Assessment Plan

Policy No: 018
Approval Date: 7/7/04
Historical Notes:

Policy:

New Mexico State University Library will have an assessment plan which routinely does assessment as appropriate to an academic research library in direct student learning outcomes, student experience outcomes, and other mission-related outcomes. Both quantitative and qualitative measures will be used to determine the outcomes. Where appropriate, multi-measures will be used.

Assessment Plan

General Statement
New Mexico State University Library strongly supports using assessment tools to measure student learning outcomes, student experience outcomes, and mission-related outcomes. The Library's assessment activities focus on the functions of an academic research library in relation to the communities it services.

Assessment Cycles
Many of New Mexico State University Library's assessment activities are ongoing and cyclical, e.g., peer group comparisons, student learning outcomes, student experience outcomes, etc. (see table below).  However, there are occasions where assessment is done to determine the impact of change made in a specific targeted service area within a specified time frame. See current year's New Mexico State University Library's Strategic Directions Targets for details on short-term assessment activities.

Other
Information on New Mexico State University Library's Assessment Plan is shared broadly via the Library's web site under the section on library policies. Also, results of library assessment activities are shared with library staff on a regular basis.

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