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Faculty Information And Research Needs: A Qualitative Study Of Lesley University And Episcopal Divinity School Faculty, Marilyn Geller, Library Assessment Workgroup
Faculty Information And Research Needs: A Qualitative Study Of Lesley University And Episcopal Divinity School Faculty, Marilyn Geller, Library Assessment Workgroup
Library Reports
In the summer of 2011, the Library Assessment Workgroup began an investigation into the Lesley University and Episcopal Divinity School faculties’ information needs for research and teaching. By exploring faculty members’ perceptions of the library, and behaviors as researchers and instructors, we hoped to discern how well the library addresses their needs. The resulting project is a qualitative analysis of Lesley University and Episcopal Divinity School faculty members’ use of the library in the research and instruction process. Through twenty-five interviews and 3 focus groups, we studied the information-seeking strategies of forty members of the faculties. The examination focused on …
Assessing History Student Research Activity And Learning Outcomes Through The Understanding Library Impacts Project, Jessica Hronchek
Assessing History Student Research Activity And Learning Outcomes Through The Understanding Library Impacts Project, Jessica Hronchek
Faculty Presentations
In an era when academic libraries increasingly need to justify their budgets and impact to campus administrators, there is a growing necessity for helpful assessment tools. Engaging in this current trend of “demonstrating value,” this liberal arts college sought to explore areas of impact through a focused study on one particular department with known high library activity. For the past two years the library and the history department have partnered with an outside project called Understanding Library Impacts. Beginning with a beta-test of a quantitative and qualitative survey tool in upper-level courses and later expanding to history courses at all …
Educational Effectiveness Assessment Plan, M. Sara Lowe
Educational Effectiveness Assessment Plan, M. Sara Lowe
Library Staff Publications and Research
Information on Claremont Colleges Library educational effectiveness Assessment Plan
Department Library Dashboards As A Measure Of Library Value, Kelly Gordon Jacobsma
Department Library Dashboards As A Measure Of Library Value, Kelly Gordon Jacobsma
Faculty Presentations
A department dashboard approach to measuring library value was developed after the library was charged with measuring its contributions to the academic program distinctives at a liberal arts college. This presentation will focus on using data that libraries already collect to tell a story about an academic department’s library activity. Working in a dashboard culture, how the dashboards will be used to drive future conversations with departments and effects on library decision-making will be discussed.