Academic Program Assessment Form
Assessment Cycle: 2010-2011
Program:
Department Chair/Program Director:
College: Library
Dean: Sharon Mader
Goal
Goal 4
Recruit and retain quality library faculty and staff who will
establish and maintain a reputation for library excellence.
Measurable Objective
Objective 4.1: Review and redefine roles of current library
faculty to best utilize their talents and skills in the new
learning environment of the library, and to position the
library effectively to hire additional faculty when able to
do.
Strategies:
4.1.1 Review all responsibilities of current library
faculty and the needs of the library in light of
current budget situation.
4.1.2 Review and revise job descriptions of current
library faculty to ensure that the library’s needs
are met and responsibilities are re-distributed
equitably.
4.1.3 When authorized to fill any vacant faculty
positions, request to fill by redefining and
reprioritizing them.
Assessment Tool(s)
What was your population
and what was your
population size?
What was your sample size?
What was your sampling
method? (e.g. random
sample, convenience sample)
Actual Results Obtained
(Observed findings: was the
objective achieved?)
Record of job searches and results; vacant position
spreadsheet updates; record of administrative decisions to
change the organizational structure and job descriptions
11 faculty
11 faculty
na
Yes, the objective was partially achieved because not all
positions were reviewed:
 One faculty member was designated the Scholarly
Communications Officer, a new library initiative,
reporting directly to the Dean, in addition to
leading the Collection Development Team and
serving as a subject specialist.
 The Technology Department was reconstituted to
include the Learning Commons and reference
which had been under the Services Department.
One faculty member associated with those
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Strategies to Meet This
Objective in 2011-2012
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functions was moved to the Technology
Department under the Technology Department
Chair.
The focus of the Services Department is on the
essential functions of Circulation, Reserves,
Interlibrary Loan, and Multimedia along with the
coordination of instruction scheduling and statistics
under the Services Department Chair.
No vacant faculty positions were allowed to be
filled
Continue to review job descriptions of faculty that
have not been reviewed yet
Redefine vacant faculty positions knowing that not
all vacant faculty lines can be filled.
Goal
Goal 4
Recruit and retain quality library faculty and staff who will
establish and maintain a reputation for library excellence.
Measurable Objective
Objective 4.2: Review and redefine roles of current library
staff to best utilize their talents and skills in the new
learning environment of the library, and to position the
library effectively to hire staff when able to do so.
Strategies:
4.2.1 Review all responsibilities of current library
staff and the needs of the library in light of
the current budget situation.
4.2.2 Review revise job descriptions of current
library staff to ensure that the library’s
needs are met and responsibilities are
re-distributed equitably.
4.2.3 When authorized to fill any vacant staff
positions, request to fill by redefining and
reprioritizing them.
Assessment Tool(s)
What was your population
and what was your
population size?
What was your sample size?
What was your sampling
method? (e.g. random
sample, convenience sample)
Actual Results Obtained
(Observed findings: was the
objective achieved?)
Record of job searches and results; vacant position
spreadsheet updates; record of administrative decisions to
change the organizational structure and job descriptions
20 staff
20 staff
na
Yes, the objective was partially achieved because not all
positions were reviewed:
 One staff member was moved from reporting to the
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Strategies to Meet This
Objective in 2011-2012
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Technology Department to the Resources
Department but continues to play a key role in the
library’s integrated system.
Two staff members were reassigned to the
Technology Department when it was reconstituted.
The job description of one of the two staff
members was changed to included networking and
computer maintenance duties.
No vacant staff positions were allowed to be filled.
Continue to review job descriptions of staff that
have not been reviewed yet.
Redefine vacant staff positions knowing that not all
vacant faculty lines can be filled.
Goal
Goal 4
Recruit and retain quality library faculty and staff who will
establish and maintain a reputation for library excellence.
Measurable Objective
Objective 4.3: Retain quality library faculty and staff.
Assessment Tool(s)
What was your population
and what was your
population size?
What was your sample size?
What was your sampling
method? (e.g. random
sample, convenience sample)
Actual Results Obtained
Strategies:
4.3.1 Provide at least a minimum level of
professional development funds that can be
used to attend workshops and conferences.
4.3.2 Offer in-house development opportunities.
4.3.3 Encourage faculty and staff to attend free
training and professional development
sessions on campus, in the region, or online.
4.3.4 Provide informal opportunities for social
engagement and enjoyment.
4.3.5 Find ways to improve the physical work
space especially with the two on-going
library construction projects displacing
library faculty and staff for long periods of
time.
