simple heuristic to assess an instruction program

[Thornton, Alison]

Hello!

 

My colleague asked me this question, and I am hoping someone on this list can help me to help her:

 

Do you have a favorite simple evaluation heuristic that could be used for a multi-pronged instruction program to help determine what’s most impactful, most time-intensive, most aligned with your goals and values, etc.?

 

I’m looking for a simple matrix, rubric, or taxonomy that could be used to assess library liaison work, to share as a conversation starter. Something that can help define overall goals and assess impact and value across a mix of activities, including workshops, individual consults, creating handouts and guides, outreach communications, showing up to events, etc.

 

 

Thank you!

Alison Thornton

 

Alison Thornton, she/her/hers

Assessment & Planning Project Manager

Harvard Library Office of the Chief of Staff

Harvard University

 

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[Kathleen K Bell]

Hi Alison,

We've been talking a lot about a matrix similar to this where you assess effort and impact. This could be done as a group activity to see what everyone's perceptions are of the activities you listed, or do different boards for different activities and let people put stickers of where they think their own work aligns and then discuss.

Hope that helps!

Kat

Kathleen Kim Bell, MA MLS MS

Head, Assessment and Planning

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   George Mason University Libraries

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[Sarah Tudesco]

Hello Alison,

I have a couple of resources I return to when I'm looking for assessment ideas:

1. Library Instruction Assessment Toolkit (University of Iowa) - I often look at guides published for librarians - and this is a really great resource of ideas.

2. Library Assessment Fundamentals (ALA) - Not quite as easy to navigate, but a rich trove of information

I hope this is helpful!

Sarah 

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[Nancy B. Turner]

Thanks for sharing these resources, Sarah and Kat. Very useful.

It's nice to hear the "shout out" for the ALA Core guide. As I recall, this was a result of the need recognized by the LLAMA Assessment COP's and its efforts towards a library assessment repository, modeled after a guide that Kat Bell put together. 

The question of defining, and measuring impact, value and effort is one we are grappling with at Temple Libraries as well. 

Thanks,

Nancy

Nancy B. Turner

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Temple University Libraries

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