From Traditional to Non-Traditional: An Adaptive Procedure for Assessing the Instruction Librarian

Abstract

Assessment of teaching is an important part of growing as an instruction librarian. The article presents how instruction librarians can apply the small group analysis technique to improve their teaching skills. The benefit of using the small group analysis is its flexibility; it can be customized to meet the needs of the librarian and feedback from students can be collected and used to make changes. Through a case study, the authors demonstrate how the continuous use of this teaching assessment can improve the teaching skills of the librarian and lead to curriculum changes as well.

Keywords:

• assessment
• information literacy
• instruction librarians
• small group analysis
• teaching