After our monthly all-staff meeting, the library instruction staff meets to discuss exercises, presentations, technology, etc.  Today's meeting was about library exercises and based on the discussion, I wonder if I am planning something that just will not work for the population.  Our reference/instruction librarian, Kevin,  has several exercises that he has developed in conjunction with specific instructors.  The assignments all address one or more of the ACRL information literacy comptencies, they all take time to administer as the assignments are designed NOT as homework but as classwork.  The thing that struck me is that through his position, Kevin has cultivated strong relationships with these faculty members.  While the exercises are very good, they are not something I would be doing in my randomly assigned 75 minute English 111 class or even an ESL class.  Kevin represents the library and the value of the library to these faculty members in a very personal way, almost to the point where he has become a brand.  Can my assessment generate enough responses to be meaningful?  Will I only get responses from those who have already been working with Kevin?  I hope these questions can be answered through my assessment design.  Either that or I am just having a bit of self-doubt.

My goal this weekend:  read the first set of articles I've found on surveys of faculty attitudes towards libraries.