Conducting effective assessment toward evaluating student learning outcomes (SLO) is a
difficult and complex process for all higher education professionals. University-level …

Since the 1990s, the assessment of learning outcomes in academic libraries has
accelerated rapidly, and librarians have come to recognize the necessity of articulating and …

Academic libraries face the challenge of attempting to evaluate student learning in the
library. In order to meet this challenge, academic libraries should design assessment …

1. A New Day Is Here; 2. Assessment Plans, Reports, and Guides in Institutions of Higher
Educations; 3. Developing an Assessment Plan for Measuring Student Learning Outcomes; …

Written specifically to address the library's role in education, this book provides guidance on
performing assessment at academic institutions that will serve to improve teaching …

When institutions are internally motivated to learn about student learning, assessment
moves beyond a periodic activity to an organic and systematic cycle of inquiry involving a …

The culture of assessment in higher education requires academic librarians to demonstrate
the impact of information literacy instruction on student learning. As a result, many librarians …

There is a well-established need for academic libraries to demonstrate their impact on
student learning, particularly through the application of mea surable o utcomes in …

Outcome focused assessments of library research instruction using pre-tests and post-tests,
attitude and usage surveys, and focus groups are discussed. Assessment results influence …

Abstract Librarians at Washington State University Vancouver helped the campus develop a
method of assessing its General Education Program, a program based on university …