Academic Librarians Engage with Assessment Methods and Tools

Savage, Devin; Piotrowski, Pattie; Massengale, Lisa

doi:10.1353/pla.2017.0025

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“…23 Devin Savage, Pattie Piotrowski, and Lisa Massengale suggest that assessment activities can help academic librarians articulate their value. 24 As demonstrated in ACRL's program "Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success," instructional librarians around the United States utilize many different approaches to information literacy assessment. 25 Some institutions conduct large-scale, multi-method assessments spanning several years, often using focus groups, while others may be limited to more passive and indirect approaches, such as observations, during one-shot sessions.…”

Section: Library Value Articulation and Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Embedded Librarians and Scaffolding for Remote Learning

Miyaoka¹,

Toolsidass²,

Magee³

2023

portal

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the librarians at the Brooklyn Campus of St. Joseph's College New York developed a new embedded librarianship model of instruction, incorporating scaffolded information literacy modules that could be delivered remotely. To measure the new model's efficacy, the researchers administered the 15-item First Year Experience (FYE) Library Literacy Scale to 118 students at the start of the semester as a pretest and again at the end of the semester as a posttest. Results indicated a significant improvement from pretest to posttest, as supported by a significant paired sample t-test, t(117) = -9.01, p < .001. Additional analysis revealed that this result was not influenced by course modality, gender of the student, or which librarian taught the class. The benefits of an embedded librarianship model compared to the traditional one-shot session are discussed.

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Section: Library Value Articulation and Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Embedded Librarians and Scaffolding for Remote Learning

Miyaoka¹,

Toolsidass²,

Magee³

2023

portal

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“…The first category tracks the evolution of LibQUAL and other emerging library assessment methods and tools (such as Thompson, Cook, & Heath, 2000;Kalb, 2010;Roy, Khare, Liu, Hawkes, & Swiatek-Kelley, 2012;Savage, Piotrowski, & Massengale, 2017).…”

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Measuring an Academic Library’s Performance and Service: A Case Study in Georgia Southern University Library

Li¹

2017

IJoL

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Abstract:This paper shares the Georgia Southern University Library's experience of LibQUAL in user-centered and service-oriented academic learning environment. On the basis of reviewing the library literature on LibQUAL, this study presents the process of data analysis and data visualization for academic library assessments. Using the 2016 LibQUAL Survey at the Georgia Southern University Library as a sample, this study illustrates basic methods of analyzing and interpreting the LibQUAL Survey Raw Data and User Response Raw Data saved in Excel files. Also mentioned in this study are other common statistical tools and a set of general procedures, including data analysis, data validation, data migration, data mining, and data visualization, for academic library assessments to identify patron needs and satisfactory factors. ABSTRACTThis paper shares the Georgia Southern University Library's experience of LibQUAL in usercentered and service-oriented academic learning environment. On the basis of reviewing the library literature on LibQUAL, this study presents the process of data analysis and data visualization for academic library assessments. Using the 2016 LibQUAL Survey at the Georgia Southern University Library as a sample, this study illustrates basic methods of analyzing and interpreting the LibQUAL Survey Raw Data and User Response Raw Data saved in Excel files. Also mentioned in this study are other common statistical tools and a set of general procedures, including data analysis, data validation, data migration, data mining, and data visualization, for academic library assessments to identify patron needs and satisfactory factors.

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“…3 Moreover, Devin Savage, Pattie Piotrowski, and Lisa Massengale profile several especially successful assessment projects, emphasizing how such efforts help libraries understand and communicate the value of instruction and other services. 4 Nevertheless, while the literature suggests that librarians are invested in information literacy assessment and that strong programs have been developed at some institutions, many librarians continue to struggle in this area. Even as assessment has become a significant aspect of the instruction librarian role, librarians generally lack substantial training in assessment and often face barriers at the institutional level by virtue of their dependence on buy-in from teaching faculty and other stakeholders.…”

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A Seat at the Table: Information Literacy Assessment and Professional Legitimacy

Detmering

McClellan

Willenborg

2019

C&RL

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This qualitative study explores academic librarians' perceptions of and experiences with information literacy assessment, focusing primarily on issues of professional identity, agency, and power. Findings from in-depth interviews reveal that instruction librarians view teaching as integral to their professional identity and use assessment to legitimize that identity, both personally and at the institutional level. While this suggests that assessment has the potential to elevate the status of librarians on campus, the interviews also highlight ongoing professional and organizational tensions that hinder assessment efforts and inhibit librarian agency. The authors recommend more transparent communication, among other strategies, to address these challenges.

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Academic Librarians Engage with Assessment Methods and Tools

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

Embedded Librarians and Scaffolding for Remote Learning

Embedded Librarians and Scaffolding for Remote Learning

Measuring an Academic Library’s Performance and Service: A Case Study in Georgia Southern University Library

A Seat at the Table: Information Literacy Assessment and Professional Legitimacy

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