Collection Assessment & DevelopmentIS 430 (UCLA)Sarah ClarkMonday, October 21, 2013

Overview of Today

1. Quick Business (15 min)

2. Guest Speaker: Dalena Hunter, UCLA Bunche Center Library for African American Studies (70-90 min)

3. Group Led Discussion of Readings (30 min)

4. Case Study: Meeting the Research Needs of 12th Grade History Students (75 min)

5. Closing

Review of Guidelines for Group-Led Discussions

1. In advance, share 2-3 provocative, timely, interesting articles/videos/etc. with the class.

2. Post critical reviews of the articles or resources on the Wordpress site.

3. Engage classmates in lively discussion.4. One group member should act as a scribe

and summarize the discussion, which should then be posted on the Wordpress site.

Case Study: Research Needs of 12th Grade History Students

Note: The documents to support this work are available on the CCLE for your reference.

Question: how do you strive to meet the diverse information needs of high school students engaged in in-depth research when you are a small library with limited resources?

Case Study: Research Needs of 12th Grade History Students

Instructions:1. Work in a group of 3-4.2. You can work where you like

(outside of the room), just be back by 12:00 pm.

3. Be prepared to share your work with the class.

Case Study: Research Needs of 12th Grade History Students

Goal: you and your group should analyze the data available, decide what else you need to know, and with what you have, answer the following questions:● How well are we meeting the

information needs of these students?

● How can we evaluate how well we are meeting their needs?

● What should be our service action plan?

Case Study Debrief

● What were the similarities and differences between the solutions each group came up with?

● What was challenging about this?

● Did any part of this work challenge how you think about library collections and services?