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Assessment examines how library services and resources impact and are perceived by users, and guides strategic planning discussions and development of future acquisitions and services. Assessment is fundamental to positioning your library within your organization and effectively demonstrating how it furthers your institution’s goals. And it can be more of an art than a science, using the qualitative and quantitative data available to you to show your library’s alignment with the needs and mission of your organization.
The Library Assessment Cookbook features 80 practical, easy-to-implement recipes divided into nine sections:
- Data Preparation for Assessments
- Traditional and Online Collections Assessments
- Instruction Programs Assessments
- Outreach and Programming Assessment
- Assessments Assessment
- Strategic Planning Assessment
- Service Points and Services Assessment
- Equipment, Building, and Space Assessment
- Website and Web Services Assessment
This Cookbook will help librarians of all levels of experience measure and demonstrate their institutional value.
Acknowledgements
Preface
Section 1. Data Preperation for Assessment
Kitchen Prep: Getting Ready for Library Assessment
Emily Guhde
Creating a Statistics Report Using Ingredients Already in the Library
Judy Geczi
Using Student GPA to Show the “Nutritional Value” of a Library Service
Mitchell Scott
Boiling Down Qualitative Data to Build Personas that Inform Spaces, Services, and Technologies
Monena Hall and Maurini Strub
“Stocking the Larder”: Recruiting for Focus Groups and Other Small Group Assessments
Carol Mollman
Making Project Management Planning and Assessment Planning a Piece of Cake
Susan Payne
Section 2. Traditional and Online Collections Assessments
Professional Development Assessment Paella
Catherine Sassen, Karen Harker, and Erin O’Toole
Creating a Framework for Comprehensive Collection Assessment
Galadriel Chilton
Exploratory Collection Assessment: The Subject Snapshot
Madeline Kelly
Recipe for Collection Assessment: Mixing Together Key Ingredients to Make a Roux
Paula Barnett-Ellis and Charlcie Pettway Vann
Potluck Surprise: Assessing Donated Materials
Jeannine Berroteran
Using Required Readings from Course Syllabi to Show Library Value and Assess the Collection
Eric Hartnett and Simona Tabacaru
MAPing Collection Use: Using Massive Analysis Projects for Collections Analysis
Galadriel Chilton, Joelle Thomas, Alice Fairfield, Arta Dobbs, Elisabeth Umpleby, and Dawn Cadogan
Using Baskets and a Rubric to Assess Online Resources in the “Messy Middle”
Kathleen Reed, Jean Blackburn, and Dana McFarland
Annual Database (or General Resource) Evaluation
Ashley Zmau
Harvested IR Metadata Gumbo
Courtenay McLeland and Alice Eng
Fad Food or Family Tradition?: Assessing Digital Projects for Long-Term Value
Allison Ringness
Rendering Repositories: Taking out the Fat and Getting to the Impact
Sian Brannon and Laura Waugh
Flavoring Your E-Resources Collection: The Spice Rack Assessment
Amanda Binder and Elizabeth Siler
Open Access Citation Analysis
Emily Raymond and Heather Scalf
Tower Cakes for Ranking Subscription Resources
Karen Harker, Todd Enoch, and Laurel Crawford
Section 3. Instruction Programs Assessments
Measuring the Ingredients of a Good Bibliography: A Recipe for Citation Analysis
Karen Kohn, Temple University, karen.kohn@temple.edu; Larissa Gordon
Open-Faced Formative Assessment
Gina Calia-Lotz
Cooking with Information Resources in the Online Kitchen
Beate Gersch and Joseph A. Salem, Jr.
Lazy Susan: A Continuous Improvement Cycle of Learning and Assessment
Joy Oehlers
Information Literacy Assessment Entrée: Using a Reflective Essay to Assess Course Learning Outcomes
Stephanie Alexander, Tom Bickley, Gr Keer, Aline Soules, and Diana K. Wakimoto
PROTEIN (Peer Review of Teaching: Evaluative Instruction Networks) Supplements for Librarians
Jason Vance
The Library Rally
Michelle J. Gibeault
Rubrics as a Method for Assessing & Improving Library Instruction
Megan Hodge, Laura Gariepy, and Jenny Stout
Slow-cooked Rubric: Designing and using a rubric to assess undergraduate final papers
Eleanor Johnson and Katie Bishop
Cooking up Rubrics to Assess Student Learning
Marjorie Leta
How Much Do Good Cooking Methods Affect the Quality of the Meal?