Annual travel fund allocations
Workshops & training sessions attended
Record of informal events
31 faculty and staff
31 faculty and staff
n/a
Yes, the objective for the most part was achieved even
(Observed findings: was the
objective achieved?)
though we lost two more staff members that we couldn’t
replace. However, we did provide training opportunities
for the remaining faculty and staff:
 Faculty were each allotted $500 for
professional development/travel.
 Library paid registration fees of $25 for the
LOUIS Users Conference (LUC) for those that
wanted to attend.
 Conferences, workshops, webinars
attended/participated in:
1. American Library Association Virtual
Conference, July 7-8, 2010 – 7 attended
2. Emerging Technologies Summit, Oxford,
MS, September 17-19, 2010 – 2 attended
3. Digital Commons, Bepress, at Tulane,
October 13, 3020 – 3 attended
4. LOUIS Users Conference (LUC), Baton
Rouge, October 21-22, 2010 – 2 attended
5. American Library Association Midwinter
Conference, San Diego, CA, January 8-11,
2011 – 1 attended
6. Louisiana Library Association Annual
Conference, Lafayette, LA, March 16-18 –
1 attended
7. Grant Writing, Xavier University, March
25, 2011 – 2 attended
8. American Library Association Annual
Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 23-28,
2011 – 15 attended
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Vendor training:
1. GOBI Workshop, July 22, 2010 – 6
attended
2. E-Library Customization, July 23, 2010 – 1
attended
3. GOBI Workshop, August 4, 2010 – 6
attended
4. GOBI training, September 28, 2010 – 10
attended
5. ContentDM training, November 15, 2010 –
2 attended
6. Scholar Works series training, March 9,
2011 – 1 attended
7. Digital Commons, March 10, May 12 and
June 30 – 1 participated
8. Selected Works training, March 23, 2011 –
1 attended
9. OCLC Webinar on billing, April 6, 2011 –
1 participated
10. ACRL Metrics webinar, April 20, 2011 – 1
participated
11. ProQuest webinar, Civil War in American
State Papers and U.S. Congressional Serial
Set, April 21, 2011 – 1 participated
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Webinars/online sessions participated in:
1. Reshaping Scholarly Communication, July
27, 2010 – 4 participated
2. SPARC, September 7, 2010 – 1 participated
3. GOBI, September 8, 2010 – 1 participated
4. OCLC: Controlling Headings in WorldCat,
September 8, 2010 – 3 participated
5. ALCTS eForum Preparing Your Library for
RDA, September 14-15, 2010 – 1
participated
6. ACRL Scholarly Communication,
September 21, 2010 – 5 participated
7. ALCTS RDA, September 22, 2010 – 9
participated
8. Bepress, October 12, 2010 – 5 participated
9. ALCTS, RDA for Administrators:
Managing the Transition in Your Library,
October 13, 2010 – 6 participated
10. ALCTS eForum: Developing a Library
Metadata Policy, October 13-14, 2010 – 1
participated
11. ACRL Scholarly Communication, 4B:
Broader Library Involvement in Building
Programs, Librarian Training and
Development, October 19, 2010 – 5
participated
12. OCLC: Cataloging Defensively, November
1, 2010 – 4 participated
13. RDA Toolkit, What’s New Since August,
November 10, 2010 – 3 participated
14. ACRL Scholarly Communication,
Reshaping Scholarly Communication,
Program 5, The Future is Now, November
15, 2010 – 5 participated
15. ALCTS eForum: If you Love Them, Let
Them Float, November 16-17, 2010 – 1
participated
16. ALCTS RDA, Don’t Tilt at Windmills, and
Active Learning Approach to Teaching
FRBR, December 1, 2010 – 6 participated
17. ALCTS eForum: Writing and Publishing in
Librarianship, December 7-8, 2010 – 1
participated
18. Another Bepress webinar on scholarly
communication, December 9, 2010 – 3
participated
19. Interlibrary Loan webinar, December 10,
2010 – 1 participated
20. ALCTS RDA webinar: FRBR as a
Foundation for RDA, December 15, 2010 –
9 participated
21. OCLC Midwinter Symposium, January 7,
2011 – 1 participated
22. Maximizing the Visibility of Your
Repository Content, January 13, 2011 – 1
participated
23. ALCTS eForum: Digital Preservation,
January 19, 2011 – 1 particpated
24. ALCTS webinar, Copyright and Contracts:
Moving Beyond Text in IRs, January 26,
2011 – 2 participated
25. ALCTS eForum: Pass It On-Preservation
