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Assessment in Action: Demonstrating and Communicating
Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success
ACRL Preconference at ALA Annual Conference
Friday, June 22 | 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM | New Orleans, LA
Program
Higher education institutions of all types are facing intensified attention to assessment and accountability issues. Academic libraries are increasingly connecting with colleagues and campus stakeholders to design and implement assessment that documents their contributions to institutional priorities. In this day-long preconference on strategic and sustainable assessment, participants will identify institutional priorities and campus partners, design an assessment project grounded in action research, and prepare a plan for communicating the project results. This preconference is based on the highly successful ACRL Assessment in Action program curriculum.
Learning Outcomes
Following completion of the preconference, participants will be able to accomplish the following tasks.
- apply action research as a means to designing robust assessment plans, practices, and processes
- implement assessment practices that document the impact of libraries on student learning, academic programs and activities, and institutional initiatives
- collaborate with key campus partners to plan and conduct assessment that aligns library outcomes with institutional initiatives, priorities, and assessment activities
- use the results of assessment and action research to foster support for library contributions to student learning and success
Presenter
Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe is Professor/Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction in the University Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as well as an affiliate faculty member in the university’s library school. Lisa was the 2010-2011 President of ACRL. Along with Debra Gilchrist, Lisa was the lead designer for ACRL’s training program for the Standards for Libraries in Higher Education and the IMLS-funded Assessment in Action project. For more information about Lisa, please go here.
Registration
Access the ALA Annual Conference registration materials to submit your registration. The preconference code is ACR1.
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Registration fees
ACRL member – $225
ALA member – $255
Nonmember – $295
Questions? Contact Margot Conahan, at mconahan@ala.org.
Can’t make it to New Orleans? You can bring this workshop to your campus, chapter, or consortia upon request. Go here for more information.