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
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locate needed information through the construction and implementation of search
strategies; and
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critically evaluate retrieved information and information sources in all formats.
Current University Libraries information literacy initiatives include:
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course-integrated research seminars for Program for Writing and Rhetoric (PWR)
first-year courses
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RIOT @ CU BOULDER (Research Instruction Online Tutorial) for PWR first-
year students
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drop-in research assistance center for students enrolled in WRTG courses
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research instruction sessions to targeted courses throughout the campus
curriculum
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credit courses taught in the College of Music, the Department of Geological
Sciences, and the Department of Theatre & Dance
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information literacy program integrated into Department of Communication
undergraduate curriculum
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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.