We invite you to read any/all of the articles below to help prepare for the discussion. Also, bring your own experiences (successes and failures), as well as your questions and concerns to enrich the discussion. At the end we will spend 30-45 minutes of our session sharing concrete assessment strategies that we have derived from our conversation.
Readings are:
Bracke, Paul, Maybee, Clarence and Weiner, Sharon. “Developing a Practical Framework for Information Literacy Program Evaluation” (2016). Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lib_fsdocs/149/
Lacy, Meagan, and Hsin-liang Chen. “Rethinking Library Instruction: Using Learning-Outcome Based Design to Teach Online Search Strategies.” Journal of Information Literacy, vol. 7, no. 2, Dec. 2013, pp. 126-148. https://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/JIL/article/view/PRA-V7-I2-2013-3/1881
Wang, R. “Assessment for One-Shot Library Instruction: A Conceptual Approach.” portal: Libraries and the Academy, vol. 16 no. 3, 2016, pp. 619-648. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/624192
We look forward to the conversation,
Barbara Gray, Galina Letnikova, Stephanie Margolin
Co-Chairs, LACUNY Instruction Committee