Pearsall Library - North Carolina Wesleyan College

NCWC Quality Enhancement Plan - Resource Page

QEP Meeting Summaries
Progress Page

QEP Group: James Parrigin, Ed Shearin, Jon Wiggs, Fred Sanborn, Lisa Kirby, Molly Weise, Erica Kosal, Bob Perkins, Kathy Winslow, Steve Bahnaman, John Dismukes, Jeff Kuglitsch, Nancy Floyd, Vivienne Anderson *Group contact info

Learn about the QEP
Due:	NCWC's QEP is due "mid-august", or "4-6 weeks in advance of On-Site Review", Sept. 29-Oct1, 2009.
	QEP Handbook
	NCWC's QEP Theme: 21st Century Information Skills
	Toward a Liberal Education via Gen-Ed at NCWC, a liberal arts college - By Dr. Jon Wiggs (7/4/08)
	SACS "From Planning Retreat to QEP" (Audio File) 57:14
	SACS "Integrating the Development of a QEP" (Audio File) 53:14
	SACS "Engaging Your Campus" (Audio File) 51:44

QEP Samples from other institutions

Edgecombe Community College, "Reading Excellence"
North Georgia College & State U, "Information Literacy"
Lon Morris College, "Improving Oral Communication"
Cape Fear Community College, "Critical Thinking"

QEP Timelines from other institutions

Timeline: University of Texas at Arlington
Timeline: Cape Fear Community College

Information Skills
	An introduction to Information Literacy (ACRL)
	Information Literacy for Faculty and Administrators (ACRL)
	Learning Outcomes: Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Information Literacy Standards
	Information Literacy as a Liberal Art (added 7/14/08)
	Pearsall Library Instruction Program Strategy - a sample of what the library has continued to develop since 2004.
	The Big6: A model for teaching Information Skills
	Engaging the adult learner: Creating effective library instruction
	Working with Adult Learners in the Library Classroom: A Personal Reflection
	TILT - Texas Information Literacy Tutorial
	InfoPath - NC Wesleyan's adapted version of TILT
Info. Lit. Learning Outcomes
	NCWC Info. Lit. Learning Outcomes - Adopted from ALA/ACRL in 2000.
Learning Outcomes @ other institutions:
University of Alaska Meredith College (for faculty development) Cape Fear Community College Learning Objectives and outcomes for faculty development The Big6: A model for teaching Information Skills

Assessment tools for Info. Lit.

Research Readiness Self-Assessment (RRSA)- An Interactive Online Assessment for University Students - price list
ETS iSkills Overview - NCWC already uses ETS. ISkills would be an add-on purchase
TRAILS - Used in higher education to establish a baseline (only) of incoming freshman information literacy skills.
NCWC Information Literacy Pre-Test - A test modeled on our existing/proposed "Technical Learning Outcomes" designed by James Parrigin and Steve Bahnaman, distributed to entering students (and others) in 2007-08.