The library assessment cookbook

Section 1: Data preparation for assessment. Kitchen prep: getting ready for library assessment / Emily Guhde

Creating a statistics report using ingredients already in the library / Judy Geczi

Using student GPA to show the "nutritional value" of a library service / Mitchell Scott

Boiling down qualitative data to build personas that inform spaces, services, and technologies / Monena Hall and Maurini Strub

"Stocking the larder": recruiting for focus groups and other small group assessments / Carol Mollman

Making project management planning and assessment planning a piece of cake / Susan Payne

Professional development assessment paella / Catherine Sassen, Karen Harker, and Erin O'Toole

Section 2: Traditional and online collections assessment. Creating a framework for comprehensive collection assessment / Galadriel Chilton

Exploratory collection asessment: the subject snapshot / Madeline Kelly

Recipe for collection assessment: mixing together key ingredients to make a roux / Paula Barnett-Ellis and Charlcie Pettway Vann

Potluck surprise: assessing donated materials / Jeannine Berroteran

Using required readings from course syllabi to show library value and assess the collection / Eric Hartnett and Simona Tabacaru

MAPing collection use: using massive analysis projects for collections analysis / Galadriel Chilton, Joelle Thomas, Alice Fairfield, Arta Dobbs, Elisabeth Umpleby, and Dawn Cadogan

Using baskets and a rubric to assess online resources in the "messy middle" / Kathleen Reed, Jean Blackburn, and Dana McFarland

Annual database (or general resource) evaluation / Ashley Zmau

Harvested IR metadata gumbo / Courtenay McLeland and Alice Eng

Fad food or family tradition?: assessing digital projects for long-term value / Allison Ringness

Rendering repositories: taking out the fat and getting to the impact / Sian Brannon and Laura Waugh

Flavoring your e-resources collection: the spice rack assessment / Amanda Binder and Elizabeth Siler

Open access citation analysis / Emily Raymond and Heather Scalf

Tower cakes for ranking subscription resources / Karen Harker, Todd Enoch, and Laurel Crawford

Section 3: Instruction programs assessment. Measuring the ingredients of a good bibliography: a recipe for citation analysis / Karen Kohn and Larissa Gordon

Open-faced formative assessment / Gina Calia-Lotz

Cooking with information resources in the online kitchen / Beate Gersch and Joseph A. Salem, Jr.

Lazy Susan: a continuous improvement cycle of learning and assessment / Joy Oehlers

Information literacy assessment entree: using a reflective essay to assess course learning outcomes / Stephanie Alexander, Tom Bickley, Gr Keer, Aline Soules, and Diana K. Wakimoto

PROTEIN (peer review of teaching: evaluative instruction networks) supplements for librarians / Jason Vance

The library rally / Michelle J. Gibeault

Rubrics as a method for assessing & improving library instruction / Megan Hodge, Laura Gariepy, and Jenny Stout

Slow-cooked rubric: designing and using a rubric to assess undergraduate final papers / Eleanor Johnson and Katie Bishop

Cooking up rubrics to assess student learning / Marjorie Leta

How much do good cooking methods affect the quality of the meal? / Christy Fic and Kirk Moll

Library tour taste test / Nancy Noe

Word soup: using word clouds to assess the one-minute paper / Maria Barefoot

Creating connoisseurs: assessing students' ability to evaluate websites / Mandi Smith, Jason Smith, Cathy Blackman, and Wensheng Wang

Assessment layer cake / Patricia J. Mileham and Kimberly J. Whalen

Section 4: Outreach and programming assessment. Shopping for kitchen impelments? How to decide if a library program is useful, usable, and desirable / Joy Oehlers and Joyce Tokuda

Assessing an event: mixin' it up with the long night against procrastination / Katherin Penner and Sarah Clark

Measuring the success of library outreach to first-year student athletes / Beth Hendrix

Planning the perfect party: data for dessert! / Katy Mathuews and Zachary Lewis

Section 5: Assessments assessment. Rubrics and rutabagas: only one is useful for assessing staff during evalutions / Sian Brannon and Julie Leuzinger

Cooking times may vary: assessing student workflows in the stacks / Joyce Dougals and Kathy Mathuews

Stop folding the dough: intervening to decide whether or not to assess again / Sian Brannon

Recipe for success: add a personal SWOT analysis to any assessment project / Faithe Ruiz

Section 6: Strategic planning assessment. Two birds with one stone: using a survey to get employee feedback and to educate in the strategic planning process / Regina Mays and Peter Fernandez

Strategic stress test: aligning programs and services with a strategic plan / Strategic Initiatives Department

Chicken soup for digital scholarship: assessing your next steps / A. Miller

Section 7: Service points and services assessment. Service desk activity burrito / Heather Scalf and Ali Adil

Who's at your table? Planning for success through community engagement / Stefanie Metko

Survey system for measuring library outcomes / Rebecca Bayrer, Dawn Melberg, and Eve Melton

Academic libraries: the breakfast of student champions / Katy Mathuews

If we prepare it, will they come back for more? / Adriana Gonzalez and Jason B. Reed

Methods mash / Jennifer Jones

Service assessment with a side of secret shoppers / Jennifer Jones

Healthy chat reference assessment with a side of zesty infographs / Natalie Haber

Reference referral training stew: the perfect assessment mix / Lisa Vassady and Alyssa Archer

Deconstructing reference statistics / Jen-chien Yu

The secret ingredient: mystery shopping your service points / Candice Benjes-Small and Elizabeth Kocevar-Weidinger

The missing piece: assessing implementation fidelity / Megan Hodge and Laura Gariepy

Patron for a day (PFAD): a space assessment / Stephanie Hartman and Lisa R. Horowitz

An assessment rubric inspired by the four seasons / Nathaniel King and Kelly Lutz

Section 8: Equipment, building, and space assessment. Learning space ethnography study: observe students in the library to inform service and resource design / Victoria Raish

Interview to the double: uncovering student motivations in the library / Kathleen Reed, Cameron Hoffman, and Meg Ecclestone

Flipchart surveys / Laura Newton Miller

Space invaders: measuring use and satisfaction through mixed methods / Susan Gardner Archambault

Assessing student learning behaviors in informal learing spaces / Susan Beatty

Culinary snapshots: assessing international student needs through photographs / Alyssa Berger, Ana Villar, and Danielle Rowland

Don't just count 'em, sweep 'em! / Gricel Dominguez

Library space cake / Jenny Horton

Decorating the library cake: a space utilization study / Kellie Meehlhause

Section 9: Website and web services assessment. Add WebAIM and stir: assessing web accessibility for users with disabilities / Laura DeLancey

Easy (no-bake) online card sorting / Samantha Rich

But this is for the library: best practices for usability testing and library website design / Sojourna Cunningham, Regina Mays, and Holly Mercer

Hear the people sing: communicating usability results to a large library audience / Sojourna Cunningham, Regina Mays, and Holly Mercer

Farm to table: a recipe for website usability testing on a budget / Tiffany Davis, Jen Park, and Derek Sanderson

Assessing your library website with usability testing / Brighid M. Gonzales

Order takeout: virtual usability testing to meet your users where they are / Jennifer C. Hill and Anita Norton

Lean usability testing for healthy website assessment / Alex Sundt

Simple usability stir fry / Tim Broadwater and Jessica Tapia.