id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crln-22957 Library Association, American ACRL STANDARDS & GUIDELINES: Guidelines for distance learning library services 2000-12-01 12 .pdf application/pdf 4860 186 43 In addition to her considerable contribution to the revision pro­ cess as a member of the Guidelines Commit­ tee, O’Herron was then the primary facilitator of the final approval process.—Harvey Gover, hgover@tricity.wsu.edu accredited library school, who specializes in distance learning library services, and who is directly responsible for the administration and supervision of those services. Examples of these measures include, but are not limited to: a) conducting general library knowledge surveys of beginning students, re-offered at a mid-point in the students’ careers, and again near graduation, to assess w hether the library’s program of instruction is producing more infor- mation-literate students; b) using evaluation checklists for librarian and tutorial instruction to gather feedback from students, other librarians, and teaching faculty; c) tracking student library use through student journal entries or information literacy diaries; d) asking focus groups of students, faculty, staff, and alumni to comment on their experi­ ences using distance learning library services over a period of time; e) employing assessment and evaluation by librarians from other institutions and/or other appropriate consultants, including those in com­ munities where the institution has concentra­ tions of distance learners; f) conducting reviews of specific library and information service areas a n d /o r operations which support distance learning library services; g) considering distance learning library ser­ vices in the assessment strategies related to in­ stitutional accreditation; h) comparing the library as a provider of distance learning library services with its peers through self-study efforts of the originating in­ stitution; 7. prepare and/or revise collection develop­ ment and acquisitions policies to reflect the pro­ file of needs; 8. cache/crln-22957.pdf txt/crln-22957.txt