Meaningful and sustained assessment is best achieved when a campus unit takes a
collaborative leadership role to work with other departments, offices, and groups. Simply …

In 2015, the Public Library Association (PLA, a division of the American Library Association)
launched Project Outcome, a free online toolkit designed to help public libraries understand …

versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has also received attention. The objective of this
study was to determine what role information resources played in the grant-generating …

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 …

Purpose–This essay is offered in response to an invitation to share reflections on a topic of
current concern. The concern is how to position the library profession to not just gain …

ABSTRACT Using “ready-to-go” assessment tools to gauge student learning outcomes
makes practicing assessment a whole lot easier and less daunting. This article offers one …

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; …

This report synthesizes results from over 70 higher education institutions from across North
America which completed team-based assessment projects during the first year of …

Abstract The Standards for Libraries in Higher Education are designed to guide academic
libraries in advancing and sustaining their role as partners in educating students, achieving …

Academic libraries are actively exploring reliable methods to demonstrate their value and
impact on student success and retention to campus administrators and governing bodies. As …