"Doing the Best You Can with What You Have:" Lessons Learned from Outcomes Assessment.

Carter, Elizabeth W.

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Publication Date: 2002

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"Doing the Best You Can with What You Have:" Lessons Learned from Outcomes Assessment.

Carter, Elizabeth W.

Journal of Academic Librarianship, v28 n1-2 p36-41 Jan-Mar 2002

Discusses outcomes focused assessments of library research instruction using pretests and posttests, attitude and usage surveys, and focus groups at The Citadel library. Suggests that assessment results influence library instruction content, staffing, collection development, and collaboration with other faculty and academic departments. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Focus Groups, Higher Education, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Library Collection Development, Library Instruction, Library Personnel, Pretests Posttests, Surveys, Users (Information)

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Language: English

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