Information Literacy Assessment at Chambers Library

2007-2010

Environmental Scan>7,000 students in ~300

classes per year Instruction librarians

teach >50 classes per yearLibrarians tailor all

classes on a case-by-case basis except the freshman-level Success Central classes

Success Central are a standard assignment

Environmental Scan, cont.Teach fewer lower level

courses, and more upper division and graduate courses.

Success Central classes= 1/6th or more of all our LI classes, or >50 per year

LI Feedback Tool has provided excellent data on student perceptions of instruction

Spring of 2010 administered SAILS for outcomes based assessment.

Library Instruction Feedback: 2007-2010The demographics have

changed in four yearsSignificant increase in

upper-division and graduate student participation

Significant decrease in lower-division student participation apart from Success Central classes

Library Instruction Feedback: 2007-2010, cont.Overall satisfaction with

library instruction increased

Significant shift from “agree” to “strongly agree” in confidence levels and relevance of instruction

Dramatic increase in students who have received library instruction previously

SAILS: Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy SkillsIn the spring of 2010, the UCO Library

recruited 553 UCO students to participate in SAILS

Education consistently outperformed other disciplines at UCO in Information Literacy skills overall

Social Science disciplines were second in overall performance, and Health Sciences underperformed on most skills except documenting sources

Summary of UCO student performance by Skill in SAILS

1. Selecting Finding Tools2. Using Finding Tool Features3. Retrieving Sources4. Searching5. Understanding Economic,

Legal, and Social Issues6. Documenting Sources7. Developing a Research

Strategy8. Evaluating Sources

Best

Worst

Priorities for the LI Program post SAILSOutreach to underperforming disciplinesMore emphasis on evaluating sourcesOutreach campus-wide on plagiarism and using

information ethicallyFor the Library Instruction program, most of the data

shows that UCO students are on par with peer institutions

UCO’s success rate on Selecting Finding Tools might indicate successful classification and navigation to the library’s finding tools

Lower scores on Developing a Research Strategy and Evaluating Sources may indicate a need for more emphasis on teaching those skills

UCO Library Assessment /Reportshttp://library.uco.edu/about/reports/

UCO Library Instruction Evaluation Formhttp://library.uco.edu/forms/feedback.cfm

Project SAILShttps://www.projectsails.org/