More than “Just a Number”: Assessment & Collaboration in a

1. More than “Just a Number”: Assessment & Collaboration in a First Year Experience (FYE)/Information Literacy Program Presenters: Hilary Writt Belinda Yff Indiana University Libraries Information Literacy Colloquium August 3, 2012

2. Session Objectives:“What Will I Learn Today?”

3. The Beginning…

4. FYE 101: Goals and Objectives

5. Collaboration of Librarians and Faculty: Mutually Beneficial

6. Methods of Collaboration

7. E-mails • Submit longitudinal data • Deliver necessary start of quarter and end of quarter instructions • Schedule campus meetings

8. Meetings • Give updated materials to faculty for the quarter • Revise assignments • All-campuses • Present longitudinal data • Discuss goals & objectives • Introduce and evaluate future ideas (e.g. online testing, new assignments) • Create time for faculty to share experiences

9. Liaisons & Mentoring • Librarian liaisons with General Education faculty. • The Louisville and Lexington campuses have a dedicated FYE librarian who works with an FYE faculty coordinator. • Partnership with new student mentor program. • Lexington librarian member of new student mentor committee • Student mentors visit FYE classes

10. Web Resources: Information Literacy Page • Information literacy terms like: scholarly journals, invisible web, and Boolean operators • Library handouts and worksheets • Supplemental activities

11. Examples of Collaboration

12. Library Participation in Class

13. “Other Databases” ProQuest EBSCOhost Where to Go G O O D L U C K ! $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500

14. True or False? You cannot access the electronic databases off-campus. “Where to Go” for $100 What is… False?

15. Library Participation: Research Coupons ~~~~ FREE RESEARCH HELP~~~~ Present this coupon at the LRC Reference Desk to get free research assistance. NO EXPIRATION DATE ~~~~ FREE RESEARCH HELP~~~~ Present this coupon at the LRC Reference Desk to get free research assistance. NO EXPIRATION DATE ~~~~ FREE RESEARCH HELP~~~~ Present this coupon at the LRC Reference Desk to get free research assistance. NO EXPIRATION DATE

16. Scavenger Hunts

17. Scavenger Hunts - Individual

18. Welcome! • How well do you know your library? • Can you locate print information quickly? • Or… is it a JUNGLE OUT THERE? • Accuracy and speed count in… • SURVIVING THE LIBRARY!

19. Scavenger Hunts - Group “The Disappearance of Chef Ally Gratin”

20. Development of Handouts/Exercises/Assignments

21. Development of Handouts/Exercises/Assignments

22. Development of Handouts/Exercises/Assignments

23. If at first you don’t succeed… Collaboration on activities is not always successful. But… it’s important to try! • Examples of ideas that did not “quite work out”:

24. Assessment Objective Pre & Post Tests Subjective Evaluation Surveys

25. Testing. . . 1, 2, 3 Each question is aligned with one of the six objectives Administered at the beginning and end of the quarter. Scores analyzed to determine improvement

26. Examples of Objectives: Test Questions Objective 2 Objective 6 Objective 3 Objective 5 Objective 1 Objective 4

27. Revising

28. Online Testing

29. Online Testing: Google Docs

30. Online Testing: Google Docs

31. Online Testing: Survey Monkey

32. Online Testing: Results

33. Online Testing: Results

34. Assessment: Evaluations

35. Evaluations: Type of Questions

36. Evaluations (Example)

37. Longitudinal Data: Statistics

38. Evaluation Statistics • Yearly statistical report created. • Report compared to previous statistics. • Use ranking system (1 to 5) with many questions.

39. Evaluation Statistics: Annual Report

40. Evaluation Statistics Example: Averages of the evaluation questions from 2000 - 2011

41. What have we learned? • How are the FYE students and faculty doing? • Evaluations • Overall, students appear satisfied happy with the information literacy (library component): • Average evaluation questions ranking of 4.31 from Fall 2010 to Summer 2011 (5 is the highest ranking) • From 2000 to Fall 2010, the rankings ranged from 4.13 to 4.36.

42. What have we learned? • How are the FYE students and faculty doing? • Evaluations • The majority of students feel that their knowledge of databases, internet, and print resources has improved following the library component.

43. What have we learned? • How are the FYE students and faculty doing? • Test Scores • There is significant improvement from the pre-test to the post-test. • Scores ranged from 61 to 66% (pre-test) and 80% to 85% (post-test) from Fall 2002 to Summer 2011.

44. What are students saying? Before this class, i didn’t know anything about any of the databases but now I do, and I have already started using them as resources for other projects. Some people (like me) are scared to use a computer. My fears are more at ease after this class. Forcing students to use Sullivan's Library was very much informative for me. I had no idea of the options to retrieve info before this class. This was all new to me and I'm glad I ran into it. I believe the library component was just right for a 1st quarter student such as myself. We learned a lot and by having the handouts to go back and refer to in the future is a great help. The class was perfect. My instructor made sure that I as well as others understood everything well. I feel that nothing should be taken away. Also, nothing really needs to be added. It's great, and I learned a lot more than I knew about the internet thanks to this class. This is my first year here at college. Everything I am learning is helping my education after twenty five years.

45. The Future?

46. Questions/Comments?

47. Hilary Writt (hwritt@sullivan.edu) Belinda Yff (byff@sullivan.edu)