The Library Assessment Cookbook

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Section 1. Data Preparation for Assessment
	Kitchen Prep: Getting Ready for Library Assessment
	Creating a Statistics Report Using Ingredients Already in the Library
	Using Student GPA to Show the “Nutritional Value” of a Library Service
	Boiling Down Qualitative Data to Build Personas that Inform Spaces, Services, and Technologies
	“Stocking the Larder”: Recruiting for Focus Groups and Other Small Group Assessments
	Making Project Management Planning and Assessment Planning a Piece of Cake
	Professional Development Assessment Paella
Section 2. Traditional and Online Collections Assessment
	Creating a Framework for Comprehensive Collection Assessment
	Exploratory Collection Assessment: The Subject Snapshot
	Recipe for Collection Assessment: Mixing Together Key Ingredients to Make a Roux
	Potluck Surprise: Assessing Donated Materials
	Using Required Readings from Course Syllabi to Show Library Value and Assess the Collection
	MAPing Collection Use: Using Massive Analysis Projects for Collections Analysis
	Using Baskets and a Rubric to Assess Online Resources in the “Messy Middle”
	Annual Database (or General Resource) Evaluation
	Harvested IR Metadata Gumbo
	Fad Food or Family Tradition?: Assessing Digital Projects for Long-Term Value
	Rendering Repositories: Taking out the Fat and Getting to the Impact
	Flavoring Your E-Resources Collection: The Spice Rack Assessment
	Open Access Citation Analysis
	Tower Cakes for Ranking Subscription Resources
Section 3. Instruction Programs Assessment
	Measuring the Ingredients of a Good Bibliography: A Recipe for Citation Analysis
	Open-Faced Formative Assessment
	Cooking with Information Resources in the Online Kitchen
	Lazy Susan: A Continuous Improvement Cycle of Learning and Assessment
	Information Literacy Assessment Entrée: Using a Reflective Essay to Assess Course Learning Outcomes
	PROTEIN (Peer Review of Teaching: Evaluative Instruction Networks) Supplements for Librarians
	The Library Rally
	Rubrics as a Method for Assessing & Improving Library Instruction
	Slow-Cooked Rubric: Designing and Using a Rubric to Assess Undergraduate Final Papers
	Cooking up Rubrics to Assess Student Learning
	How Much Do Good Cooking Methods Affect the Quality of the Meal?
	Library Tour Taste Test
	Word Soup: Using Word Clouds to Assess the One-Minute Paper
	Creating Connoisseurs: Assessing Students’ Ability to Evaluate Websites
	Assessment Layer Cake
Section 4. Outreach and Programming Assessment
	Shopping for Kitchen Implements? How to Decide If a Library Program is Useful, Usable, and Desirable
	Assessing an Event: Mixin’ It Up with the Long Night Against Procrastination
	Measuring the Success of Library Outreach to First-Year Student Athletes
	Planning the Perfect Party: Data for Dessert!
Section 5. Assessments Assessment
	Rubrics and Rutabagas: Only One is Useful for Assessing Staff During Evaluations
	Cooking Times May Vary: Assessing Student Workflows in the Stacks
	Stop Folding the Dough: Intervening to Decide Whether or Not to Assess Again
	Recipe for Success: Add a Personal SWOT Analysis to Any Assessment Project
Section 6. Strategic Planning Assessment
	Two Birds with One Stone: Using a Survey to Get Employee Feedback and to Educate in the Strategic Planning Process
	Strategic Stress Test: Aligning Programs and Services with a Strategic Plan
	Chicken Soup for Digital Scholarship: Assessing Your Next Steps
Section 7. Service Points and Services Assessment
	Service Desk Activity Burrito
	Who’s at Your Table? Planning for Success through Community Engagement
	Survey System for Measuring Library Outcomes
	Academic Libraries: The Breakfast of Student Champions
	If We Prepare It, Will They Come Back for More?
	Methods Mash
	Service Assessment with a Side of Secret Shoppers
	Healthy Chat Reference Assessment with a Side of Zesty Infographs
	Reference Referral Training Stew: The Perfect Assessment Mix
	Deconstructing Reference Statistics
	The Secret Ingredient: Mystery Shopping Your Service Points
	The Missing Piece: Assessing Implementation Fidelity
	Patron for a Day (PFAD): A Space Assessment
	An Assessment Rubric Inspired by The Four Seasons®
Section 8. Equipment, Building, and Space Assessment
	Learning Space Ethnography Study: Observe Students in the Library to Inform Service and Resource Design
		Ethnography Study Recipe A: Seating Sweeps
		Ethnography Study Recipe B: Field Observations
		Ethnography Study Recipe C: Interviews
		Ethnography Study Recipe D: Computer-Use Reports
		Ethnography Study Recipe E: User Survey
		Ethnography Study Recipe F: Questions Addressed to Reference Desks
		Ethnography Study Recipe G: Google Analytics
	Interview to the Double: Uncovering Student Motivations in the Library
	Flipchart Surveys
	Space Invaders: Measuring Use and Satisfaction Through Mixed Methods
	Assessing Student Learning Behaviors in Informal Learning Spaces
	Culinary Snapshots: Assessing International Student Needs Through Photographs
	Don’t Just Count ‘em, Sweep ‘em!
	Library Space Cake
	Decorating the Library Cake: A Space Utilization Study
Section 9. Website and Web Services Assessment
	Add WebAIM and Stir: Assessing Web Accessibility for Users with Disabilities
	Easy (No-Bake) Online Card Sorting
	But This is for the Library: Best Practices for Usability Testing and Library Website Design
	Hear the People Sing: Communicating Usability Results to a Large Library Audience
	Farm to Table: A Recipe for Website Usability Testing on a Budget
	Assessing Your Library Website with Usability Testing
	Order Takeout: Virtual Usability Testing to Meet Your Users Where They Are
	Lean Usability Testing for Healthy Website Assessment
	Simple Usability Stir Fry
Standards Referenced