15. assessment process Analysis, presentation, application Conduct assessment Methodology Priorities Information needs (unknowns) Available information (knowns) Environmental scan
I’m Jennifer Rutner. My background… Libraries have always used assessment methods: head counts, reference statistics, circulation data… collected data annually to report out to institutions. (ARL statistics – really cool.) The current assessment “boom” began in the 1990s. User-centered library. Reaction to an expanding information market place, and the rate of change.