Zhang_Xu_Portfolio. Case study for University Library Design MTU.

  23. A Case Study on a New Collaboration Model for Producing ...

    This case study presents a unique approach to the creation of a visually appealing OER soil mechanics laboratory textbook. The approach consisted of pulling together resources commonly available at the New York City College of Technology and the City University of New York. ... ASCE Library Cards let you download journal articles, proceedings ...

  24. About the Case Study Library

    Our Case Study Library is the 'go-to' resource for certified best practice case studies in the built environment, showcasing some of the world's most cutting-edge sustainable buildings. Each case study demonstrates outstanding performance of an operational building that complies with at least one of WorldGBC's three strategic impact areas: Climate Action; Health, Equity & Resilience ...

  25. Case Study Library

    Case Study Intended Beneficiary: Local Government & Authority, Public/Private Institutions of Education K-12, Public/Private Institutions of Higher Education, State, Territory, Tribe

  26. Introduction

    Resources for case law, statutes, and legal articles. ... Legislation; Legal Citations This link opens in a new window; La Loria Konata, Policy Studies Librarian. La Loria Konata she/her Email Me. Schedule Appointment. Contact: La Loria Konata Library South, 542 [email protected]. 404.413.2802. Website. Social: LinkedIn Page. Subjects: Criminal ...

  27. Factors associated with the introduction of ...

    We conducted a nested case-control study using claims data in a cohort from a city in Tokyo. Patients aged ≥65 years who received visiting-pharmacist services for the first time between April 2014 and March 2020 were considered case patients.

  28. MultiSensory Music Drama with a student with severe/profound

    Finally, the fact that this research was a case study, carried out with one teacher and one student, inevitably implies certain weaknesses. While case study methodology has the potential to provide a rich exploration of practice in a real-life context (Simons, 2009), it is limited since it focuses on just one or a few contexts or cases. Also ...

  29. Driving change: a case study of a DNP leader in residence program in a

    In this case study, the DNP Leader in Residence was fully immersed in a wide range of center activities, providing valuable opportunities to engage in administrative projects and observe executive leadership roles and skills during practicum hours spent at the Csomay Center. ... and the University of Iowa library archives.Suggested Evaluation ...