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Library Instruction Assessment of First Year Undergraduates at a Small College Library. Patricia M. Duck Evan Cornell University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg September 28, 2004. Who We Are. Small regional campus library Part of the University of Pittsburgh Library System - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Library Instruction Assessment of First Year Undergraduates at a Small College Library
Patricia M. Duck
Evan Cornell
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
September 28, 2004
Who We Are
• Small regional campus library
• Part of the University of Pittsburgh Library System
• About 1900 undergraduate students– 70% commuter, 30% resident
• 20 majors
Why we did an outcomes assessment study
• Previous history of assessment
• Campus evaluation efforts
• Response to a new environment
• How (or if) library users change as a result of their contact with the library and its instructional program
How we did it
• Picked a study group: Freshman Seminar– 181 “captive” students
• Developed pre and posttest based on the Daniel Library at The Citadel (see Hernon’s An Action Plan for Outcomes Assessment)
• Involved psych dept., seminar faculty and senior capstone students
Pretest and Posttest: 12 questions
• “Action” questions: – find a book in the library– find a journal article in the digital library
• “Instructional” questions:– did you receive instruction; how many
times?
• “Opinion” questions: – do you agree?
Sample Pretest Form
Two instructional sessions
• Overview of the library
• Introduction to local reference books and LC system
• How to search Pittcat (library catalog)
• Discussion of the “right” vocabulary
• Comparison of results searching databases in the Digital Library vs Internet
• Evaluation of internet resources
Pittcat Screen s=gambling
Pitt Digital Library Screen
Crunching the numbers
• Manual tabulation• Access database• Report delivered to
psych students • Data input and run
through SPSS • Only 71 (out of 181)
were usable
Question 1: Find a book
Q1 - Find book
01020304050607080
nothing Pittcat book Pittcat bookother library
Pittcat bookMillstein
Pretest (n=181) Postest (n=71)
Question 2: Find an article
Q2 - Find article
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nothing/did notprint
k=gambling, notsu=
article on theinternet
article in the PittDigital Lib
Pretest (n=181) Postest (n=71)
Questions 3-9: Results in Percentages
Question 10: Everything is on the Web
Q10 - Everything on the web
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SD D DK A SA
Pretest (n=181) Postest (n=71)
Question 11: Examine credentials
Q11 - Examine web author's credentials
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70
SD D DK A SA
Pretest (n=181) Postest (n=71)
Question 12: Document information
Q12 - Always document www info
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SD D DK A SA
Pretest (n=181) Postest (n=71)
Statistical Results for Question 1 & 2
Mean Standard Deviation N=only participants with a score >0 on pre/post tests
Pre Score Q1 2.85 0.359 54Post Score Q1 2.87 0.391 54
Pre Score Q2 2 0.667 37Post Score Q2 2.73 0.56 37
Problems Encountered
• Explaining the pretest and posttest
• Completing the pretest and posttest
• Plagiarism
• Coding of surveys
• Lack of time for focus groups
The Next Step
• Re-do the survey with specific instructions
• Revise coding
• Have focus groups
• Library Experiences at UPG
Thank you for your attention!
Dr. Pat DuckMillstein LibraryUniversity of Pittsburgh at Greensburg1150 Mt Pleasant Rd.Greensburg PA 15601724- 836- 9689pmd1@pitt.edu
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