Course Assessment: Instructor & Librarian Surveys

(Instructor Completion Rate = 37 of 44; Librarian Completion Rate = 12 of 12)

Instruction deemed most helpful to students by the instructors (#s):

• Using search strategy techniques (e.g., Boolean operators) 24• Using the Library as a gateway to quality academic sources 22• Citing, paraphrasing, and avoiding plagiarism 20• Evaluating and selecting appropriate sources for college work 16• Taking the Felix 9 Lives Self-Guided Tour/Librarian-led tour 13 __________________________________

Instruction deemed most helpful to students by the librarians (#s):

9 yes, 3 maybe Library as a gateway9 yes, 3 maybe Search strategy techniques8 yes, 4 maybe Felix 9 Lives Self-Guided Tour/Librarian-led tour8 yes, 3 maybe, 1 no Citing, paraphrasing, avoiding plagiarism6 yes, 6 maybe Evaluating and selecting sources

Course Assessment: Instructor & Librarian Surveys

• How many library sessions should be included in APSU 1000:

Two or more - 29 instructors One – 8 instructorsTwo or more - 11 librarians One – 1 librarian

• Use of LILT in future APSU classes:

Instructors 26 YES 11 Maybe Librarians 12 YES

• Collaborated with librarian or instructor in front of the students

YES 19 instructors NO 18 instructors

YES 6 librarians NO 6 librarians

Course Assessment: Instructor & Librarian Surveys

Instructor interest in collaboration with librarians in discipline area:YES 25 Maybe 10 No 1

Co-creation of library-related assignments for a classYES 18 MAYBE 14 No 2

Collaboration on a classroom presentationYES 23 Maybe 9 No 4

Development of a web pageYes 7 MAYBE 16 NO 10

Construction of a web tutorialYes 8 MAYBE 15 NO 11

When asked if they thought that library instruction improved quality of career profile paper, APSU 1000 instructors said

59%

41%

0%

Yes

Maybe

No

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Did library instruction lay a good foundation in library use for later academic success? APSU 1000 instructors responded that

48%

38%

11%3%

Students learned agreat deal

Time will tell

Not sure

Students alreadypossessed

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Can faculty now expect students to find/use high quality information? APSU 1000 instructors responded

27%

65%

8%

Definitely Yes

Yes

No

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APSU 1000 Instructor/Librarian Focus Group Results

• LILT (Library Information Literacy Tutorial): helpful introduction to the library; should be required of all students; instructors should become familiar with LILT content and they should hold students accountable for it

• Library Research and Essay Assignment (Career Profile): important to the APSU 1000 course; provides students with an opportunity to practice library skills that they can transfer to other situations; modify the assignment into a journal format or call it a “report” so that students understand that research is required

• LICR (Library Instruction and Computer Room): all library instruction sessions need to occur here, because 1) students need to enter the Library, 2) the needed instructional technology is consistently available, and 3) it provides comfort zone for the librarians

from the APSU First-Year Experience Student Survey:

APSU 1000 helped me to improve my ability to use the APSU library effectively.

Significantly35%

Not at all18%

Somewhat47%