Each year, incoming first-year students at Davidson College take a series of courses called Davidson 101. In 2012, the program went online for the first time and included a survey and short assignment. This academic year, the Information Literacy team decided to revamp the program and develop our own survey instead of using a proprietary one. The new survey and assignment were designed to efficiently assess student research attitudes, experiences, and skills. We believe the changes were … [Read more...]
A Serving of Survey Please
July 17, 2013 By
A couple of weeks ago our library director walked into my office and opened the conversation with the term MISO. Since I hadn’t eaten in at least ten minutes I immediately flashed to the Japanese soup. As usual when my stomach gets the best of my brain I was wrong. The reference was to the MISO Survey. MISO is an acronym for “Measuring Information Service Outcomes.” The MISO survey was originally conceived at Bryn Mawr College and is described in the organization's own words as “A … [Read more...]
