Department/Program Assessment Report
Submitted by: Cat Finney--Library, 3/2/04.

 Project Focus Question: What is sufficient information research competency for COCC students and does Lib 127 achieve this competency? 
Link to Original Assessment Plan (5/03)
Link to Library's Assessment Process Page.

 

Goal # Date Activity Status/Results Problems Next Steps and Timeline Comments
1 Fall '02-Win '04 Collaborating with faculty, create an information research competency measurement tool. Held meetings with writing faculty Fall '02 and Winter '03...submitted
all drafts of exam to Writing faculty for review. Used http://web.cocc.edu/finney/infolitexamtrial.htm
as communication tool with faculty.		 Locating appropriate software platform Involve faculty in Curriculum Committee review process.  
2 Win '03-Win '04 Test Info. Lit. Competency Tool Done end of Winter term 04 Test will ultimately be on Blackboard; had to use SynchronEyes
instead		 submit exam to Curriculum Committee  
3 Fall '03-Win '04 Track student performance on information literacy competency exam before completing Lib 127 and after completing Lib 127. Done end of Winter term 04 End of term results lower than expected--revised exam Winter '04 submit exam to Curriculum Committee Exam tested by giving to Lib 127 students at beginning and end of terms
4 Fall '03 Banner based tracking of final grades of students completing courses for which Lib 127 is a pre-req...comparing grades of students who completed Lib 127 satisfactorily to those who did not. Done prev. to assessment plan being put in place.  Need to repeat. Results not clear.  Comparative data needs to be refined (ie. look at Wr 123 grades and Lib 127 grades when  taken during the same term OR Lib 127 one term previous instead of any relationship between the two classes within  a year. Gather and analyze data again.  
5 Fall '03 Gather and disseminate on campus external documents regarding research competencies ie. ACRL Information Competency standards, etc. Done. Go to http://web.cocc.edu/finney/
infolitexamtrial.htm.		 Need to disseminate further. Post on Library Instruction Page.
Locate other avenues for broadcasting this information.		  
6 n/a Survey faculty as to their values and priorities for student information research competencies.  Include survey questions reflecting levels of faculty confidence in information research skills acquired by completing Lib 127. Need to develop survey.      
7 n/a Survey of student confidence in research skills before completing Lib 127 and after completing Lib 127. Need to develop survey.      
8 n/a Gather course outcomes for courses where Lib 127 is a pre or co-requisite.  Gather information on a sampling of different degree, certificate, and program outcomes and requirements to identify any significant differences in the types of, and priorities given to, informational research skills and knowledge. Need to begin process...consider results in light of Lib 127 Outcomes and Info. Lit. Exam