Sharpening Your Aim: Building an Instructional Assessment Toolkit

Faced with the challenge of unifying consolidated library instruction programs with varying missions Georgia State University Library formed the Library Instruction Outcomes and Assessment Working Group (LIOAWG). Tasked with developing standard learning outcomes and leading the implementation of a common instruction program targeting first year students, the working group developed a sandbox of assessment activities, each mapped to a specific learning outcome. In this workshop, participants will work to develop performative learning outcome aligned assessments that can be modified to meet varying levels of information literacy competency. Working in small groups, participants will be assigned a specific learning outcome, then work together to design an informal or formal assessment activity. Groups will then discuss how their assessment activity addresses their learning outcome and what information literacy competency level it meets. Presenters will then facilitate discussion on how the assessments can be modified for scaffolding instruction and on general challenges and opportunities of assessment. Timeframe: 15 min – Presenter introductions. Background and charge of the LIOAWG. 40 min – Activity – 1) Overview of LIOAWG assessment activity sandbox, 2) Break participants into groups, assign learning outcome, and allow time to develop aligned assessment activity, 3) Identify the information literacy competency level of the assessment and discuss how it could be modified for students at varying levels in their academic careers. 15 min – Wrap up – Discuss the challenges of incorporating assessment into library instruction and future directions

Hooking your Audience: Tailored Instruction Marketing

Reaching a targeted audience is the crux of any good marketing plan, but selecting the right strategies can ensure one’s message is heard. In 2016, Georgia State University Library, Dunwoody Campus, adopted a new approach toward faculty outreach via a liaison program. The library launched a multiyear marketing plan focused on tailoring promotional materials and new strategies to specific faculty with the goal of increasing instruction numbers and collaboration. This article outlines strategic development of the marketing plan, the most successful tactics, and recommendations for promotional materials, overall impact, and future directions

Sharpening Your Aim: Building an Instructional Assessment Toolkit

Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College consolidated in 2016 to form the largest public university in Georgia. With this, the University Library was faced with the challenge of unifying library instruction programs with previously varying missions. To address this need the library administration formed the Library Instruction Outcomes and Assessment Working Group (LIOAWG), whom was tasked with developing standard learning outcomes and leading the implementation of a common instruction program targeting first year students. Along with developing program wide learning outcomes, the group developed a sandbox of assessment activities, each mapped to a specific learning outcome. In this workshop, participants will work to develop learning outcome aligned assessments that can be modified to meet varying levels of information literacy competency. Working in small groups, participants will be assigned a specific learning outcome, then work together to design an informal or formal assessment activity. Groups will then discuss how their assessment activity addresses their learning outcome and what information literacy competency level it meets. Presenters will then facilitate discussion on how the assessments can be modified for scaffolding instruction and on general challenges and opportunities of assessment. Timeframe: 15 min – Presenter introductions. Background and charge of the LIOAWG. 40 min – Activity – 1) Overview of LIOAWG assessment activity sandbox, 2) Break participants into groups, assign learning outcome, and allow time to develop aligned assessment activity, 3) Identify the information literacy competency level of the assessment and discuss how it could be modified for students at varying levels in their academic careers. 15 min – Wrap up – Discuss the challenges of incorporating assessment into library instruction and future directions

Management Challenges Around Vacancies

In this conversation, participants will have the opportunity to share ideas and hear from their peers on a variety of topics related to management in academic libraries. The first portion of the discussion will be management issues around vacancies, morale issues, conflict, and DEIA initiative

Pandemic as Opportunity

The COVID-19 pandemic presented the Kennesaw State University Library System with the question, " How can the library maintain live face-to-face reference services in a manner that is safe for all involved ?" Challenges to creating a live virtual reference desk that arose included the need to serve two campuses simultaneously, librarians working from home, and using conferencing technology in unexplored ways. The resulting Virtual In-Person (VIP) Reference service was the answer to our immediate situation, yet lessons were learned for future opportunities to push our services beyond the traditional

Pandemic as Opportunity: Creating and Implementing a Live Virtual Reference Desk

The COVID-19 pandemic presented the Kennesaw State University Library System with the question, How can the library maintain live face-to-face reference services in a manner that is safe for all involved ? Challenges to creating a live virtual reference desk that arose included the need to serve two campuses simultaneously, librarians working from home, and using conferencing technology in unexplored ways. The resulting Virtual In-Person (VIP) Reference service was the answer to our immediate situation, yet lessons were learned for future opportunities to push our services beyond the traditional