num_pages: 226
description: "This book provides a resource for information related to assessing the learning outcomes of teaching information skills to students in higher education…a much needed publication for the library and education community…"―Hannelore Rader Do they 'get it'? Are students mastering information literacy? ACRL's standards for information literacy provide a solid foundation to help faculty and librarians establish the context for learning. Neely, a top information literacy expert, frames these ACRL standards as benchmarks and provides a toolbox of assessment strategies to demonstrate students' learning. Offering a variety of assignments and assessment tools for those charged with achieving these learning outcomes, she shares best practices and actual sample assessments from a broad range of institutions. These proven, easily adaptable programs and From one-shot workshops to librarian-led labs to self-contained courses, academic librarians, LIS educators, researchers and secondary school librarians will learn to create comprehensive information literacy plans and evaluate their students' progress.
language: English
title: Information Literacy Assessment: Standards-Based Tools and Assignments
publisher: ALA Editions