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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

 

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Penn State Resources

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

 

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National/External Resources

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Bibliography

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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