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You’re on Candid Camera: Using Time Lapse Photography to Assess the Library Learning CommonsAngie Brunk, Assistant Professor and Reference Librarian, Emporia State University Libraries and Archives
Cynthia Kane, Professor and Director of Assessment, Emporia State University Libraries and Archives
Emporia State University:
Part of Kansas Board of Regents system
Fall 2013: 3873 undergraduate students; 2160 graduate students (includes full-time and part-time students)
Four schools/colleges:Liberal Arts and Sciences; School of Business (AACSB accreditation); School of Library and Information Management (ALA accreditation); Teachers College (NCATE accreditation)
Carnegie Basic Classification: Master’s L: Master’s Colleges and Universities (larger program)
And…we are preparing for our Higher Learning Commission site visit (March 23-25, 2015)!
How did we get here? Some background about ESU and the Libraries and Archives
ESU Libraries and Archives (ULA)
William Allen White Library (focus of this study) and the University Archives
8 full-time ULA librarians with University faculty status and rank
Recently switched to WorldCat WMS for online catalog, acquisitions, circulation, and technical services
Focus in the last academic year upon student learning outcomes for decisions about physical remodeling of the library building, acquisition of resources, and changing services (for example, combining Reference and Circulation into Public Services)
How did we get here? Some background about ESU and the Libraries and Archives
Director of Assessment: Relatively new position as of Spring 2014 to concentrate specifically upon all aspects of ULA services, resources, and teaching in regard to outcomes.
Assessment projects include:
iSkills (2012/13 academic year) and Project SAILS (2013/14 academic year): Used in our UL100, Information Literacy and Technology credit course for standardized information literacy assessment
LibQUAL+: Administered in Fall 2010 and Spring 2013 to gauge Minimum, Desired, and Perceived satisfaction with Library as Place, Information Control, and Affect of Service
Assessment and William Allen White Library
LibQUAL+ in 2010 and 2013: Undergraduate students increasingly were using the library building as a physical space and place for group and individual study.
Desire expressed in comments for a 24/7 space equipped with computers and printers (not so much for traditional library services such as reference and circulation)
Along with statements from ESU Associated Student Government for a “commons” space in the library, an extensive remodeling in 2010 and 2011 of the Memorial Union proved that enhancements of physical spaces were attractive to students!
So, in summer 2012 WAW Library began…
One outcome from LibQUAL+…and how to assess success?
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A Learning Commons!
Success, but how to measure it?