The Future Of Librarians

Degree Tutor interviewed twenty-seven librarians and "thinkers" chat about the current state of libraries and what the future may hold for all of us. You can read a summary of the interviews here or go to this page and read the individual interviews.

The Value of Librarians

A lot of good information in this article; 33 reasons for our relevance.

Assessment Resources for Library Instruction

The following pages and articles discuss student assessment of library instruction, and administrative assessment of instruction by librarians and program administrators:

The "S" word: Assessment. Statistics, Support, Success
Kathy Labadorf, University of Connecticut, and Laurie Sabol, Tufts University
New England Library Instruction Group Spring meeting, 2005

Library Instruction Services Assessment and Evaluation
Odum Library, Valdosta State University

Library Instruction Program: Assessment
Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University

Assessment: Library Instruction Classes & Programs
University of Maryland Libraries

Instruction: Assessment Surveys
University of Iowa Libraries

Instructional Improvement in Academic Libraries
Scott Walter, Associate University Librarian for Services
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Assessing Library Instruction Assessment Activities
Jim Kapoun, Library Philosophy and Practice Vol. 7, No. 1 (Fall 2004)

Peer Coaching Bibliography

"Peer Coaching is a confidential process through which two or more professional colleagues work together to review current practices; expand, refine, and build new skills; share ideas; teach one another; conduct classroom research; and solve problems in the workplace." -

from Slater, C.L. and Simmons, D.L., "The Design and Implementation of a Peer Coaching Program." American Secondary Education, v. 29, n. 3, [Spring 2001],67 - 76.

Click here for a peer coaching bibliography; a few of the references at the end of the list are online.