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Did We Succeed? Assessing A New Instruction Initiative For A Revamped Physics Lab, Carrie C. Leatherman Jun 2014

Did We Succeed? Assessing A New Instruction Initiative For A Revamped Physics Lab, Carrie C. Leatherman

Carrie C Leatherman

Assessment has become an important component of any discussion on planning or implementing new library services as well as evaluating existing ones. Yet it is often difficult to know how to proceed with assessment, what tools to use, and how to implement the results of assessment. This session presented a practical example of assessing a new a Science and Technology library service with emphasis placed on how assessment was incorporated into planning process, what tools were used, and what the practical outcomes of that assessment were.


A Tableau Vivant Of Il Classrooms: The Multimodal/Multisensory Experience For The Teaching And Learning Of Threshold Concept.”, Kathleen Langan May 2014

A Tableau Vivant Of Il Classrooms: The Multimodal/Multisensory Experience For The Teaching And Learning Of Threshold Concept.”, Kathleen Langan

Kathleen Langan

The Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) release of the Draft Framework for Information Literacy (IL) for Higher Education well positions those who teach IL to reflect on identifying and defining learning. What is learning? Is it a stagnant, finite event or is it a process? Are there always artifacts that are tangible testaments to the act of learning? If not, then how do we measure it? Does teacher bias hinder learning and our understanding of students and what they know? I present my journey and how I found answers to these questions in the philosophy of rhetoric espoused …


Scanning Our Needs And Options: How Selecting An Overhead Scanner For Ill Was A Team Effort (Poster Session), Elizabeth A. Richardson, Cindy Kristof Mar 2014

Scanning Our Needs And Options: How Selecting An Overhead Scanner For Ill Was A Team Effort (Poster Session), Elizabeth A. Richardson, Cindy Kristof

Elizabeth A Richardson

With an aging overhead scanner that would no longer be covered under the vendor’s service contract, our ILL department was in the market for a new scanner. Determining our needs and evaluating our potential choices became a team effort involving everybody from undergraduate student employees to the Head of Access Services. Informal conversations were the first step, followed by perusal of sales materials for scanners on the market to determine features available. Every member of the Interlibrary Loan department was invited to complete a survey of preferred and necessary features. The survey prompted a high level of staff engagement in …