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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451377803321

Autore

Hernon Peter

Titolo

An action plan for outcomes assessment in your library [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Hernon, Robert E. Dugan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : American Library Association, 2002

ISBN

0-8389-9949-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DuganRobert E. <1952->

Disciplina

027.7/0973

Soggetti

Academic libraries - United States - Evaluation

Universities and colleges - Accreditation - United States

Competency-based education - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: A New Day Is Here; Chapter 2: Assessment Plans, Reports, and Guides in Institutions of Higher Education; Chapter 3: Developing an Assessment Plan for Measuring Student Learning Outcomes; Chapter 4: Information Literacy Assessment Efforts of Some Academic Libraries; Chapter 5: Moving Public Libraries toward Outcomes Assessment; Chapter 6: Outcomes as a Type of Assessment; Chapter 7: The Research Process; Chapter 8: Evidence Demonstrating the Achievement of Outcomes; Chapter 9: Service Quality and Satisfaction

Chapter 10: Making a Commitment to Accountability and Learning Outcomes AssessmentAppendices; Some Recommended Sources; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This book will help you to not only answer this question, but also prove your findings. Walking you through the process of assessing if and how well students and library users are learning from educational resources, two expert academic library experts team up to provide An Action Plan for Outcomes Assessment in Your Library. This comprehensive plan, the first of its kind and specifically for librarians, provides data collection tools for measuring both learning and research outcomes that link outcomes to user satisfaction. After all, it is the users who will



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