Week @ Your Library, February 1-2, 20111 participated
26. ALCTS webinar, Changes from AACR2,
Part 1, Description, February 2, 2011 – 11
participated
27. ALCTS webinar, Changes from AACR2 to
RDA, Part 2, Access Points, February 9,
2011 – 10 participated
28. Designing and Delivering Technology
Workshop, February 9, 2011 – 1
participated
29. Staffing the Repository: How to Build Your
Team and Use It Effectively, February 10,
2011 – 3 participated
30. ALCTS eForum: Open Access Initiatives in
Scholarly Communications, February 1617, 2011 – 1 participated
31. ALCTS webinar, RDA Ask-the-Expert,
February 17, 2011 – 10 participated
32. ALCTS webinar, RDA and Serials
Catalogers: Will Our Work Really Change,
March 3, 2011 – 8 participated
33. ALCTS eForum: Beyond 2010 the Year of
Cataloging Research, March 9-10, 2011 – 1
participated
34. Managing ETDs with Digital Commons: a
Case Study at UMass Amherst, March 10,
2011 – 2 participated
35. Digital Commons Features for Liaison
Librarians, March 15, 2011 – 3 participated
36. ALCTS webinar, Linked Library Data:
Tuning Library Metadata for the Semantic
Web, March 16, 2011 – 11 participated
37. Faculty Voice in Online Education:
Enhancing Relationships Between Faculty
and Students for Learning Success, March
31, 2011 – 1 participated
38. ALCTS webinar, Preparing Copy
Catalogers for RDA, April 6, 2011 – 10
participated
39. A Collaboration Between Digital and
Reference Solutions for Copyright
Clearance and Outreach, April 7, 2011 – 3
participated
40. Transformational Learning Through
Undergraduate Research and Creative
Performance, April 12, 2011 – 1
participated
41. ALCTS eForum: Patron-Driving
Acquisitions: Where Do I Start and How
Do I Know When I’ve Arrived? April 1213, 2011 – 1 participated
42. OCLC Connexion Enhancements, April 20,
20, 2011 – 5 participated
43. EBSCO/Library Journal webcast: OPAC on
EBSCOhost: Library Resources Exposed,
April 21, 2011 – 9 participated
44. Serving Two Masters: Physical and Virtual
Services in the Academic Library, April 27,
2011 – 2 participated
45. OCLC “Genre Headings” webinar, May 3,
2011 – 10 participated
46. Next Generation Discover Forum, May 4,
2011 – 1 participated
47. ALCTS eForum: Job Hunting: A
Conversation About How to Do It Well,
May 4-5, 2011 – 1 participated
48. NISO webinar, The Future of Integrated
Library Systems, Part 1: RDA &
Cataloging, May 11, 2011 – 10 participated
49. Archon webinar, May 12, 2011 – 7
participated
50. NISO webinar, The Future of Integrated
Library Systems, Part 2, User Interaction,
May 18, 2011 – 13 participated
51. ACRL New Leaders Orientation, May 25,
2011 – 1 participated
52. OCLC webinar: Cataloging Efficiencies
That Make a Difference, June 14, 2011 – 9
participated
53. ALCTS eForum: Serials, Staffing, and
Workflow, June 15-16, 2011 – 1
participated
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Library and university in-house training
sessions attended:
1. Staff Reference Training Session, July 15,
2010 – 3 attended
2. Gift Books Searching Training, July 20,
2010 – 5 attended
3. Staff Reference Training Session, August
19, 2010 – 2 attended
4. Zotero Workshop, August 25, 2010 – 2
attended
5. Staff Reference Training Session, August
26, 2010 – 2 attended
6. Photoshop training, November 5 and 11,
2010 – 2 attended
7. PeopleSoft Mandatory Timekeeper
Training, December 9 and 13, 2010 – 3
attended
8. PeopleSoft Online Requisition Training,
April 14, 2011 – 2 attended
9. Moodle Training, May 11, 26, and 27, 2011
– 3 attended
10. Second Life training – 1 attended
11. DNN Training, June 28, 2011 – 1 attended
Strategies to Meet This
Objective in 2011-2012
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Informal social events for all faculty and staff:
1. A shower for a staff member getting
married, September 17, 2010
2. Special Collections Dept. presentation on
the funeral home collection with
refreshments, October 27, 2010
3. Holiday tree trimming party, December 1,
2010
4. Special Collections Dept. presentation on
the WDSU collection with refreshments,
February 21, 2011
5. Picnic organized by the Technology
Department, June 1, 2011
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Continue with the same strategies because they
were effective.