Mary Bailey

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The program outcomes addressed are:

1. Articulates a philosophy of client-centered information services based on the epistemological and ethical foundations of the library and information profession.
2. Explains and applies interdisciplinary theories and models relevant to managing library and information service agencies.
3. Conduct an information needs assessment, and design and evaluate customized information services and products based on those needs.
4. Based on a diagnosed need, retrieve, interpret, and/or repackage relevant information resources, and evaluate their use and impact.
5. Lead appropriate change by using effective collaborative communication and organizational skills.
6. Teach information literacy skills in order to facilitate effective learning organizations.
7. Demonstrate life-long learning skills by continually acquiring new knowledge, skills, and perspectives to respond to changing conditions.
8. Communicate effectively in writing, orally, and in using information technologies.

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Item and Description Program Outcomes
Blackwell evaluation

This evaluation looks at the Blackwell Synergy Electronic Journal Package in light of a impending serials cancellation in an academic library.


1. Provides evidence of client centered services though evaluation of materials to understand usage vs. cost.

4. Based on the need to cancel or renegotiate a license, information is retrieved, interpreted and repackaged for collection management use.

7. Demonstrated acquisition of new knowledge and perspective to respond to changing conditions and needs.

The Capstone Experience

Built to display technology skills, this website brings information science theory and models together to help Library and Information Management students prepare themselves for their final class.


5. Demonstrates ability to collaborate, as members of this group never met in person.

7. Shows ability to acquire new skills and respond to changing conditions.

8. Demonstrates communication skills as group never met face to face. Provides effective use of information technologies.
Case Study and Evaulation of the Hensen Research Center

An organizational case study is evaluated and recommendations are made based on organizational theories.

2. Provides evidence of an understanding of organization theories and models relevant to managing library and information service agencies.

8. Evidence of effective written communication.
Coding the Holdings 008's: or I'll have time to do that next year- REALLY!

Presentation at ILS vendor user group meeting explaining management project designed to code holdings records for more than 7000 journal titles.


2. Provides evidence of an understanding of organization theories and models relevant to managing library and information service agencies.

5. Leads change by sharing management project and work flows to code a new bibliographic holdings fixed fields that will provide statistical information and increase reporting capabilities.

6. Provides evidence of ability to teach others.

7. Demonstrates acquisition of new skills and changes in perspective when facing changing conditions.

Corc: Hope for E-resources and Organization

A study of OCLC's Corc project to catalog web pages.


7. Demonstrates acquisition of knowledge in area of cataloging new formats and technologies.

8. Provides evidence of effective written communication.
Digital Libraries

A study of what a digital library should be.


1. Provides evidence of understanding of client centered services.

7. Demonstrates acquisition of knowledge in the still new field of digital libraries and changing library needs.

8. Provides evidence of effective written communication.
Evaluation of the KSU Libraries web pages

A heuristics evaluation of the Kansas State University Libraries web site, combined with literature studies results in recommendations for KSU Libraries.


1. Provides evidence of understanding of client centered services.

3. By conducting a needs assessment, customized information services were evaluated. Findings are presented along with suggestions for improved customer services based on those findings.

7. Demonstrates acquisition of knowledge in the still new field of web page heuristics and changing library needs.
International Students and Global Policy

A group written web essay on exchange policies for international students.


5. Evidences use of effective collaborative communication and organizational skills to create web site.

6. Provides evidence of teaching ability through web pages.

8. Effectively communicates through information technology.
National Audit Project - Scotland

Audit of Scotland's information available on the World Wide Web presented as a web site.
5. Evidence of effective collaborative communication and organizational skills that lead changes in thinking about other people and places.

8. Effectively communicates through information technology.
Oral Communication: What it says about Information Transfer

Group presentation on oral communication designed to teach others about communication in groups, barriers to communication and non-verbal communication.
6. Presents information literacy skills that facilitate effective learning organizations.

8. Demonstrates an understanding of oral communication barriers and communicates that to others using both written skills and technology.

Putting the Pieces Together for a Serials Cancellation

PowerPoint slides of poster session presented at ILS vendor user group sharing methodologies and technologies used in a serials cancellation project.

1. Provides evidence of client centered services based on the ethical foundations of the library profession.

5. Using collaborative communication academic faculty and library faculty/ staff present evidence of change through a serial cancellation project.

7. Presents evidence of ability to acquire new technological skills and respond to changing conditions.

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