SPEC Kit 330: Library Contribution to Accreditation (September 2012)
This SPEC Kit explores the scope of accreditation standards,the data provided by research libraries to meet the requirements of accrediting bodies, and which library staff participate in preparing reports and site visits. The survey results may help libraries identify and understand what standards exist, and how their contributions lead to successful accreditation and reaccreditation for their parent institutions. Additionally, this survey sought to identify how deeply ARL libraries are involved in the accreditation process at the institutional level. As libraries strive to establish their impact and value in higher education, this measure is one way to gauge how institutional leaders perceive their libraries’ contributions.
This SPEC Kit includes examples of programmatic and regional accrediting agency reports from respondents and descriptions of the accreditation process.
Mercer, Holly, and Michael Maciel. Library Contribution to Accreditation. SPEC Kit 330. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, September 2012.
Table of Contents
SPEC Kit 330: Library Contribution to Accreditation (September 2012)
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Library Contribution to Accreditation frontmatter
33
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Survey Results
99
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Representative Documents
5353
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Accreditation Process Descriptions
5555
- Duke University 5656
- Georgetown University 5858
- Georgia Institute of Technology 6161
- Howard University 6262
- Library Assessment Plan—Goal 1 Objective 1a 6262
- Library Assessment Plan—Goal 1 Objective 1b 6363
- Library Assessment Plan—Goal 1 Objective 1c 6565
- Library Assessment Plan—Goal 2 Objective 2a 6767
- Library Assessment Plan—Goal 2 Objective 2b 6868
- Library Assessment Plan—Goal 2 Objective 2c 7070
- Library Assessment Plan—Goal 2 Objective 2d 7171
- Library Assessment Plan—Goal 3 Objective 3 7272
- Library Assessment Plan—Goal 4 Objective 4a 7373
- Library Assessment Plan—Goal 4 Objective 4b 7474
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 7575
- University of Tennessee 7676
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Programmatic Accrediting Agency Reports
7777
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Regional Accrediting Agency Reports
9797
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Accreditation Process Descriptions
5555
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Selected Resources
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SPEC Kit 330: Library Contribution to Accreditation (September 2012)