Books/Book Chapters
Putting Assessment into Action: Selected Projects from the First Cohort of the Assessment in Action Grant Edited by Eric Ackermann. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2016. Contents:
Part 1: Assessing Information Literacy/Library Instruction
First Year Students/First Year Experience
- Jagman, Heather. “’I felt Like Such a Freshman’: Reflections on DePaul University Library’s Assessment in Action Project.”
- Kremer, Jacalyn. “Honor Bound: Assessing Library Interventions into the Complex Problem of Academic Integrity.”
- Nye, Valerie. “Cite Me! What Sources are Students Using for Research?”
- Delevan, Kelly. “Employing Multiple Methods to Assess Information Literacy in a New Core Curriculum.”
- Douglas, Veronica Arellano. “Assessing Student Learning and Faculty-Librarian Collaboration with a Mixed-Methods Approach.”
- Prorak, Diane. “Assessment of Library Instruction within General Education Learning Outcomes and Academic Support Programs: Determining Impact on Student Research Skills, Confidence, and Retention.”
- Allen, Maryellen. “Impact of Information Literacy Instruction on the Success of First Year Composition Students.”
- Miller, Robin E. “Information Literacy Learning in First Year Composition: A Rubric-Based Approach to Assessment.”
- DeBose, Kyrille Goldbeck and Carolyn Meier. “Comparing Apples and Oranges: Putting Virginia Tech’s FYE Inquiry Assessment Program into Perspective.”
Second to Fourth Year Undergraduates
- Mondschein, Henri. “Assessment in Action Case Study: Do Online Learning Modules Have a Role in Information Literacy Instruction?”
- Jones, Phil. “Complementary, Not Conflicting Data: Using Citation Analysis and NVivo to Explore Student Learning.”
- Catalano, Amy. “Predictors of Information Literacy Competencies at a Large University: A Reflection on Testing Methods.”
- Shoemaker, Jill S. “Assessing Graduating Seniors’ Information Literacy Skills.”
- Watts, John. “Using Single-Case Research Design to Assess Course-Embedded Research Consultations.”
Graduate Students
- Francis, Mary. “Assessing Online Graduate Students.”
- Crea, Kathleen. “In Their Own Words: Evolution of Effective Search Behaviors by Medical Students and Residents at the University of Connecticut Health Center.”
Institutional
- Whitlock, Brandy. “Finding the Cocked Hat: Triangulating Assessment of Information Literacy as a College-Wide Core Competency.”
Part 2: Assessing Outreach, Services and Spaces
Outreach
- McDevitt, Theresa. “Get by with a Little Help from Your Friends: Working with Student Affairs to Engage and Assess College Students.”
Services
- Paddick, Courtney. “ARC to Success: Linking the “Commons” Model to Academic Success at Central Washington University.”
- O’Kelly, M. “Library research consultants: Measuring a new service.”
- Resnis, Eric. “Dedicated Technology Facilities: Impacts, Success, and Implications.”
- Montgomery, Susan E. and Suzanne D. Robertshaw. “Filling in the Venn Diagram: Second Year Students, Research, Writing.”
- Bedwell, Linda. “Research Assistance Linked to Student Retention.”
Spaces
- Epperson, Annie. “Methodological Issues: Assessing the Impact of Using the Library on Student Success at the University of Northern Colorado.”
Part 3: Longitudinal Assessment
- Ireland, Ashley. “Known Library Use and Student Retention: A Methods Case Study.”
- Bradley, Alison and Stephanie Otis. “Assessment Archaeology: Digging up Old Data for Longitudinal Assessments.”
- Lupton, Aaron. “Impact of Library Usage on Student Success: Exploring New Territory.”
Mikkelsen, Susan and Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco, “Think Like a Researcher: Integrating the Research Process in the Introductory Composition Curriculum,” in The New Information Literacy Instruction: Best Practices, eds. Patrick Ragains and Sandra Wood. (New York: Roman and Littlefield, 2015): 3-26.
Assessment in Action Bibliography:
Introduction
ACRL Reports
Journal Articles
Books/Book Chapters
Conference Presentations
Conference Posters
