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Data-Driven !
Alan Carbery Sean Leahy Janet Cottrell
Librarianship!
EVIDENCE –BASED �
PRACTICE�
DEMONSTRATING�
VALUE�
It’s not collecting for the sake of
collecting
Information Literacy!
ASSESSMENT
Information Literacy �
of Champlain liberal arts education
We’re teaching, but are they LEARNING? �
Rubric-based assessment
Authentic Assessment
What we know about the FIRST YEAR
student
Overall student results
Students choose a good variety of sources, including scholarly, peer-reviewed materials
h#ps://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartwebster/5426317242!
When given the opportunity, students tend to choose research topics from popular culture.
But are more likely to omit academic sources
in these cases.
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Generally, students successfully !attribute & cite their sources !
Galymzhan!Abdugalimov,!unsplash.com!
Students sometimes “bend the truth” when it comes to the sources they’ve used in their research.
Ryan!McGuire,!GraNsography!
Students tend to have less trouble finding sources, but USING information
proves more difficult.
Ryan!McGuire,!graNsography.com!
Students sometimes have difficulty CONNECTING & SYNTHESIZING their information sources
REFOCUSING INSTRUCTION �
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Looping forward
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Collection USAGE�
the collection
¼ print + ¾ electronic
“STUDY” level + interdisciplinarity
faculty input + librarian selection
Citation analysis checklist
collection + Needs + outcomes
! Revise throughout !
Findings 593 citations
dated texts !
Contemporary + interdisciplinary / lacking context !
Book usage remains high
Findings 593 citations Book usage remains high Emphasis on print selections
dated texts Targeted weeding Contemporary + interdisciplinary / lacking context New access models + updated Policies !
Surveying*users:*!
• What?!• Why?!• When?!• How?!
Photo:!Janet!Co#rell!
NEASC on the horizon
Photo:!Janet!Co#rell!
Major*findings:*1. Overall!saNsfacNon!is!high!
Major*findings:*1. Overall!saNsfacNon!is!high!2. Patrons!want!more!input!into!library!
decisions!!!
Major*findings:*1. Overall!saNsfacNon!is!high!2. Patrons!want!more!input!into!library!
decisions!!3. Online!resources!and!services!are!very!
important!for!our!online!students!!
Major*findings:*1. Overall!saNsfacNon!is!high!2. Patrons!want!more!input!into!library!
decisions!!3. Online!resources!and!services!are!very!
important!for!our!online!students!4. TradiNonal!undergrads!say!library!as!place!is!
very!important!(which!turned!out!to!be!useful!this!spring)!
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“Radar”!or!“Spiderweb”!charts!
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• Is!this!feature!important?!• Are!they!saNsfied?!
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TradiNonal!Undergraduate!Students!
These!are!all!part!of!a!larger!picture…!