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Crafting Assessment Questions: Creating The Tools To Assess Information Literacy Objectives For Art And Design: A Workshop, Rebecca Feind, Kathy Clarke
Crafting Assessment Questions: Creating The Tools To Assess Information Literacy Objectives For Art And Design: A Workshop, Rebecca Feind, Kathy Clarke
Faculty and Staff Publications
Now that information literacy standards for higher education have been created and are commonly incorporated within university curricula, assessing student mastery of the objectives is the next step in creating a measurable information literacy program. In addition to responding to institutional needs for data on student learning, assessment data is a valuable resource for updating instruction programs based on student knowledge and performance. While many librarians have vast amounts of anecdotal knowledge about what students know, being able to gather hard data on what students learn from online and in-person instruction can quantify the strengths and needs of your instruction …
Building Bridges Across Mentoring: Emerging Leaders, Christina Bailey, Emily Chan, Annie Schutte, Yvonne Stephenson
Building Bridges Across Mentoring: Emerging Leaders, Christina Bailey, Emily Chan, Annie Schutte, Yvonne Stephenson
Faculty and Staff Publications
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Reading The Tides: Identifying The Disparities Between Student Confidence And Information Literacy Competence, Valeria Molteni, Emily Chan
Reading The Tides: Identifying The Disparities Between Student Confidence And Information Literacy Competence, Valeria Molteni, Emily Chan
Faculty and Staff Publications
Developing information literacy skills in undergraduate students is an ongoing and dynamic process. Awareness of student backgrounds is a major factor that can influence instructional techniques and pedagogy. With this in mind, a research project was developed to better understand a student population. During Fall 2012, a convenience sample of undergraduate Health Professions students were surveyed during library instructional sessions. Demographic information, confidence in performing information literacy-related tasks, and mastery of information literacy questions were collected.This poster will highlight the differences between students' self-reported mastery levels and their actual quiz results. Which demographic elements are correlated with students' levels of …
Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities: What Librarians Really Need To Be Successful At The Reference Desk, Emily Chan
Faculty and Staff Publications
Librarians at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library are using reference statistical software to record transactions at the merged reference desk. The software program allows libraries to easily compile and report on reference transaction data. Aggregated and analyzed reference transactions for a period of one year will be presented. The data demonstrates the needs of the patrons from this merged library and conversely indicates what proficiencies and capabilities are required from employees. Important information can be gained from using a reference tracking system. Understanding the nature of the questions being answered at the desk will enable libraries to identify …
Sources: Making Sense Of Business Reference: A Guide For Librarians And Research Professionals, Ann Agee
Sources: Making Sense Of Business Reference: A Guide For Librarians And Research Professionals, Ann Agee
Faculty and Staff Publications
The article reviews the book Making Sense of Business Reference: A Guide for Librarians and Research Professionals, by Celia Ross.
Sources: Joint Libraries: Models That Work, Ann Agee
Sources: Joint Libraries: Models That Work, Ann Agee
Faculty and Staff Publications
The article reviews the book Joint Libraries: Models That Work, by Claire B. Gunnels, Susan E. Green, and Patricia M. Butler.
Renew, Reuse, Recycle: One University’S Multi-Front War On The High Cost Of Textbooks, Ann Agee, Christina Mune
Renew, Reuse, Recycle: One University’S Multi-Front War On The High Cost Of Textbooks, Ann Agee, Christina Mune
Faculty and Staff Publications
The rising price of tuition and books is pricing some students out of the market for college. While struggles for affordable tuition take place in state legislatures, universities are taking the movement for affordable classroom materials into their own hands. Seven out of ten students forgo required textbooks due to cost (Redden, 2011). This creates inequality in the classroom as economic privilege determines access to necessary learning materials. To counteract this trend, the California State University system began the Affordable Learning Solutions initiative, designed to encourage faculty to adopt low-cost classroom materials. San Jose State University implemented this initiative on …
Identifying Users Of Demand-Driven E-Book Programs: Applications For Collection Development, Emily Chan, Susan Kendall
Identifying Users Of Demand-Driven E-Book Programs: Applications For Collection Development, Emily Chan, Susan Kendall
Faculty and Staff Publications
In 2003 San José State University (SJSU) and the City of San José formed a unique partnership to offer merged library services to San José citizens and SJSU students, faculty and staff at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. While this is a dynamic, collaborative partnership, the SJSU Library is fully committed to supporting the mission and strategic plan of the University. The principles of the University’s strategic plan incorporate the concepts of unbounded learning and agility through technology.1 The University Library strives to integrate the principles of the strategic plan with innovative programs.