LIB 127
ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION AND PLANNING
Fall 2006-Spring 2007
Information
Literacy Taskforce (January 2007) Recommendations
Accepted by COCC Composition Committee
Jan. 2007
Accepted by AIM (Library Management Team) Jan. 2007
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From Library Planning Blackboard Document: "Enrollment in Library 127 has fallen dramatically. Research seems to be indicating that it is time to reconsider this component of library services from square one. If it remains a viable course (and that should be discussed) what should it look like? What should be the content in this new information world? How does it related to the rest of the curriculum and how do we evaluate and assess it? Reinventing this service needs to be a priority for this year. We must develop a plan for how to do this before the end of fall term." |
This planning webpage projects beyond the end of Fall Term 2006. Re-inventing Lib 127 is necessarily a recursive process and will need to involve composition instructors and other stakeholders as well as the COCC committee structure (particularly the Curriculum committee). The planning process outlined here also incorporate and respond to--as it should--new and ongoing assessment for Lib 127. The Library Management Team will have recommendations early Winter term and will be able to develop a plan for committee (and administrative) review by mid-winter term. Review by the COCC committee structure and administration may take some time; if all goes well, the Library may have an approved plan by early Spring term. Implementation of any changes in for-credit offerings will eventually need to be reflected in the COCC Catalog and course schedule. Those deadlines are usually in early January. Due to our timeline we will try to meet the deadline for the revised Fall schedule (early Spring) or the Winter 2008 schedule.
Lib 127 Assessment Activities
(Fall 2006)
Analyze SCAD data for
possible relationships between grades of students who have completed Lib 127
during or within the academic year before taking WR 123. Assessment
question: do more students earn B or above in Wr 123 if they've completed
Lib 127 with a grade of B or above during the same term or a term or two
terms beforehand? done
Compare scores earned
on Wr 123 research paper rubrics pertaining to information research for
students having successfully completed Lib 127 (grade B or above) within the
academic year and with those who have not completed Lib 127.
In process.
Identify possible exams assessing general information research/information literacy skills.
(Winter 2007)
Continue to compare
rubric scores for Wr 123 research papers between students with successful
Lib 127 grades within the previous year and students with no Lib 127.
Design further SCAD
data assessment.
Implement information
literacy exam, focusing on first week Writing 123 classes? Compare
scores between students with successful Lib 127 grades (no more than two
terms beforehand) and students with no Lib 127.
Implement information literacy exam, focusing on end of term Lib 127 classes.
(Spring 2007)
Continue to compare
rubric scores as appropriate.
Continue to gather and
analyze SCAD data as appropriate.
Continue to gather and
analyze information literacy exam data as appropriate.
Create webpage reporting conclusions drawn from SCAD data, rubric analysis, and information literacy exam data.
Lib 127 Evaluation and Planning Activities
(Fall 2006)
Create taskforce to
investigate alternative models of information research/information literacy
instruction at COCC. Completed.
(a) Present review of literature on
'best practices' for information research/literacy to taskforce.
(b) Create brief survey to be sent to
instructors of courses for which Lib 127 is a recommended pre-requisite.
First surveys would be sent to composition instructors. Intent of the
survey would be to identify which information literacy skills
instructors would like to see students have before enrolling in Writing 123.
Library Instruction Coordinator continues work with "Oregon Advisory Committee on Information Literacy" towards the incorporation of information literacy in AAOT outcomes. In process.
(Winter 2007)
Taskforce meets and
considers literature review, SCAD data, rubric comparison data, AAOT
progress, and survey results. Completed.
Taskforce makes
recommendations to Library Management Team by end of January 2007.
Completed.
Information
Literacy Taskforce (January 2007) Recommendations
Accepted by COCC Composition Committee
Jan. 2007
Accepted by AIM (Library Management Team) Jan. 2007
Library Management
Team considers options and generates comprehensive plan for information
research/literacy offerings at COCC. Incomplete
Comprehensive plan for
information research/literacy is distributed to taskforce, composition
instructors, VP of instruction and other 'stakeholders" for review and
revised as necessary. Incomplete
(Spring 2007)
Revised plan is
submitted to COCC Curriculum committee and/or other College committees as
appropriate. Incomplete
Schedule and catalog changes planned for Fall 2007, Winter 2008 or Fall 2008 as appropriate. Incomplete
(Fall 2007 Update)
Application forms for Hybrid online/in class Lib 127 course submitted Spring 2007.
Course arrives late to schedule (three office admin positions) and receives no enrollment
Hybrid course dropped.