LIB: Library Assessment: Library Research Skills Class

Number of classes taught Library Research Instruction by ECC Library staff.

Number of students taught Library Research Instruction by ECC Library staff.  Instruction at off campus locations started in Fall 2006 including Rolla, Washington, and Sullivan.

Eleven face to face Falcon Seminar Library Research Sessions, 75 students, was conducted in AY22/23 at Union and Rolla. A sample of seven class, 50 students, were measured of the pre/post assessment.

Q1B:  Percent of Students that can define a scholarly article before research session

Q1A:  Percent of Students that can define a scholarly article after research session

Q2B:  Percent of students that can write a search string before research session

Q2A:  Percent of students that can write a search string after research session

Q3B: Percent of students that can name at least one database before research session

Q3A: Percent of students that can name at least one database after research session

How experienced and skilled are incoming students with Library research?

Reviewing pre assessment results, less than 8% of students (4 of 50) can define a scholarly article, list a database, or create a search string.

Library Research Instruction (LRI) to Falcon Seminar courses will lead students to gain skills in Library research.

Results:61% defined “scholarly article”

Results: 55% listed one database

Results: 56% wrote a search string with Boolean operators

Success met: Over 55% of students defined a scholarly article (Q1), list one database (Q3), and write a search string using Boolean operators (Q2) at the end of a LRI session.

Each question had 49% plus increase pre/post assessment.

Eleven face to face Falcon Seminar Library Research Sessions, 75 students, was conducted in AY22/23 at Union and Rolla. A sample of seven class, 50 students, were measured of the pre/post assessment.

Q4B: Percent of students that can name 3 ways to contact the library before research session

Q4A: Percent of students that can name 3 ways to contact the library after research session

Q5B: Percent of students that know what a LibGuide is before research session

Q5A: Percent of students that know what a LibGuide is after research session

Library Research Instruction (LRI) to Falcon Seminar courses will lead students to become knowledgeable about the contacting the Library and basic use of libguide resources.

Results: 85% of student named 3 ways to contact the Library
Success almost met: 90% of students will name 3 ways to contact the Library (Q4)

Almost 100% of students named 2 ways to contact the Library

Results: 47% of students explained what is a Libguide

Success not met: 85% will explain what is a Libguide (Q5)

Q4 had a 47% increase in knowledge of pre/post assessment

Q5 had a 46% increase in knowledge of pre/post assessment