The Academic Library in Institutional Assessment: Seizing an Opportunity

Abstract

This paper reviews

the major forces that led to a new climate of assessment in

higher education, some of the instruments commonly used

to assess undergraduate student learning and growth, and

the programs through which results are communicated to

prospective students, their parents, lawmakers, and other

constituents. The impact of increased emphasis on assessment

on academic libraries and the role those libraries

can play in institutional assessment activities is also

discussed.