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Participants

This workshop is intentionally designed for:

• All librarians, library staff, or library administrators who need to demonstrate the value of their library
• All librarians, library staff, or library administrators who need to document their contributions to overall institutional effectiveness
• All librarians, library staff, or library administrators who seek to identify areas for quality improvement in their library
• Library staff or administrators who have little or no previous experience implementing the Standards
• Other campus partners or professionals involved in assessment, institutional planning and improvement, or academic technology
  

Learning Objectives

Workshop participants will be able to:

• Establish the library and institutional contexts to effectively engage in planning, self-study, accreditation, or program review processes.
• Use the ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education and other foundational documents as a framework to develop benchmarks, evaluate quality and performance, and demonstrate value to the institutional mission.
• Evaluate various metrics and assessment tools to select the best approach for a given situation.
• Examine the role of leadership in building a culture of assessment to engage all librarians and staff members in effective decision-making.

Format

Planning, Assessing, and Communicating Library Impact is available as an in-person or virtual RoadShow.

Learn more about hosting a RoadShow.

Sample In-Person Schedule

• 3 Hours: The Standards as a Foundation for Assessment; Moving Assessment from Theory into Practice - A Planning and Assessment Cycle Approach; Developing Outcomes
• 1 Hour: Lunch break
• 1.25 Hours: Designing Assessments that Demonstrate Mission, Value, and Contribution (Criteria, Actions, Evidence, Analysis, Change)
• 1.25 Hours: Metrics and Bench-marking
• 1 Hour: Leadership and Organizational Change; Wrap-up and Reflection
  

Total: Approx. 8-8.5 hours

Note: This is a sample schedule for example purposes; hosts will receive a final agenda including breaks and meal-times from their RoadShow presenter team.

Sample Virtual Schedule

The virtual Standards workshop takes place across two half-days, and the schedule is flexible.

Day 1 (2 Hours):

• The Standards as a Foundation for Assessment
• Moving Assessment from Theory into Practice - A Planning and Assessment Cycle Approach
• Developing Outcomes
• Designing Assessments that Demonstrate Mission, Value, and Contribution (Criteria, Actions, Evidence, Analysis, Change)

Day 2 (2 Hours):

• Metrics and Bench-marking
• Leadership and Organizational Change
• Wrap-up and Reflection
  

Total: Approx. 5-6 hours

Note: This is a sample schedule for example purposes; hosts will receive a final agenda including breaks from their RoadShow presenter team.

Meet Our Presenters

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