Library Contribution to Accreditation, SPEC Kit 330 (September 2012)

Mercer, Holly: Maciel, Michael

124 · Representative Documents: Regional Accrediting Agency Reports
University of Colorado at Boulder
Examples of University Libraries Evidence for Criteria 1, 3, 4, 5 of the North Central Association Higher
Learning Commission Requirements for Re-accreditation 2010
• locate needed information through the construction and implementation of search
strategies and
• critically evaluate retrieved information and information sources in all formats.
Current University Libraries information literacy initiatives include:
• course-integrated research seminars for Program for Writing and Rhetoric (PWR)
first-year courses
• RIOT @CU BOULDER (Research Instruction Online Tutorial) for PWR first-
year students
• drop-in research assistance center for students enrolled in WRTG courses
• research instruction sessions to targeted courses throughout the campus
curriculum
• credit courses taught in the College of Music, the Department of Geological
Sciences, and the Department of Theatre &Dance
• information literacy program integrated into Department of Communication
undergraduate curriculum
• course-integrated library sessions for Leeds School of Business Profiles in
Business and Society Program
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/services/Instruction/literacy.htm
CRITERION FIVE: AS CALLED FOR BY ITS MISSION, THE
ORGANIZATION IDENTIFIES ITS CONSTITUENCIES AND SERVES THEM
IN WAYS BOTH VALUE.
Core Component 5a: The organization learns from the constituencies it serves and analyzes its capacity to
serve their needs and expectations.
• Since 2001, the University Libraries has determined, monitored, and adjusted central goals
through a strategic planning process that engages workers and constituencies through a
variety of information-gathering mechanisms.
• Since 2000, the University Libraries has participated in a national assessment program
(LibQual) and other assessment activities, including focus groups, surveys, and
environmental scanning to determine user satisfaction, preferences, changing information
behaviors, and interests.
• In support of the campus 2030 Core Initiative 3 to enhance graduate education and increase
graduate enrollment, the Libraries focused its 2008 assessment efforts on an in-depth analysis
of graduate responses to LibQual surveys. As a result, the Libraries has been and will
continue to implement a series of actions, notably the new graduate study lounge included in
the current Norlin renovation.
• The Libraries as an entity and through activities of various individuals is an active participant
in campus governance and committee activities, and the Boulder Faculty Assembly sponsors
a Libraries Committee. This participation informs library policies and procedures and
provides two-way communication between the Libraries and its on-campus constituencies.
• Most Libraries outreach programming is based on collaborative efforts with campus and
community groups and is offered to address identified campus and community interests.
• The Libraries is diverse by its very nature and emphasizes and enhances that diversity
through its staffing, services, collection, events, and exhibits.

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124 · Representative Documents: Regional Accrediting Agency Reports
University of Colorado at Boulder
Examples of University Libraries Evidence for Criteria 1, 3, 4, 5 of the North Central Association Higher
Learning Commission Requirements for Re-accreditation 2010
• locate needed information through the construction and implementation of search
strategies and
• critically evaluate retrieved information and information sources in all formats.
Current University Libraries information literacy initiatives include:
• course-integrated research seminars for Program for Writing and Rhetoric (PWR)
first-year courses
• RIOT @CU BOULDER (Research Instruction Online Tutorial) for PWR first-
year students
• drop-in research assistance center for students enrolled in WRTG courses
• research instruction sessions to targeted courses throughout the campus
curriculum
• credit courses taught in the College of Music, the Department of Geological
Sciences, and the Department of Theatre &Dance
• information literacy program integrated into Department of Communication
undergraduate curriculum
• course-integrated library sessions for Leeds School of Business Profiles in
Business and Society Program
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/services/Instruction/literacy.htm
CRITERION FIVE: AS CALLED FOR BY ITS MISSION, THE
ORGANIZATION IDENTIFIES ITS CONSTITUENCIES AND SERVES THEM
IN WAYS BOTH VALUE.
Core Component 5a: The organization learns from the constituencies it serves and analyzes its capacity to
serve their needs and expectations.
• Since 2001, the University Libraries has determined, monitored, and adjusted central goals
through a strategic planning process that engages workers and constituencies through a
variety of information-gathering mechanisms.
• Since 2000, the University Libraries has participated in a national assessment program
(LibQual) and other assessment activities, including focus groups, surveys, and
environmental scanning to determine user satisfaction, preferences, changing information
behaviors, and interests.
• In support of the campus 2030 Core Initiative 3 to enhance graduate education and increase
graduate enrollment, the Libraries focused its 2008 assessment efforts on an in-depth analysis
of graduate responses to LibQual surveys. As a result, the Libraries has been and will
continue to implement a series of actions, notably the new graduate study lounge included in
the current Norlin renovation.
• The Libraries as an entity and through activities of various individuals is an active participant
in campus governance and committee activities, and the Boulder Faculty Assembly sponsors
a Libraries Committee. This participation informs library policies and procedures and
provides two-way communication between the Libraries and its on-campus constituencies.
• Most Libraries outreach programming is based on collaborative efforts with campus and
community groups and is offered to address identified campus and community interests.
• The Libraries is diverse by its very nature and emphasizes and enhances that diversity
through its staffing, services, collection, events, and exhibits.

