Springing into Assessment

Springing into Assessment

The current trend and practice of library assessment can help better our services, instruction, and collection development. Though important, many libraries and librarians struggle with how assessment practices fit into their day-to-day tasks, and how to integrate those practices into current responsibilities. At Marquette University, four librarians implemented a new assessment working group to survey our libraries’ current involvement with assessment, and help our library build a new culture around assessment practice. We worked with our supervisor, gathered background information on current assessment practices, surveyed similar universities, scaffolded a manageable peer-to-peer observation project, and provided accessible documentation to our department, all while aligning the working group’s work to our libraries’ strategic plan and goals. By then end of this session, attendees will learn how we implemented our assessment group and projects, how our current peer-to-peer observation project is going, and our plans for the future of the working group.

Ralph, Taylor

Otto, Kathryn

Fial, Alissa

Dinkelman, Claire

Chinese American Librarians Association Midwest Chapter

2019-04-24

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Ralph, T., Otto, K., Fial, A. & Dinkelman, C. (2019). Springing into Assessment. The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) Midwest Annual Conference 2019 presentation. April 24, 2019.