Information Literacy Action Plan 2009 - 2014
Outcome What do we want the program to look like? |
Criteria for Success How will we know we have met the outcome? |
Assessment What data/evidence will we need to demonstrate that the outcome has been met? How will the data/evidence be gathered and recorded? |
Initiate and advance faculty collaboration in order to create effective Information Literacy assignments throughout the curriculum. | Partnerships are from all four colleges (CAS, KSOM, PCPS, CGCE) | Faculty members’ colleges will be recorded when Information Literacy sessions are scheduled. |
Faculty will collaborate with librarians through our Information Literacy Stipend Program. | Information Literacy Stipends awarded. | |
Library faculty will collaborate with academic faculty to target specific information literacy objectives in at least 25% of Information Literacy sessions. | Librarians will self-report collaboration results via an Assessment and Analysis documentation process. | |
Assess student progress in Information Literacy competencies in order to gather evidence of student learning. | Assessment tools for classes and programs are integrated into Information Literacy sessions. Students’ skills grow due to active learning. |
Librarians will self-report assessment activities via an Assessment and Analysis documentation process. Librarians’ analysis of their teaching; peer teaching observations. |
Create learning opportunities about academic integrity and scholarly research in order to raise student awareness about the ethical use of information. | Incoming students will take the academic integrity tutorials. | Students will self-report their awareness via post-tutorial survey. |
25% of faculty will use Turnitin.com. | Evaluate faculty use. | |
Query users about their library experiences in order to engage the people who use our library, and connect with them in a personal and memorable way. | 1. Student user groups will be formed. | Student user group surveys will be compiled and will be assessed by librarians. Librarians will discuss plans for improvement. |
2. Users will submit suggestions about their experiences using library resources via some type of suggestion board. | Answers will be compiled and plans made by librarians to implement suggested improvements. | |
3. IM / Text Message Reference users will be queried about their satisfaction with this service. | Suggestions will be compiled and plans made by librarians to implement suggested improvements. |
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The University of Scranton
Weinberg Memorial Library
Linden & Monroe
Scranton, PA 18510
Library Services: 570-941-4000