LEARNING OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT:
A STEP FORWARD

 

A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Compiled by
Laurie Lopatin, Hofstra University

 

The Association of College & Research Libraries
Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter
Annual Symposium
December 7, 2001


Amstutz, Donna D., and Donna L. Whitson. "University Faculty and Information Literacy : Who Teaches the      Students?" Research Strategies 15 (Winter 1997): 18-25.

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Banta, Trudy W., and Catherine A. Palomba, eds. Assessing Student Competence in Accredited Disciplines: Pioneering Approaches to Assessment in Higher Education. Sterling, VA: Stylus, 2001.

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-----, and Peter J. Gray, eds. The Campus-Level Impact of Assessment: Progress, Problems, and Possibilities. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997.

Bauer, Kathleen. "Resources for Library Assessment:Tools for a New Era; Web Sites With Statistical Information to Help With Library Assessment." College & Research Libraries News 62:1 (January 2001): 12-14, 28.

Bernauer, James A. "Teaching For Measurable Outcomes." Journal on Excellence in College Teaching 9:2 (1998): 25-46.

Blankenship, Lisa, and Lynne M. Fox. "Information Literacy – the Next Generation: Evolving With the Curriculum." Colorado Libraries 24:4 (Winter 1998): 21-23.

Blixrud, Julia C. "Establishing a Role for Research Libraries in Learning Outcomes Assessment Programs." ARL 213 (December 2000): 1.

Chiste, Katherine B., Andrea Glover, and Glenna Westwood. " Infiltration and Entrenchment: Capturing and Securing Information Literacy Territory in Academe." The Journal of Academic Librarianship 26:3 (May 2000): 202-208.

Day, Pam A., and Kimberly L. Armstrong. "Librarians, Faculty, and the Internet: Developing a New Information Partnership." Computers in Libraries 16 (May 1996): 56-58.

Dill, William R. "Specialized Accreditation: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? Or Gone?" Change 30:4 (July-August 1998): 18-25.

Dorner, Jennifer, and Elaine Gass. "The Times They are A –Changin’: The Information Literacy Initiative at Lewis and Clark College." OLA Quarterly 7:2 (Summer 2001): 10-11.

El-Khawas, Elaine. "Accreditation’s Role in Quality Assurance in the United States." Higher Education Management 10:3 (November 1998): 43-56.

Farber, Evan Ira. "Faculty-Librarian Cooperation: a Personal Retrospective. Reference Services Review 27:3 (1999): 229-234.

Fernandez, Georgina. "Education Express: Librarians and Teachers in Partnership." Florida Libraries 39 (January/February 1996): 9.

Garnes, David, and Susan P. Smith. "A Shared Experience: Working in Partnership in a Team-Based Environment." Journal of Library Administration 29:2 (1999): 95-102.

Gilchrest, Debra. "To enABLE Information Competency: The Abilities Model in Library Instruction." In Programs That Work. Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press, 1997.

Gray, Peter J. "Viewing Assessment as an Innovation: Leadership and the Change Process." New Directions for Higher Education 25:4 (Winter 1997): 5-15.

Hager, Paul, and Jim Butler. "Two Models of Educational Assessment." Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 21 (December 1996): 367-377.

Haynes, Evelyn B. "Librarian-Faculty Partnerships in Instruction." In Advances in Librarianship. New York: Academic Press, 1996.

Hutchins, Elizabeth O. "The Associated Colleges of the Midwest Conference: Information Literacy and Liberal Education." College & Research Libraries News 62:5 (May 2001): 506-508.

Iannuzzi, Patricia. "Faculty Development and Information Literacy: Establishing Campus Parternerships." Reference Services Review 26:3-4 (Fall/Winter 1998): 97-102+

Inglis, Kari. "Information Literacy a Higher Education Concern." Ohio Media Spectrum 52:4 (Winter 2001): 5-6.

Isbell, Dennis. "Teaching Writing and Research as Inseparable: A Faculty-Librarian Teaching Team." Reference Services Review 23:4 (1995): 51-62.

Johnson, Al. " Assessment, Outcomes Measurement, and Attrition: Reflections, Definitions, and Delineations." College and University 73:2 (Fall 1997): 14-17.

Johnson, Margaret Ann. "An Exercise in Partnership – Library Faculty Liaison." Technicalities 16 (February 1996): 12-14.

Kelley, Kimberly Banks, Gloria J. Orr, and Janice Houck. "Library Instruction for the Next Millennium: Two Web-Based Courses to Teach Distant Students Information Literacy." Journal of Library Administration 32:1/2 (2001): 281-294.

Kirk, Thomas. "Information Literacy, Assessment, and Our Students." Loex News 27:2 (Summer 2000): 3, 12.

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-----, Sara Penhale, and Nancy Taylor, "A Method of Measuring the Reach of Bibliographic Instruction Program." In Proceedings of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Chicago: ACRL, 1997.

Kotter, Wade R. "Bridging the Great Divide: Improving Relations Between Librarians and Classroom Faculty." Journal of Academic Librarianship 25:4 (July 1999): 294-303.

Lindauer, Bonnie Gratch. "Defining and Measuring the Library’s Impact on Campuswide Outcomes." College and Research Libraries 59:6 (November 1998): 546-570.

List, Carla. "Branching Out: a Required Library Research Course Targets Disciplines and Programs." The Reference Librarian 51-52 (1995): 385-398.

