Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Publication Title
Public Services Quarterly
Volume
3
Issue
1-2
First page number:
57
Last page number:
82
Abstract
Since 2001, librarians at Oregon State University's Valley Library have been working to build a "teaching library" supported by a clearly articulated instruction program. From the start, we believed that we needed to assess the teaching library's impact, not only to determine the success or failure of our efforts but also to demonstrate the need for intentional, proactive in formation literacy instruction on our campus. No single assessment tool or method proved adequate to effectively measure student learning happening both inside and outside the library. We describe our evolving, multi-pronged approach to measuring the impact of the library on student learning in the context of current assessment practices in academic libraries and higher education.
Keywords
Assessment; Collaboration; Information literacy; Learning outcomes; Library instruction; Student learning; Teaching library
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Language
English
Repository Citation
McMillen, P. S.,
Deitering, A. M.
(2007).
Complex Questions, Evolving Answers: Creating a Multidimensional Assessment Strategy to Build Support for the “Teaching Library”.
Public Services Quarterly, 3(1-2),
57-82.
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