Oviatt Library Annual Assessment Report to the College 2017-2018

Abstract

The Oviatt Library 2017-18 annual assessment report to the Office of Academic Assessment and Program Review. Conducting a meta-assessment of information literacy instruction across the university, the Library reviewed program assessment reports from the departments to find indicators of information literacy assessment within those departments. Of those programs that did assess information literacy, "the courses or programs that received library instruction and hit their benchmarks for information literacy learning objectives were: Africana Studies 113B, Africana Studies 115, Chicana/o Studies 113B/114B/115 (assessed as a group), Communication Studies 151, Deaf Studies (as a whole department), and Economics 409." "The courses that received library instruction but did not meet the desired learning outcomes relevant to information literacy were Chicana/o Studies 151, Chicana/o Studies 202, and Music 601." While departments that identified six of their own courses as failing to meet their own standards for information literacy relevant learning outcomes but did not receive library instruction included: Africana Studies 204, Economics 410, Family & Consumer Sciences 68x, Religious Studies 204, Theater graduate program, and Urban Studies 450. These courses are accordingly identified as "prime targets for liaisons to reach out to faculty members leading the courses, and possibly to departmental chairs."