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Lowe, Susan S. "Collaboration With Faculty: Integrating Information Literacy into the Curriculum." In The Seventh Off-campus Library Services Conference Proceedings. Mount Pleasant, MI: Central Michigan University, 1995.

Maughan, Patricia Davitt. "Assessing Information Literacy Among Undergraduates: a Discussion of the Literature and the University of California-Berkeley Assessment Experience." College & Research Libraries 62:1 (January 2001): 71-85.

Mays, Antje. "Winning the Accreditation Game: the Library as Key Player and Hidden Gold Mine." Against the Grain 8 (December 1996/January 1997): 22+.

McKinzie, Steve. "Librarians and Faculty in Tandem: Taking Our Cue From the Evening News." Reference & User Services Quarterly 37:1 (Fall 1997): 19-21.

McMurtrie, Beth. "Accreditors Revamp Policies to Stress Student Learning." Chronicle of Higher Education 46:44 (July 7, 2000): A29-31.

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Moore, Beverly A. "From Keepers of Knowledge to Learning Facilitators: Information Literacy in Academic Libraries." Colorado Libraries 24:4 (Winter 1998): 10-11.

Morse, Jean Avent, and George Santiago. "Accreditation and Faculty: Working Together." Academe 86:1 (January-February 2000): 30-34.

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Patton, Gerald W. "Outcomes Assessment for Improvement and Accountability: The Role of the State and Regional Accreditation Boards." Journal of Staff, Program and Organizational Development 16:4 (Spring 1999): 221-224.

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Peinovich, Paula E., Mitchell S. Nesler, and Todd S. Thomas. "A Model for Developing An Outcomes Assessment Plan: The Regents College Outcomes Assessment Framework." New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. 75 (Fall 1997): 55-64.

Petrowski, Mary Jane, David Baird, and Karen Leach. "Building a Successful Collaboration: Colgate University’s Collaboration for Enhanced Learning; Faculty-Librarian Collaboration." College & Research Libraries News 61:11 (December 2000): 1003-1005.

Rader, Hannelore B. "Educating Students for the Information Age: The Role of the Librarian." Reference Services Review 25:2 (1997): 47-52.

-----"Faculty-Librarian Collaboration in Building the Curriculum for the Millennium: The US Experience." IFLA Journal 25:4 (1999): 209-213.

-----"Information Literacy and the Undergraduate Curriculum." Library Trends 44:2 (Fall 1995): 270-278.

-----"A New Academic Library Model: Partnerships for Learning and Teaching at the University of Louisville." College & Research Libraries News 62:4 (April 2001): 393-396.

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Risser, Irene K., Marjorie White, and Geraldine Benson. "The Successful Liaison Program: Librarians and Classroom Faculty as Partners in the Instructional Process." Against the Grain 12:5 (November 2000): 22-24.

Smalley, Topsy N. "Information Literacy in the Information Age: What I Learned on Sabbatical." College & Research Libraries News 62:7 (July/August 2001): 689-690.

Smith, Kenneth. R. "New Roles and Responsibilities for the University Library: Advancing Student Learning Through Outcomes Assessment." ARL 213 (December 2000): 2-5.

Snavely, Loanne, and Natasha A. Cooper. "Competing Agendas in Higher Education: Finding a Place for Information Literacy." Reference & User Services Quarterly 37:1 (Fall 1997): 53-62.

Stein, Linda Lawrence, and Jane M. Lamb. "Not Just Another BI: Faculty-Librarian Collaboration to Guide Students Through the Research Process." Research Strategies 16:1 (1998): 29-39.

Thompson, Helen M., and Susan A. Henley. Fostering Information Literacy: Connecting National Standards, Goals 2000, and the SCANS Report. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000.

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Ward, Dane. "The Future of Information Literacy: Transforming the World." College & Research Libraries News 62:9 (October 2001): 922-923.

Webber, Sheila Anne Elizabeth, and Bill Johnston. "Conceptions of Information Literacy: New Perspectives and Implications. Journal of Information Science 26:6 (2000): 381-397.

Whyte, Susan B. "From BI to IL: The ACRL Institute for Information Literacy." OLA Quarterly 7:2 (Summer 2001): 14-15.

Williams, Helene C. "An Academic Liaison Program: Making it Work." Against the Grain 12:5 (November 2000): 1, 20-22.

Winner, Marian C. "Librarians as Partners in the Classroom: an Increasing Imperative." Reference Services Review 26:1 (Spring 1998): 25-30.

Young, Rosemary, and Stephena Harmony. Working With Faculty to Design Undergraduate Information Literacy Programs. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1999.



SELECTED WORLD WIDE WEB RESOURCES

Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in Information Literacy Programs: Training Academic Librarians (ACRL)

Assessment & Evaluation on the Internet; by Liselle Drake & Lawrence Rudner (ERIC)

ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education

ERIC-HE Digests – College Outcomes Assessment

Information Literacy in a Nutshell: Basic Information for Academic Administrators and Faculty (ACRL Institute for Information Literacy)

Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment (NC State University)

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Outcomes Assessment (University of South Florida)

Selected Case Studies Using the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education; compiled by Bonnie Gratch Lindauer for the ACRL March 2001 National Conference Program

Sources of Information on Performance and Outcome Assessment (ACRL Standards and Accreditation Committee)

Standards for College Libraries 2000 edition (ACRL College Libraries Section Standards Committee)

Student Outcomes Assessment (Montana State University-Bozeman)

Task Force on Academic Library Outcomes Assessment Report (ACRL)

Undergraduate Outcomes Assessment (University of Colorado at Boulder)