Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2023
Abstract
Academic librarians have long struggled to evaluate, report, promote and grow library services in order to effect positive changes in curricula. Metrics reported to faculty and administration generally include how many information literacy sessions are taught, how many students were present, and what subject areas were taught. However, merely counting information literacy sessions does not convey goals, opportunity, or progress. The Information Literacy Program Development Model (ILPDM) described in this article demonstrates how academic librarians at a small, liberal arts college moved beyond counting the number of information literacy sessions as a measure of value by clearly defining what a successful information literacy program should look like, and by demonstrating the impact, strengths, and limitations of a developing information literacy program. The model further allows librarians to track progress and identify opportunities for information literacy in each department and program across campus, and provides focal points for goal setting, outreach, and assessment. The model is adapted from the software industry’s Capability Maturity Model (CMM), later known as the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), which tracks the evolution of complex processes along a continuum of five development levels.
Program or Discipline Name
Library and Information Science
Recommended Citation
Bombaro, C., & Arndt, T. S. (2023). Beyond Session Counting: A Program Development Model for Information Literacy in a Liberal Arts College. The Reference Librarian, 64(2–4), 118–133. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2023.2293131
Publication Title
The Reference Librarian
Start Page No.
118
End Page No.
133
ISSN
0276-3877
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2023.2293131