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The E-Resources Playbook: A Guide For Establishing Routine Assessment Of E-Resources, Lanette Garza

Library Faculty Research

Assessment of ongoing or potential electronic purchases has always been a challenging and time-consuming process for librarians. In most cases, the organization, maintenance, sharing, and use of electronic resources data can be overwhelming. Diligent planning, monitoring, and assessment of e-resources is more important than ever. This article lays out the step-by-step process of creating an e-resources assessment playbook. This playbook will essentially be a book of strategies that will help orchestrate and illustrate steps and techniques for carrying out particular e-resources reports.

Reflective Assessment: Opportunities And Challenges, Anne Jumonville Graf, Benjamin R. Harris

Library Faculty Research

Purpose: Librarians engage in assessment for several purposes, such as to improve teaching and learning, or to report institutional value. In turn, these assessments shape our perspectives and priorities. How can we participate critically in the assessment of information literacy instruction and library programming while broadening our view and making room for questions about what we do? This paper explores self-reflection as a method for building on existing assessment practices with a critical consciousness.

Design/Methodology/Approach: In tracing the trajectory of assessment and reflective practice in library literature, the authors conducted a selective literature review and analyzed the potential …

The Art Of Discovery: Helping Students Find Inspiration In Unlikely Places, Kelly Grey Carlisle, Anne Jumonville Graf

Library Faculty Research

How can an "old space" like Special Collections be repurposed to meet evolving information literacy learning goals? This presentation will address ways in which a traditional library space can be reimagined as a place to engage students in affective learning at the beginning of the research process. By crafting activities for students that emphasize exploration and open-ended discovery, librarians and faculty can help students slow down and approach research more creatively. In the session, we (two librarians and a teaching faculty member) will share specific outcomes, activities, and the results of our assessments.

Participants will:

• Understand the importance of affective …

The Role Of Faculty Autonomy In A Course-Integrated Information Literacy Program, Anne Jumonville

Library Faculty Research

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the significance of faculty autonomy in sustaining a successful information literacy program.

Design/methodology/approach – Faculty members were given the opportunity to create courses that integrated and assessed information literacy as part of a course grant program associated with an institutional assessment mandate. This case study analyzes course grant proposals, course assessment methods and results. It also presents results of a follow-up survey of faculty participants to see if they continued to integrate information literacy in other courses. Results are situated in the context of self-determination theory to better understand the …

First Year Information Literacy Rubric, Information Literacy Committee (Trinity University)

Information Literacy Documents

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Assessment Of The Information Literacy Qep: Comparison Of Pre- And Post-Qep Senior Papers, Information Literacy Committee (Trinity University)

Information Literacy Documents

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Senior Level Information Literacy Rubric, Information Literacy Committee (Trinity University)

Information Literacy Documents

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Trinity University Qep Grant Recipient Survey Results, Information Literacy Committee (Trinity University)

Information Literacy Documents

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Subversive Infusions: Integrating Information Literacy Across The Curriculum, Benjamin R. Harris

Library Faculty Research

Beginning in 2004, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) requires institutions seeking accreditation to develop a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) to improve student learning. QEP topics may be focused on a single educational initiative or may combine several efforts in order to enhance and assess student learning. While some plans have focused on information literacy specifically, a fair number of the QEP proposals submitted to SACS between 2007-2011 have integrated information literacy learning outcomes as part of another topic. An analysis of the topics and outcomes proposed at 58 institutions offers librarians and information professionals an alternative perspective …

Summary Of May 2, 2011 Information Literacy Reading And Scoring Of First Year Papers, Information Literacy Committee (Trinity University)

Information Literacy Documents

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