... implications The results of this study support the assessment of librarians as teachers by students to assist them (librarians) to refine their teaching methods and to make the conduct of information literacy worthwhile for the students. Social implications The outcomes of this study may be used...

...Huyen Thi Ngo; Alison Jane Pickard; Geoff Walton Purpose This paper aims to focus on investigating information literacy (IL) capabilities and IL self-assessment of Vietnam’s upper secondary students. Design/methodology/approach The investigation was conducted in two upper secondary schools...

... assessment containing 43 questions associated with four Association of College and Research Libraries’ higher education competency standards. Based on the assessment results and semi-structured interviews, a SWOT analysis was performed. Findings After normalizing students’ scores to 100 per cent...

... study that systematically reviewed psychometric properties of IL tests. The findings are useful for librarians who are teaching IL courses. Assessment of the construct of information literacy (IL) has been a popular topic of research for librarians since the publication of the ACRL (Association...

... Limited 2013 --> Librarians Library management Library services Assessment For the last ten to 15 years, librarians have been seeking to reinvent themselves as the library building is no longer the primary or the starting place to acquire information. Library buildings are being...

...Alison Fields Edited by Anne   Woodsworth and W. David   Penniman . Advances in Librarianship Vol. 35: Contexts for Assessment and Outcomes Evaluation in Librarianship . Bingley, UK : Emerald Group Publishing Limited   2012 . , ISBN: 9781781900604   £62.95 (hardback) ©...

...Jackie Belanger; Rebecca Bliquez; Sharleen Mondal Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the process of developing an information literacy assessment project, and to discuss key findings from the project. Design/methodology/approach A variety of assessment tools were used to gather...

... . Collaborative Information Literacy Assessments: Strategies for Evaluating Teaching and Learning . London, UK : Facet   2010 . £52.95 , ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐706‐7 (pbk) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Information literacy Assessment Teaching Group teaching methods...

...Stephen Bales; Laura Sare; Catherine Coker; Wyoma vanDuinkerken Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the use of journal‐ranking lists for academic librarian promotion and tenure (P&T) decision. Design/methodology/approach Using a case study, the researchers analyzed a proposed...

...Larry Nash White Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the alignment of assessment processes in libraries and develop a conceptual model of aligning library performance assessment for effective reporting of library value and performance to stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach...

...Britt Anna Fagerheim; Sandra J. Weingart Purpose Reports methodology and findings of focus groups conducted at Utah state university to assess students’ needs in the library’s new information commons. Design/methodology/approach A joint committee of computer services personnel and librarians...

... of 1986 (Standard 2) is used to assess the quality of the Library collection. Findings The library of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) achieves level B of the ACRL standard. Research limitations/implications The paper takes one very particular, widely...

...Lynn Allardyce Irvine Hannelore B.   Rader . Teaching and Assessing Information Skills in the Twenty‐first Century: A Global Perspective . , ISBN: 0024‐2594   Institutional subscriptions $107  Library Trends Vol. 51 No. 2, pp. 141‐261 © Emerald Group Publishing...

... the first time in fall of 1996 and spring of 1997. Library Services faculty aimed to assess the effort to impart information literacy skills to freshmen students. Results of the study are reported. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Academic libraries Assessment Library users Training USA User studies...

... services to bring resource planning into closer harmony with accreditation standards, students’ library use patterns and information age realities. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Assessment Collection management Library users The application of institutional effectiveness concepts to library...

... of what to look for when assessing library provision, was agreed, although this would be subject to the full approval of the Funding Council at the highest level. Just before Christmas 1995, the chair of the working group was able to meet the assistant director of the QAD with responsibility...

... development. In order for it to be operated effectively such a programme needs to be assessed on an ongoing basis. Reports the findings of an assessment survey which was conducted in the spring of 1992 at Kent State University Libraries and Media Services, Kent, Ohio. The assessment of this programme offers...