Tag Archives: assessment of learning

Ramping Up Library Tutorials

Temple Libraries has a long history of providing high quality information literacy instruction for courses at Temple. As we continue to learn more and adapt our teaching methods, our Learning and Student Success unit recognized a need to grow our … Continue reading

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A New Day for Assessment Practice?

It is difficult to believe that in early March we convened the Assessment Community of Practice, joining Margery Sly and Matt Shoemaker to talk about changing needs for assessment measures as we develop new library services. The new Charles Library … Continue reading

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“why can’t life just be easy !?”

One of our strongest educational partnerships here at Temple Libraries is our collaboration with the First Year Writing Program. Nearly all entering first-year students at Temple take at least one of the courses in this program, so it’s a great … Continue reading

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Reports from the Field: Assessment Discussion Group at ALA

The ACRL Assessment Discussion Group meeting is always a bright spot at the ALA conference.  The group, with a discussion list of over 400+,  suggests topics of interest: this year we talked about  assessment of space in libraries and how … Continue reading

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Planning Assessment within the Institutional Context

Last week I was privileged to conduct an assessment workshop with two gurus in the field: Danuta Nitecki, Dean of Libraries and Professor, College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University and Robert E. Dugan, Dean of Libraries at the … Continue reading

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Assessment in the Real World

This post was made possible by the excellent notes and input from Laura Chance, temporary art librarian at Paley. Thanks, Laura! Last Friday 12 librarians gathered to talk about feedback received from students participating in the Analytical Reading and Writing … Continue reading

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