Evaluating Library Instruction: Sample Questions, Forms, and Strategies for Practical Use - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838906656 ISBN 13: 9780838906651

Publisher: Amer Library Assn, 1995

Synopsis

This easy-to-use guide offers a wealth of materials to assist you in planning and creating evaluation instruments for your library instruction program. It was prepared by a unit of the American Library Association, the Library Instruction Round Table Research Committee, whose members analyzed hundreds of evaluation forms gathered from all types of libraries, selecting the most consistently useful items.
User-instruction programs are costly, and their effectiveness must be documented with hard data. But with busy staff, evaluation has often been more preached than practiced. One problem has been finding the expertise to create a valid measuring instrument that will provide effective results in a reasonable amount of time.
Under the editorship of its chair, Diana Shonrock, the Research Committee has addressed these problems with a "recipe" book that simplifies the planning and creation of evaluation instruments. Here, in one expertly assembled guide, you will find step-by-step advice on survey planning and well over 500 sample questions for evaluation of class work, instructors, and instructional materials and equipment. No other guide offers this level of "plug-and-play" assistance to get your evaluation program under way or is more up-to-date in its coverage of the electronic aspects of modern library instruction.

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About the Author

Diana Shonrock is Coordinator of the library's General Reference Section at Iowa State University in Ames.

Reviews

This handbook is the collective effort of current members of the American Library Association Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) Research Committee, chaired by Diana D. Shonrock. Designed as a guide for planning and evaluating library instruction in all types of libraries, it includes over 500 sample questions derived from the actual questionnaires used by libraries throughout the country. The 14 sections touch upon various aspects of library instruction such as teaching methods, content coverage, materials, classroom interaction and facilities, etc. The primary value of the book is its direct and practical approach toward the often dreaded task of evaluating library instruction programs. It is free of statistical jargon and simply presents a list of useful sample questions and a step-by-step guide for designing a survey. A very informative and up-to-date handbook. Highly recommended for all libraries with instruction programs.?Mark Meng, St. John's Univ. Lib., Jamaica, N.Y.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Amer Library Assn
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838906656
• ISBN 13: 9780838906651
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 174
• Editor: Shonrock Diana D.