This is a paper presented at the LILAC 2016 conference in Dublin, Ireland during March 2016. This paper provides overview of a three-year assessment project in Champlain College Library - to assess the information literacy competency of students.

1. ARE THEY LEARNING?
Building a longitudinal model of information literacy assessment
Alan Carbery, Sean Leahy, Champlain College, Vermont, USA

8. Information Literacy
Developmental Rubric
Access the rubric at:
bit.ly/infolitdevelopmentalrubric

9. BIGpicture highlights

15. What we know about the
3RD YEAR STUDENT

16. Students have a grasp on the
SCOPE & FOCUS
of their research

17. Connecting
IDEAS

18. SOPHISTICATION
But, citations lack the
we might expect at 3rd year

19. CLASS OF 2016
Look how you’ve
GROWN!

20. 0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
First Year Junior Year
Overall Information Literacy Performance
First Year to Junior Year

21. First Year
Junior Year
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
Identifies
Questions for
Investigation
Selects
Appropriate
Strategies &
Tools to Access
Information
Critically
evaluates and
appraises
information
Synthesizes
Informaiton
Attribution
Median Scores by Criteria

22. Observations about
ASSESSMENT

23. Redesigning & realigning
INSTRUCTION
based on what students
NEED

26. Does assignment type predict
performance outcomes?

27. A case for
PORTFOLIOS?

28. acarbery@champlain.edu
@acarbery
sleahy@champlain.edu