Christy Fic and Kirk Moll
Library Tour Taste Test
Nancy Noe
Word Soup: Using Word Clouds to Assess the One-Minute Paper
Maria Barefoot
Creating Connoisseurs: Assessing Students’ Ability to Evaluate Websites
Mandi Smith, Jason Smith, Cathy Blackman, and Wensheng Wang
Assessment Layer Cake
Patricia J. Mileham and Kimberly J. Whalen
Section 4. Outreach and Programming Assessment
Shopping for Kitchen Implements? How to Decide If a Library Program is Useful, Usable, and Desirable
Joy Oehlers and Joyce Tokuda
Assessing an Event: Mixin’ It Up with the Long Night Against Procrastination
Katherine Penner and Sarah Clark
Measuring the Success of Library Outreach to First-Year Student Athletes
Beth Hendrix
Planning the Perfect Party: Data for Dessert!
Katy Mathuews and Zachary Lewis
Section 5. Assessments Assessment
Rubrics and Rutabagas: Only One is Useful for Assessing Staff During Evaluations
Sian Brannon and Julie Leuzinger
Cooking Times May Vary: Assessing Student Workflows in the Stacks
Joyce Douglas and Katy Mathuews
Stop Folding the Dough: Intervening to Decide Whether or Not to Assess Again
Sian Brannon
Recipe for Success: Add a Personal SWOT Analysis to Any Assessment Project
Faithe Ruiz
Section 6. Strategic Planning Assessment
Two Birds with One Stone: Using a Survey to Get Employee Feedback and to Educate in the Strategic Planning Process
Regina Mays and Peter Fernandez
Strategic Stress Test: Aligning Programs and Services with a Strategic Plan
Strategic Initiatives Department
Chicken Soup for Digital Scholarship: Assessing Your Next Steps
A. Miller
Section 7. Service Points and Services Assessment
Service Desk Activity Burrito
Heather Scalf and Ali Adil
Who’s at Your Table? Planning for Success through Community Engagement
Stefanie Metko
Survey System for Measuring Library Outcomes
Rebecca Bayrer, Dawn Melberg, and Eve Melton
Academic Libraries: The Breakfast of Student Champions
Katy Mathuews
If We Prepare It, Will They Come Back for More?
Adriana Gonzalez and Jason B. Reed
Methods Mash
Jennifer Jones
Service Assessment with a Side of Secret Shoppers
Jennifer Jones
Healthy Chat Reference Assessment with a Side of Zesty Infographs
Natalie Haber
Reference Referral Training Stew: The Perfect Assessment Mix
Lisa Vassady and Alyssa Archer
Deconstructing Reference Statistics
Jen-chien Yu
The Secret Ingredient: Mystery Shopping Your Service Points
Candice Benjes-Small and Elizabeth Kocevar-Weidinger
The Missing Piece:Assessing Implementation Fidelity
Megan Hodge and Laura Gariepy
Patron for a Day (PFAD): A Space Assessment
Stephanie Hartman and Lisa R. Horowitz
An Assessment Rubric Inspired by The Four Seasons®
Nathaniel King and Kelly Lutz
Section 8. Equipment, Building, and Space Assessment
Learning Space Ethnography Study: Observe Students in the Library to Inform Service and Resource Design
Victoria Raish
Interview to the Double: Uncovering Student Motivations in the Library
Kathleen Reed, Cameron Hoffman, and Meg Ecclestone
Flipchart Surveys
Laura Newton Miller
Space Invaders: Measuring Use and Satisfaction Through Mixed Methods
Susan Gardner Archambault
Assessing Student Learning Behaviors in Informal Learning Spaces
Susan Beatty
Culinary Snapshots: Assessing International Student Needs Through Photographs
Alyssa Berger, Ana Villar, and Danielle Rowland
Don’t Just Count ‘em, Sweep ‘em!
Gricel Dominguez
Library Space Cake
Jenny Horton
Decorating the Library Cake: A Space Utilization Study
Kellie Meehlhause
Section 9. Website and Web Services Assessment
Add WebAIM and Stir: Assessing Web Accessibility for Users with Disabilities
Laura DeLancey
Easy (No-Bake) Online Card Sorting
Samantha Rich
But This is for the Library: Best Practices for Usability Testing and Library Website Design
Sojourna Cunningham, Regina Mays, and Holly Mercer
Hear the People Sing: Communicating Usability Results to a Large Library Audience
Sojourna Cunningham, Regina Mays, and Holly Mercer
Farm to Table: A Recipe for Website Usability Testing on a Budget
Tiffany Davis, Jen Park, and Derek Sanderson
Assessing Your Library Website with Usability Testing
Brighid M. Gonzales
Order Takeout: Virtual Usability Testing to Meet Your Users Where They Are
Jennifer C. Hill and Anita Norton
Lean Usability Testing for Healthy Website Assessment
Alex Sundt
Simple Usability Stir Fry
Tim Broadwater and Jessica Tapia
Standards Referenced