Closing the assessment loop using pre- and post-assessment

Reference Services Review

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 244-259

  Swoger, Bonnie J M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Information literacy; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955938346     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907321111135475     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Association of College and Research Libraries (2000), Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, Association of College and Research Libraries, Chicago, IL, available at: www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency.cfm.
2. Bennett, E. and Brothen, E. (2010), "Citation analyses as a prioritization tool for instruction program development" in Journal of Library Administration, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 425-42, available at: www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&doi=10.1080/01930826.2010.488585&magic=crossref{pipe}{pipe}D404A21C5BB053405B1A640AFFD44AE3 (accessed December 14, 2010).
3. Caspers, J. and Bernhisel, S. (2005), "What do freshmen really know about research?" in Assess before you teach. Research Strategies, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 458-68, available at: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0734331006000413.
4. Choinski, E. and Emanuel, M. (2006), "The one-minute paper and the one-hour class: outcomes assessment for one-shot library instruction" in Reference Services Review, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 148-55, available at: www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00907320610648824.
5. Helmke, J. and Matthies, B. (2004), "Assessing freshman library skills and attitudes before program development" in College & Undergraduate Libraries, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 29-49.
6. Hufford, J.R. (2010), "What are they learning? Pre- and post-assessment surveys for LIBR 1100, Introduction to Library Research" in College & Research Libraries, Vol. 71, No. 2, pp. 139-59, available at: http://crl.acrl.org/content/71/2/139.full.pdf+html.
7. Maki, P. (2002), "Developing an assessment plan to learn about student learning" in The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Vol. 28, Nos 1-2, pp. 8-13, available at: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0099133301002956.
8. Middle States Commission on Higher Education (2009), Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Education, Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Philadelphia, PA, available at: www.msche.org/publications/CHX06_Aug08REVMarch09.pdf.
9. Milne Library (2009), "Current INTD 105 Information Literacy Outcomes", available at: http://library.geneseo.edu/services/faculty/instruction/105litoutcomes.shtml (accessed December 15, 2010).
10. Oakleaf, M. (2009), "The information literacy instruction assessment cycle: a guide for increasing student learning and improving librarian instructional skills" in Journal of Documentation, Vol. 65, No. 4, pp. 539-60, available at: www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00220410910970249 (accessed June 25, 2010).
11. Seggern, M.V. and Scales, B.J. (2009), "The assessment cycle: improving learning and teaching in government documents instruction" in DttP: Documents to the People, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 31-5.
12. Thomas, J. (2000), "Never enough: graduate student use of journals - citation analysis of social work thesis" in Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 1-16, available at: www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&doi=10.1300/J103v19n01_01&magic=crossref{pipe}{pipe}D404A21C5BB053405B1A640AFFD44AE3 (accessed December 15, 2010).