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University of Colorado at Boulder
Examples of University Libraries Evidence for Criteria 1, 3, 4, 5 of the North Central Association Higher
Learning Commission Requirements for Re-accreditation 2010
Core Component 5b: The organization has the capacity and the commitment to engage with its identified
constituencies and communities.
• The current renovation in Norlin is designed to foster more personalized and focused
connections between library staff and users, as well as among students and among students
and faculty. The first floor Learning Commons is a joint project of the Libraries and
Information Technology Services to create a learning library that integrates technology in a
flexible innovative design to support the continuum of learning. The campus Program for
Writing and Rhetoric is also integrated into the design for both space and service. The
second level Research Floor provides centralized services and space for individual
consultations, small group and classroom learning. The renovation is a direct response to
user demand.
• Changes in staffing and budget allocations are also direct responses to user demands for
enhanced and expanded electronic/digital resources.
• User requests for improved signage and communication are now met with the installation of a
digital sign system and more participation in campus online communication venues.
• Exhibits and events develop many campus and community connections. Recent examples
include several series of “dialog” events that were well attended by campus and community
members and involved community organizations and science and research institutions as well
as a variety of campus groups.
• Through the provision of online resources, the Libraries has dramatically expanded its user
base both off and on campus and virtually supported the larger community.
• The Libraries consistently highlights expanded engagement and service in planning activities.
Core Component 5c: The organization demonstrates its responsiveness to those constituencies that depend
on it for service.
• As a result of extensive and in-depth analyses of “selection to access” processes, the Libraries
adopted new technologies, implemented new work flow procedures, and revised relevant
policies in order to speed information resources to users.
• Through participation in OCLC and PCC, the Libraries contributes expertise to those national
and international databases, thus serving researchers worldwide.
• Collaborates with Writing Program to foster skill development on campus.
• Participates in and seeks representation from campus groups. Partners with the Office of
Faculty Affairs for Program Review in the Humanities and with the Graduate School and
Graduate Teacher Program to participate in the Provost’s Fellowship Program to encourage
graduate students to consider a career in research librarianship
• The Friends of the Libraries showcases resources to the community through its annual
Information Day and CU Treasures events among others, all of which are consistently and
highly attended by community members.
• The Libraries is a national leader in collaboration and partnership with other academic
libraries and consortia. Examples include: PASCAL, the Colorado Alliance of Research
Libraries (notably the shared collection development project), Prospector, national
Interlibrary Loan activity, partnership with Emporia Library School Diversity Initiative,
Great Western Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, and Center for
Research Libraries global projects
Core Component 5d: Internal and external constituencies value the services the organization provides.

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University of Colorado at Boulder
Examples of University Libraries Evidence for Criteria 1, 3, 4, 5 of the North Central Association Higher
Learning Commission Requirements for Re-accreditation 2010
The Libraries built a key partnership with Information Technology Services for the
Norlin Learning Commons -at
http://www.colorado.edu/its/oneonone/oneononespring08.pdf, scroll down to
“A Word from Dennis Maloney: Norlin Learning Commons: Innovative Learning
Spaces” (p.2)
The Libraries also partner with the Graduate Teacher Program to offer a Provost's
Fellows Program that provides a semester long fellowship in the Libraries for graduate
students who have an interest in some aspect of research librarianship. To date, at least
nine Libraries Fellows are matriculating in schools of library and information science.
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/librarianship/fellowship.htm
In a partnership with the Writing Center, operated by the Program for Writing and
Rhetoric and located in Norlin Library, reference librarians work closely with the PWR
first year writing classes, providing information literacy instruction and research support.
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/pwr/index.htm
CRITERION FOUR: ACQUISITION, DISCOVERY, AND APPLICATION OF
KNOWLEDGE
The organization promotes a life of learning for its faculty, administration, staff, and students by fostering
and supporting inquiry, creativity, practice, and social responsibility in ways consistent with its mission.
Core Component C. The organization assesses the usefulness of its curricula to students who will live and
work in a global, diverse, and technological society.
Based on a shared commitment to supporting and providing access to the scholarship of
graduate students, the Libraries has partnered with the Graduate School to enable
submission of and access to electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) since fall 2004.
ETDs provide a technologically advanced medium for expressing and disseminating
ideas. The full text of dissertations produced at any campus of the University of
Colorado system from 1997 to the present are available as free PDF downloads from the
Chinook online catalog.
Core Component D. The organization provides support to ensure that faculty, students, and staff acquire,
discover, and apply knowledge responsibly.
As a campus partner in the educational mission of the University of Colorado at Boulder,
the University Libraries promotes information literacy through instructional programs
that address the conceptual understanding of information, information retrieval, and
information sources as well as critical thinking and analysis skills. The learning
objectives are directly linked to the campus' Student Digital Literacy Goals.
Using a curricular-integration approach, University Libraries faculty and staff provide
researchers with the conceptual understanding and technical skills necessary to:
• identify the ways in which knowledge is disseminated, organized and acquired
• access the wide spectrum of information resources made available to the campus
community

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