Council

March 2011

Standard One: Mission, Core Themes, Goals and Outcomes

Standard Two: Resources and Capacity

Standard Three: Planning and Implementation

Standard Four Effectiveness and Improvement

Standard Five:Mission Fulfillment, Sustainability, and

Adaptation

Biennial reports reflect institutional reality throughout the accreditation cycle

Approved (minor and substantive) changes are incorporated in next scheduled report

Natural opportunities every two years to evaluate progress on areas of concern

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Each report is internally coherent

Changes since last report are identified

Previous chapters are modified as necessary to reflect those changes

Year Seven report reflects current reality over all standards and provides a foundation for the next cycle

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Mission – Core Themes - Objectives

What is the institution trying to achieve?

What does the institution look at to know if it is achieving its mission?

Objectives (Intended Outcomes)

Indicators of Achievement Assessable Meaningful Useful to the institution

Are they looking at the right things?

What is the institution’s potential to fulfill its mission and achieve its outcomes?

Update Preface and Expand Year One Report to Include:

Standard Two: Resources and CapacityStandard Two: Resources and CapacitySection I: GovernanceSection II: Human ResourcesSection III: Education ProgramSection IV: Student Support ResourcesSection V: Library and Information ResourcesSection VI: FinanceSection VII: Physical and Technological Infrastructure

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On-site visit Self-Evaluation Report Documents Interviews Analysis of institution’s strengths &

weaknesses Statements of evidence Compliments, Concerns, Commendations,

and Recommendations

2.A.11 Policies and Procedures

Who on campus provides information resources?

Who creates the policies & procedures? What are the overlaps & gaps? What is consistent between the report &

the interviews? What is not consistent?

How is the use of library & information resources integrated into the learning process?

What evidence is provided? By whom?

Is there the capacity to make this happen?

2.E.1 Relationship to institutional mission & core themes

Library’s mission statement What does the library staff think? What is the perception of the institution? Evidence: documents and interviews

Planning for library & information resources involves affected users and appropriate library staff, faculty and administrators

Who is involved? What evidence that it is happening? What’s working and what isn’t?

Library’s Mission Statement Annual Reports Budget reports with detail Collection development policies &

procedures Collection statistics Consortial agreements Analyses of the use of information

resources/services Surveys/Assessments

What’s appropriate training and support for faculty, staff and administrators?

How does the library measure its capacity to deliver such a program?

What about distance learning programs? What is the evidence that faculty, staff

and administrators are more effective and efficient in using library & information resources?

What’s the evidence? Who determines? How determined? Is there consistent data collection?

Which factors affect continuing adequacy of resources and which may be potential threats?

How sustainable are the library and information resources in light of the institution’s core mission and core themes?

How does the library overall tie back to institutional mission and core themes?

Update Preface and Expand Year Three Report to Include:Standard Three: Planning and ImplementationStandard Three: Planning and Implementation Institutional Strategic Planning Core Theme Planning

For each Core Theme: Integration with Strategic Plan Alignment with Identified Objectives For Educational Programs: Intended Learning Objectives Curriculum General Education and Related Instruction Graduate Programs

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Update Preface and Expand Year Three Report to Include:

Standard Four: Effectiveness and ImprovementStandard Four: Effectiveness and Improvement Assessment - For each Core Theme

Adequacy and Effectiveness of Resources and

Capacity Assess Achievement of Objectives For Educational Programs Program Assessment Student Learning Assessment Use of Results for Improvement Dissemination of Results

Update Preface and Expand Year Five Report to Include:

Standard Five: Mission Fulfillment, Sustainability, and Standard Five: Mission Fulfillment, Sustainability, and AdaptationAdaptation

Evaluation of Mission FulfillmentEnvironmental ScanAdaptation and SustainabilitySelf Regulation

Report Summary Report Summary (Chapters One, Two, Three, Four, and Five)(Chapters One, Two, Three, Four, and Five)

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Who determines core themes on your campus?

Is there an institutional effectiveness/assessment staff person?

If not, who will do this? How does accreditation fit in with

strategic planning? How does the library meaningfully fit into

Year 5 and Year 7 Reports?