The acrl academic library trends and statistics survey is administered by the acrl academic library trends and statistics survey editorial board and is designed to gather information at the national level from all types of academic libraries. The pressures of increased competition over scarce resources and rapid technological changes have put pressures on academic libraries as they have on their parent institutions. The project for standardized assessment of information literacy skills, developed by kent state university and now managed by the association of research libraries, is an online assessment tool aligned with the acrl information literacy competency standards for higher education. The university of mary washington libraries are pleased to host the acrl standards roadshow this summer. Javascript must be enabled in order for you to use countingopinions services. Arl and the university of washington are pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 library assessment conference poster session.
Putting the standards for libraries in higher education into action. Proceedings of the 2018 library assessment conference. More recently, in early 2009, the acrl board of directors identified. Please join us for the oneday workshop, planning, assessing, and communicating library impact. Recipes for successful lesson plans edited by nancy. Academic library assessment has grown as a field over the last 20 years.
Awardwinning posters at library assessment conference. It is a ten month program during which teachers and media specialists meet twice a month to discuss topics such as appropriate learning materials, supplemental tools, and assessment design. Project assessment outcome program outcome institutional. The forum provided background about the aia program and details on how to apply, plus featured two aia librarian team leaders who talked about their.
Demonstrate and improve library support of faculty teaching. Information literacy competency standards for higher education the association of college and research libraries a division of the american library association. We engaged with the library management team and developed the iowa state university library assessment plans strategy map shown in figure 1 during the summer of 2017. This largescale study was conducted for the purposes of determining how representative library users are compared to the whole student population, to explore how library services contribute to student success, and to position the library to be included in the institutions learning analytics landscape. Acrl academic library trends and statistics survey warning. It follows that acrls agenda areas also help inform and shape library assessment. Acrl standards for proficiencies for assessment librarians and coordinators. Literacy program assessment report elihu burritt library. Communicating library impact through the assessment website. The conference brought together nearly 600 participants primarily from north american academic libraries.
While you are developing outcomes and assessment tools, you should also be thinking about setting your assessment benchmark levels. Over 5 years some data points have been eliminated, some consolidated, and in some cases definitions changed. Modeling acrls standards for libraries in higher education. Contribute to investigate library impact on faculty grant proposals and funding, a means of generating institutional income. Academic librarians engage with assessment methods and. A benchmark is how you decide if you have been successful in achieving your outcomes. The library assessment cookbook central michigan university. Acrl provides members with meaningful opportunities to become active in the profession. The conference provides a mix of invited speakers, contributed papers and posters, and workshops. The acrl academic library trends and statistics survey is composed of three parts. Check out the latest publications from acrl now available in the ala store.
A case study from the osler library the osler library of the history of medicine, a branch of the mcgill university library in montreal, quebec, is a research center for the history of medicine and science with significant rare book and archival holdings. The team then revised the language to make it more concise and measurable, widely. Every institution of higher education receiving federal funding must respond to the ipeds survey. Acrl looks forward to an exciting future, including this. Students fte per library staff overall collections budget. However, it seems javascript is either disabled or not supported by your browser. Acrl project outcome for academic libraries task force. Questions from the ipeds academic libraries component. Download the 2018 proceedings in full pdf 2018 posters. Thus, the library assessment unit collaborates with library faculty and staff to design and track meaningful measures of the libraries impact on. Significance of contribution to the body of work associated with library assessment. The library assessment cookbook features 80 practical.
The library assessment cookbookeeditions pdf ebook. Dartmouth college library, jody walker, gslisce program manager, simmons college, and oceana wilson, director of library and information. The library assessment cookbookeeditions pdf ebook ala. Academic library impact report acrl value of academic.
Continuous assessment provides the library with the opportunity to monitor and improve services, manage library collections, identify trends in users needs, make improvements to student staffing, and promote library collections and services in furtherance of the librarys mission to support the educational needs of the campus and the colleges objective to promote academic development. This interest group will accompany and extend the webinar series. To address this virtual area, an online service quality assessment tool. The famu assessment office has defined assessment as a systematic process of collecting. Funded by a grant from the institute of museum and library services, this. In june 2012, the acrl board approved a unanimous recommendation that the information literacy competency standards for higher education be significantly revised. This online blog and accompanying documents were part of the process used to create the new framework for information literacy for higher education, which were adopted in january 2015. Library program assessment american library association. The awards were presented on august 5, 2014, at the conference in seattle, washington. The winning posters, along with all poster session submissions, are available on the conference website. The program offered paper and poster presentations as well as. The program offers professional development opportunities designed to enhance information literacy initiatives and collaborations.
