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Information literacy as a student learning outcome : the perspective of institutional accreditation / Laura Saunders ; foreword by Peter Hernon.
LIBRA ZA3075 .S28 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saunders, Laura, 1975-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information literacy--United States.
- Information literacy.
- Information literacy--Standards--United States.
- Information literacy--Study and teaching (Higher)--Evaluation.
- Information literacy--Ability testing--United States.
- Academic libraries--Relations with faculty and curriculum--United States.
- Academic libraries.
- Universities and colleges--Accreditation--United States.
- Universities and colleges.
- Universities and colleges--Accreditation.
- Academic libraries--Relations with faculty and curriculum.
- Ability--Testing.
- Information literacy--Study and teaching (Higher).
- Evaluation.
- Information literacy--Standards.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Libraries Unlimited, [2011]
- Summary:
- Saunders (library and information science, Simmons College) draws on, updates, and expands her PhD dissertation for this study on how higher education institutions interpret and apply information literacy standards in their programs and practices, with a focus on the standards of the Middle States Commission regarding information literacy outcomes of the six regional accreditation organizations, specifically its documents for institutional self-study. She discusses the role of accreditation organizations in the history of higher education in the US and how they affect the development of learning outcomes, then details her findings from analysis of self-studies and case studies of 264 institutions in terms of collaboration, assessment, accountability and transparency, institutional culture, and leadership. For this volume, she includes information on institutions in other parts of the US to draw comparisons, and updates on institutions accredited by the Middle States Commission since 2009. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Accreditation and higher education in the United States
- The study's reflective inquiry and procedures
- Quantitative findings of institutes accredited by the Middle States Commission and case study selection
- Quantitative findings for phase four : the remaining five regions
- Updates to the Middle States region
- Collaboration
- Assessment of learning outcomes for information literacy
- Accountability and transparency
- Institutional culture
- Leadership for information literacy
- Looking to the future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Frances Baylinson Rosenbluth Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1598848526
- 9781598848533
- 1598848534
- OCLC:
- 701807934
- Publisher Number:
- 99948209823
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