Information Fluency Task Force Report: Assessment

2001

Group members:
Lynne M. Blair Library Director, Rhodes College
Barbara Brown University Librarian, Washington and Lee University
DuBose Egleston Academic Computing Specialist, Furman University
Judith K. Grunes Bibliographic Access Librarian, Centenary College
Susan K. Hagen Assoc. Dean of the College, Birmingham-Southern College
Kathy Koberstein Assoc. Prof. of Romance Languages, Washington and Lee University
Robert W. McCarley Professor of Computer Science, Millsaps College
Therese Olson Head, Cataloging, Southwestern University
Mary Hale Visser Assoc. Professor of Art, Southwestern University

Report submitted by: Susan K. Hagen, Associate Dean of the College, Birmingham-Southern College

Statement of principle from the ACS: That the creative uses of technology are legitimate endeavors in pedagogy and faculty development.

ACS should establish rewards/merit program for outstanding faculty projects (juried recognition).

Institutional standards should be used as a baseline for assessment.

ACS could provide guidelines for standards.

How the ACS can help us share information about the assessment of information fluency.

1. Best practices - web based - Program and project initiatives

a) How did you make the assessment? - Original goals?

b) What are the criteria? What methods were used for assessment?

c) Participating departments?

d) Source of funding?

e) Contact person?

f) What are the details of the program?

2. Circuit rider programs - face to face support.

3. ACS guidelines/models for settings baselines

4. Collaboration in establishing assessment programs

5. ACS should help us identify technologies to self assess.

6. ACS assessment development seminars/workshops

a) To share assessment techniques for classroom work.
b) Student outcome learning