Instruction & Assessment Plan, 2011-2013

1. Instruction & Assessment Plan, 2011-2013 Melissa Bowles-Terry April 4, 2011

2. Goals & Objectives • Engage in inquiry and analysis • Think critically and creatively • Synthesize ideas and communicate those ideas effectively • Use ethical reasoning and action in the use of information

4. Meeting Our Goals & Objectives • integrate IL across the curriculum in increasing complexity to meet the needs of undergraduate and graduate students. • teach credit-bearing courses, including online and in-person sections. • design and offer a variety of classes, tutorials, workshops, and course guides to students. • offer workshops for faculty (in conjunction with ECTL) on integrating information literacy into courses, using library resources effectively, and managing citations for personal/professional research. • develop learning outcomes and assess student learning for classes taught.

5. Skills Level Table

6. Assessment Project Results, 2009-present • Citation Analysis, English 1010 • Faculty Needs Assessment, Outreach School • Pre- and Post-Test, Engineering Science 1000 • Pre- and Post-Test, Library 3010 and 3020

7. Citation Analysis: English 1010, Fall 2009 • Assessment: Gathered 89 student bibliographies and coded according to source type and provider. • Results: • Students with no library instruction used an average of 6 sources each, and 26% of students used only one source or one search tool (e.g., JSTOR or Opposing Viewpoints). • Students with library instruction used an average of 7.6 sources each, and only 10% used just one source or one search tool. • 86% of student sources were electronic • Actions taken because of results: New lesson plan focused on concepts. Discussed importance of using different types of sources (reference, popular, scholarly).

8. Faculty Needs Assessment: Outreach School, Spring 2010 • Assessment: Surveyed instructors on where students learn library research skills, barriers to library use, services they would like the library to offer. 195 instructors received the survey, 69 responded for a 35% response rate. Responses came from 33 different departments. • Results: • Outreach faculty value library services and resources • Many Outreach instructors are not aware of all of our services • There are more “categories” of Outreach instructors than we had considered • Actions taken because of results: Targeted marketing letter sent. Meeting with Academic Coordinators in Fall 2010.

9. Pre- and Post-Test: ES 1000, Fall 2010 • Assessment: Pre- and post-test and worksheet/rubric were the tools for assessing three learning outcomes: choosing an appropriate database, developing keywords, and defining a scholarly article. • Results: • Actions taken because of results: We will modify the lesson plan for Fall 2011.

10. Pre- and Post-Test: LBRY 3010 and 3020, Ongoing from Fall 2010 • Assessment: Students in the semester-long classes taught by librarians will complete a pre- and post-test to measure their competency in different information literacy skills. • Results: • Actions taken because of results: We will monitor change over the next few semesters.

11. Questions? Melissa Bowles-Terry Instruction & Assessment Coordinator 766-5667 mbowlest@uwyo.edu