Home information literacy assessment libguides at west. An assessment plan can organize assessment efforts, keep them on track, and record assessment results and lessons learned. Relevance to effective, sustainable, and practical library assessment. Project assessment outcome program outcome institutional alignment acrl principle assessment method team time frame resultssummary miso survey students describe the role of the library as influential in terms of their successful academic performance.
On tuesday, february 10, 2015, acrl held an online open forum for community colleges, colleges and universities that are thinking of applying for the third year of assessment in action. Association of college and research libraries acrl. Framework for information literacy for higher education. Aligning library assessment with institutional priorities. Status of research for paper proposals, are the results in hand. Some excellent resources for creating assessment plans are referenced in the value report.
Assessing information literacy skills using the acrl standards as a guide. Instructions and definitions for 2016 acrl academic. The library assessment conference, cosponsored by arl and the university of washington, is a biennial event that gathers practitioners and researchers. Track and increase library contributions to faculty research productivity. Aims and approaches in special collections assessment. The university libraries at appalachian state are in the formal. Acrl academic library trends and statistics annual survey. Pdf improvement of academic library services as an outcome of. Held in evennumbered years since 2006, the library assessment conference provides an opportunity for exchange of. Laney college library assessment plan 20172020 acrl. Library assessment interest group the oclc research library partnership invites librarians at partner institutions to participate in a new library assessment interest group, beginning in april 2018.
If youre working on assessing the value of your library and its services, you may consider creating a library assessment plan. The event is free of charge and open to librarians and library staff in virginia and dc metro area. Information literacy competency standards for higher. Assessmentto assess, in general, is to determine the importance, size, or value of. The library and learning services contributes to student recruitment, retention, time to. Developed for acrl by oclc research, this valuable resource investigates how libraries can increase student learning and success and effectively communicate their value to higher education stakeholders. The acrl survey asks every library question required by. The definitions below reflect data collection requested by acrl as part of the fy 202014 academic libraries survey. The seventh biennial library assessment conference was held in houston, texas, december 57, 2018. Library staff assess operations by collecting, interpreting, and using data to make decisions and improve customer service. Improving practice and essential areas to research summarizes the incredible strides made and best practices developed by the profession in capturing and emphasizing academic libraries contri butions to student learning, success, and experience. It is updated and revised to be applicable to other disciplines as well. Build a zsr assessment web page with links to goals and reports wordpress authoring information sharing with internal and external audiences assessment committee 3192015completed 3202015 attend assessment conference at elon increase knowledge assessment committee 612015 participate in sacscoc accreditation write library standards.
The acrl academic library trends and statistics survey has three objectives. These changes, as well as vendor changes, which included implementation of a new integrated library system, account for. Pdf assessing information literacy skills using the acrl. Through the assessment in action aia program, academic libraries have established compelling evidence of the impact of library programs and services on student learning and success. Assessment is fundamental to positioning your library within your organization and effectively demonstrating how it furthers your institutions goals. Appoint an acrl nec liaison to the state library associations in order to facilitate communication, promote. Assessing information literacy skills in the real world.
They usually indicate a certain percentage of students whom you want to achieve a certain score on an. Acrl standards for proficiencies for assessment librarians and. His current professional interest is in creating studentcentered library websites, particularly with libguides. Outreach needs assessment survey final report prepared by the acrl new england chapter. Library assessment differs from academic assessment because library impact on student and faculty outcomes often cant be measured directly.
And it can be more of an art than a science, using the qualitative and quantitative data available to you to show your librarys alignment with the needs and mission of your organization. Improving practice and essential areas to research in september 2017. The library assessment conference steering committee will evaluate paper and poster proposals based on. Assessment examines how library services and resources impact and are perceived by users, and guides strategic planning discussions and development of future acquisitions and services. Annual conference in july 2010 and the final report was released as a pdf online. A study of student academic performance and use of five library services. Instruction outcomes are aligned with acrl framework and checklist used on orientation request form.
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