Assessing the Library and Information Technology Program

Assessing the Library and Information Technology Program

October 16, 2010WLMA/WALE Conference

Presented by:Colet Bartow

TEACHER-LIBRARIANSAND THE

LIBRARY INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM

Mission: To ensure that students are effective

users and producers of ideas and information.

Three Essential Functions of Teacher-Librarians: 

• Information Technology Instruction• Reading Advocacy• Information Services and Management 

Talk to Your Friends:

How do you describe your current school library program?

LIT Program

ProjectLIT.org

Time Count Reading Research Homework Other

School Library Data Project

School Libraries Count

Talk to Your Friends:1.What program data do you collect now?

2.Who do you report it to and in what

form?

3.How often do you report it?

What is your plan?

(advisory team)

Analysis I

Analysis II

Talk to Your Friends:1.What program data will you collect now?

2.Who will you report it to and in what

form?

3.How often will you report it?

Tomorrow, the first things I’m going to do are: ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________

For the rest of the school year, I’m going to work on: ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________

For next year, I’m going to work on: ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________

Priorities

Checklist:List data collected/want to collect

Create a rubric/spreadsheet to collect the

data

Set collection/reporting schedule

Share data with advisory team and other

stakeholders

Colet BartowLibrary-Information Literacy Specialist

Teacher-librarian

[email protected]

(406) 444-3583

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