Cameron University Library Report on Academic Year 2007-2008 Program Quality Improvement Report

Program Quality Improvement Report Section I: Program Outcomes Section II: Assessment Activity Matrix Section III: Display of Assessment Data Section IV: Analysis of Assessment Data Section V: Analysis of achievement of program outcomes assessed this year Section VI: Action Plan Report on Academic Year 2007-2008 Program Quality Improvement Report

Program Quality Improvement Report Section I: Program Outcomes Assist students in acquiring skills and knowledge as it relates to the: Location Mastery Application Synthesis of scholarly information. Report on Academic Year 2007-2008 Program Quality Improvement Report

Section II: Assessment Activity Matrix Headcount of Students Participating in Measurement Date Measurement Administered Faculty Member(s) Administering Measurement Faculty Member(s) Recording Measurement Data Faculty Member(s) Analyzing Measurement Data Date Faculty Meeting Discussing Measurement Results   3 11//08, 11/10/06 Cathy Blackman/Roberts Cathy Blackman Barbara Pickthorn 20 10/16, 10/18/06 Cathy Blackman/Miller 12 10/16,10/18/2006 10 10/30, 11/1/06 Barbara Pickthorn/Davis 5 9/27, 10/4/06 Barbara Pickthorn/Younger 25 9/18, 9/20/06 B. Pickthorn/Thomlinson 8/30, 9/1/06 Barbara Pickthorn/Vantine 22 221 Fall 07 Miller, Park,Thomlinson,Leal, Thornton, Catteral,Clevenger 15 1/19, 1/22/07 2/5,2//7/07 Debbie Nelson/Younger 19 2/5,2/7/07 8 2/5, 2/9/07 Debbie Nelson/Clevenger 17 2/14, 1/16/07 Debbie Nelson/Hooley 42 Spring 07 Miller/Comp II Report on Academic Year 2007-2008 Program Quality Improvement Report

Program Quality Improvement Report Section III: Display of Assessment Data Basic Library Skills Test Pre-Test Fall2004 Spring 2005 Fall 2005 Spring 2006 Fall 2006 Spring 2007 average score n/a 61.13% 66.42% 69.00% 65.93% number of classes 12 3 8 5 number of students 168 53 117 81 Post-test 77.55% 80.16% 81.79% 74.34% 80.24% 76.04% 10 9 270 153 Report on Academic Year 2007-2008 Program Quality Improvement Report

Program Quality Improvement Report Fall 2006 Spring 2007 Summer 2007 F06-Su07 Mean % ALL INCLUSIVE 221 42   263 7.30 - - # of Bibliographies 1401 296 1697 Total Citations 473 47 520 1.98 30.64% Book Citations (total) 574 224 798 3.03 47.02% Journal Article Citations (total) 916 262 1178 4.48 69.41% *Library material citations owned by Cameron Library 358 39 397 1.51 23.39% Cited Books & E-Books owned by Cameron Library 115 8 123 0.46 7.24% Cited Books not owned 558 223 781 2.97 46.02% Cited journals owned by Cameron Library (authoratitive & nonauthoratitive) 255 95 350 1.33 20.62% Cited Authoratitive Journal Articles owned by Cameron Library 303 128 431 1.64 25.40% Cited Non-Authoratitive Journal Articles owned by Cameron Library 16 1 17 0.06 1.00% Cited Journal Articles not available 298 21 319 1.21 18.90% Internet Citations (total) 122 14 136 0.52 8.01% Authoritative Internet Citations 176 7 183 0.70 10.78% Non-Authoritative Internet Citations 59 4 63 0.24 3.71% Other materials not owned (interview, video, software, etc.) Report on Academic Year 2007-2008 Program Quality Improvement Report

Section IV: Analysis of Assessment Data : Pre/Post Tests Pre and Post Tests in Composition I classes Classes meeting on MWF attend two library class periods. Are administered a pre and post test of Information Literacy Skills. . Tests scores for the last two years show an average of 12.48% improvement on the post test. Report on Academic Year 2007-2008 Program Quality Improvement Report

Section IV: Analysis of Assessment Data Exame Report on Academic Year 2007-2008 Program Quality Improvement Report

Section IV: Student Bibliographies Program Quality Improvement Report Evaluations of bibliographies highlight: Types of literature used Use of authoritative sources Report on Academic Year 2007-2008 Program Quality Improvement Report

Analysis of Assessment Data Program Quality Improvement Report Report on Academic Year 2007-2008 Program Quality Improvement Report

Program Quality Improvement Report Analysis of Assessment Data Report on Academic Year 2007-2008 Program Quality Improvement Report

Program Quality Improvement Report Section V: Analysis of achievement of program outcomes assessed this year Outcomes measure student abilities to locate, master apply and synthesize information. Post tests show measureable improvement. Results enable us to improve class presentations to improve student retention and application of knowledge. Evaluate test scores, revise questions, improve class presentation. Report on Academic Year 2007-2008 Program Quality Improvement Report

Program Quality Improvement Report Section V: Analysis of achievement of program outcomes assessed this year The analysis should address these questions: 1. How are your stated student learning outcomes appropriate to your mission, programs, degrees, and students? 2. What evidence do you have that students achieve your stated learning outcomes? 3. In what ways do you analyze and use evidence of student learning? 4. How do you evaluate and improve the effectiveness of your efforts to assess and improve student learning? Report on Academic Year 2007-2008 Program Quality Improvement Report

Section VI: Action Plan Program Quality Improvement Report Revise pre-post test questions Test pre-post test with a focus group Make some type of tutorial available for point of need student learning. Investigate giving Information Literacy exit exam in capstone classes. Report on Academic Year 2007-2008 Program Quality Improvement Report