Assessment Council Information
Agendas (staff only)
Minutes (staff only)
ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education
Faculty/Staff Expertise
Desk Statistics Procedures (staff only)
Director's Station
LFO Curricular and Instructional Affairs Committee (staff only)
Resources regarding the assessment of course-related instruction.
Tactical Plans (staff only)
Unicorn Workflows Reports (staff only)
Instructions on using Workflows to create reports
Assessment of Student Learning at Penn State
Managed by the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
Frequently Asked Questions about Assessment at Penn State
Part of the Assessment of Student Learning at Penn State Web site
Office of Planning and Institutional Assessment
Offers free consultation to units to improve assessment of programs and activities
Penn State Fact Book
Includes budget information, student data, the Common Data Set, and public accountability information (including a list of accrediting agencies under "Accreditation")
Penn State Faculty - Graduate Certificate in Institutional Research, Penn State World Campus
Penn State IR Resources
Institutional Resources WikiSpace
Quality Through Assessment – Penn College
Committee website features goals, tools, reports, and resources
Resources About Assessment
Penn State Learning Design Hub
Student Affairs Research and Assessment
Features Pulse surveys and other student survey results
Web-Based Training via Lynda.com
Free tutorials for Penn State students, faculty, and staff on a variety of computer programs
Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT)
ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Task Force
Association for Institutional Research
Hosted by Central Queensland University
Association of American Colleges and Universities Assessment Resources
Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
Primary source for data on colleges, universities, and technical and vocational postsecondary institutions in the United States
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Statistics and Evaluation Section
Publications from the S&E Section, including Library Statistics Manifesto, Bibliography "Impact and Outcome of Libraries", Global Library Statistics, and Library Statistics for the Twenty-First Century World
Library Research Service
Research and statistics about libraries
National Center for Education Statistics
North Carolina State University University Planning and Analysis
North East Association for Institutional Research
Primary Research Group College Benchmarking Studies
Hiller, Steve, Kristina Justh, Martha Krillidou, and Jim Self. Proceedings of the 2008 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment. Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC (2009).
Lakos, Amos and Shelley Phipps. "Creating a Culture of Assessment: A Catalyst for Organizational Change." portal: Libraries and the Academy 4 (3): 345-361 (2004).
Lancaster, F.W. If you want to evaluate your library. 2nd ed. University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Champaign, IL (1993).
Tucker, James Cory. "Collection Assessment of Monograph Purchases at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries." Collection Management 34 (3): 157-181 (2009).
Wright, Stephanie and Lynda S. White. SPEC KIT 303: Library Assessment. Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC (December 2007).
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