1. Linscheid Library
Embedding Your Instruction Program Into the Minds of Faculty

2. Assessment Plan

3. Assessment Plan
As an active partner in the academic life of
East Central University, the Linscheid
Library shall deliver course, program
and audience specific instruction and
assessment based on the ACRL standards
for Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians
and Coordinators.*
*http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/profstandards.cfm

4. Assessment Plan
Standards for Collaboration with Faculty/Administration:
1. Communicating with faculty to implement library instruction,
and designing core classes
2. Responding to faculty requests as soon as possible
3. Promoting library instruction to all departments
4. Sending out flyers and emails advertising library instruction
5. Attending faculty meetings to let professors know the
benefits of library instruction
6. Always offering to conduct instruction for the same class in
the future
7. Providing faculty with instruction evaluations after
instructions
8. Maintain quality instruction in accordance with the IAP

5. Assessment Plan
Tools:
1.Peer Evaluation
2.Student Evaluation
3.Faculty Evaluation

8. Information Literacy Plan

9. Information Literacy Plan
Objective C: Increase student use of instructional
services by facilitating faculty buy-in
1. Create a catalog of instructional offerings (topics, formats)
2. Create and post an interactive instruction request form
3. Create and distribute a high-quality brochure
4. Decide on key messages to deliver to faculty at meetings, etc.
5. Develop and implement a faculty communication schedule
6. Improve new faculty orientation by adding interactive
component

10. Catalog of Instructional
Offerings/Interactive
Request Form
http://form.jotform.us/form/20986942347162

11. Catalog of Instructional
Offerings/Interactive
Request Form
Planning for Research
1. Developing a topic
2. Understanding the assignment

12. Catalog of Instructional
Offerings/Interactive
Request Form
Searching
1. Search Strategies
2. Performing a search

13. Catalog of Instructional
Offerings/Interactive
Request Form
Evaluating Sources
1. Scholarly vs. popular sources
2. Primary vs. secondary sources
3. Evaluating books, articles, and web sources

14. Catalog of Instructional
Offerings/Interactive
Request Form
Using Sources
1. Overview of citations
2. Academic integrity

15. High Quality Handout

16. High Quality Handout

17. Information Literacy Plan
Syllabi Analysis
Told us which courses in our liaison areas
had a library assignment.
Point system so we would each get into 3
new courses.

18. Information Literacy Plan
Performance Indicators
Increase the number of
identified faculty
29-50 distinct professors

19. Information Literacy Plan
Performance Indicators
Increase the number of sessions:
50-102 over last five years
61-102 over the last year

20. Information Literacy Plan
Performance Indicators
Increase use of online
instructional materials:

21. Challenges

22. Challenges
Developing mutual respect:
1. Be clear on your area of expertise
• Verbalize your expertise – what can you say
in an email?
2. Communicate respect for others’ time constraints
3. Be proactive
4. Be clear about what we can do, and what we
need from the instructor
5. Don’t take things personally

23. August Faculty Email
Our focus is on making your students experts in the research process.
1. We can tailor to your needs, and accommodate you. We can provide instruction
when you are out of town, do very brief sessions, fit our sessions to your
schedule, and we can cover whatever topics you find most relevant, including, but
not limited to: citations, peer-review materials, how to find specific types of
materials, research process in general, and any other assignment-specific topics.
2. Why? Improve the quality of your students’ research. Students don’t get
everything in UNIV 1001. Freshman Seminar is just a brief introduction.
3. How? Our instruction isn’t just face-to-face in the library. We can do an instruction
session in your classroom, live online, and/or we can create a tutorial or LibGuide
for your class. We can also help you develop research assignments, select
materials for your class, and assess your students’ research skills.

24. Challenges
Being persistent despite lack of response:
1. Schedule communications throughout the
semester, but not too often.

25. August Contact deans at least one week before faculty return to get on agenda for school/college
meetings. Communicate with other librarians to ensure that only one email is sent to each
dean.
Attend face-to-face meeting with schools/colleges (bring liaison flyer).
Attend new faculty orientation (bring business cards and take instruction brochure to
'library training' session).
Send emails to liaison departments about instruction, budget, and periodicals analysis.
Conduct tours with new faculty members.
Contact department chairs to get on agenda for department meeting.
September Communicate with individual faculty who have requested instruction.
Communicate with liaison departments about budget.
Newsletter
October Send out second email about instruction to the entire department (end of October).
Email the professors you worked with earlier in the semester to discuss spring instruction.
(“In September, I did this for you/your colleague. Can we do this again in the spring?”)
Communicate with liaison departments about budget.
Newsletter
November Communicate with liaison departments about budget.
Newsletter
December Communicate with liaison departments about budget.
Send LibGuides stats to individual faculty members, and cc the department chair if desired
(end of semester).
Contact department chairs to get on agenda for spring department meeting.

26. January Send emails to liaison departments about instruction.
Communicate with liaison departments about budget.
Newsletter
February Communicate with individual faculty who have requested instruction.
Communicate with liaison departments about budget.
Newsletter
March Send out second email about instruction to the entire department (end of March).
Email the professors you worked with earlier in the semester to discuss summer/fall
instruction. (“In January/February, I did this for you/your colleague. Can we do this again
in the summer/fall?”)
Communicate with liaison departments about budget.
Newsletter
April Newsletter
May Send LibGuides stats to individual faculty members, and cc the department chair if
desired (end of semester).

27. Challenges
Breaking into faculty’s busy schedule:
1. Variety of offerings – e.g., online
only, ITV, outside of class

28. Contact:
Patrick Baumann, Audiovisual Librarian
pbaumann@ecok.edu
Chelsea Baker, Instruction Librarian
cbaker@ecok.edu
Instruction Department Information for Librarians
http://ecok.libguides.com/content.php?pid=285095&
sid=2346298
Presentations
http://ecok.libguides.com/content.php?pid=278032&
sid=2294629