1. Summer Teaching Retreat for Librarians
Santa Ana College – July, 2015
Dr. Scott Lee, Information Competency Librarian
Antelope Valley College

2. 
 Reference evaluation focuses on service not learning.
 Faculty role of CCC librarians.
 SLO’s connected to funding.
 Reference as teaching/learning point.
 Measure effectiveness.
 Improve practices.
 Create more uniform reference practices.
 Experiment with reference techniques.
Why?

3. 
 Learning Outcome
 After participating in a reference interview with
library science faculty, students will be able to use
EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) or the AVC Library
catalog to locate print and electronic resources.
AVC Library Ref SLO

4. 
 Assessment
 Students will be administered a short multiple-choice
assessment after completing a reference interview. A
sampling of students will be assess three times per
semester. Each sample period will be one week in
duration. At least 70% of samples students will
answer 70% of the assessment questions correctly.
AVC Library Ref SLO

5. 
 iPad Mini at reference desk.
 Students used it to take assessment @Survey Monkey.
 Connected to wi-fi network.
 Only three librarians were participating.
 Each librarian determined if administering the
survey was appropriate for a given student.
Administration

6. 

7. 
 38 students took the assessment in November 2014
and March-May 2015.
 Using one week did not provide enough students, so
we extended our collection times.
 Students were accommodating and enthusiastic.
Assessment Results

8. 
Type of Assessment
67%
33%
EDS
Catalog

9. 
 How do you access the catalog?
 62%
 Which books can be checked out?
 85%
 What is a call number used for?
 69%
 What ways can you search for a book?
 89%
Answered Correctly
(Catalog)

10. 
 Can you access EDS off campus?
 91%
 Where is the EDS search box?
 68%
 What types of materials are in EDS?
 84% (Multiple answer, 84% chose incorrect.)
 What limiters are in EDS?
 88% (Multiple answer, 40% chose incorrect.)
Answered Correctly
(EDS)

11. 
 Students are welcoming.
 Security of device can be an issue.
 Data forces you to think seriously about teaching
and learning in reference.
Lessons Learned