2010. Tuning USA Final Report: The 2009 Indiana Pilot, 2010. http://www.in.gov/che/files/Updated_Final_report_for_June_submission.pdf, 34 Collaborative for Authentic Assessment and Learning. In part, I think this reaffirms for us that many in higher education associate information literacy outcomes with general education outcomes such as critical thinking.
[21] My conclusion is that a one-size-fits-all approach to assessment is not likely to work for higher education or for library impact. 28 Rhodes, Terell L. “VALUE: Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education.” New Directions in Institutional Research. While libraries have made significant progress in user-oriented evaluation in recent decades, libraries still lack effective methods for demonstrating library contributions to student learning. [62], With public funding declining for both libraries and schools, school libraries face severe economic troubles. J. 23 Kuh, George D. High-Impact Educational Practices: what are they, who has access to them, and why they matter. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2007. “Impact assessment of university libraries: A consideration of issues and research methodologies.” Library and Information Science Research, 14 no. A process called Tuning is intended to generate a common language for communicating these discipline-specific outcomes. These rubrics are intended to serve as a “set of common expectations and criteria for [student] performance” to guide authentic assessment of student work and communicate student achievement to stakeholders. In one of my pilot studies I found that non-traditional students face unique challenges and value library support tremendously. My Day Job is Access Services & Distance learning librarian at a small regional public university that serves a largely working class and ‘nontraditional’ population. As the old adage goes, ‘correlation does not imply causation.’ Do students achieve higher GPAs because they are frequent users of the library? In March 2018, the US Congress passed a bill that included significant increases in federal spending towards libraries. context. [16], College and university libraries are at the center of changes to the library system. Center on Education and the Workforce, 2011, “The New Math: College Return on Investment.” Bloomburg Businessweek, April 7, 2011, http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/special_reports/20110407college_return_on_investment.htm, and “Is College Worth it? This is great, Derek–I like focusing on the way the library works with capstone students, although Sarah raises a good point about first generation college students and non-trad college students. A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education. I’m planning to email you later today to share notes and ask some other questions, but I did want to raise a question here. This is hard work but staff in institutional research or assessment offices may already be trying to answer these questions.
29 Gonzalez, Julia and Robert Wagenaar, eds. [37], New tools for generating convincing evidence of library impact. Part of this new spending bill provides $27 million for the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) program, and $5.7 million for the Library Services and Technology Act. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.
The VALUE rubrics, 2010. http://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics; Rhodes, Terrel, ed. Helping students analyze primary sources can also prompt curiosity and improve critical thinking and analysis skills.
Other high-impact practices include first-year experiences, writing intensive courses, undergraduate research, and service learning to name a few. Washington, DC: Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2009 for an overview. 4, 310-312, 1968. 6 American Library Association. Libraries are rapidly establishing public makerspaces and workspaces to promote collaboration and entrepreneurship. The AAC&U Essential Learning Outcomes map well to general education outcomes at many colleges and universities. A similar process is underway in Latin America. [2] Similar growth was documented in Canada, where overall library usage surged 45 percent between 2000 and 2009, including a 16 percent increase in book borrowing. What was the creator’s purpose in making this primary source?
[33] Even in countries that have documented a decline in the use of public libraries, public support for libraries remains strong.
Traditional resources, such as books, archives, and micro-formats. Lastly, I am happy to hear about your interest in working on challenges faced by non-traditional students. “Information Literacy Outcomes” American Library Association. This is one of our big opportunities, in my opinion. [66] In 2012 a joint study by the Education Law Center, the Health Sciences Library Consortium, and the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association demonstrated that "for all students, those with full-time librarians are almost three times as likely to have 'Advanced' writing scores as students without full-time librarians.