The document provides statistics and updates on library instruction at Eli M. Oboler Library at Idaho State University. It shows that in Fall 2011, there were 207.5 hours of instruction across 156 workshops led by 10 instructors. Over the past 5 years, hours and classes have fluctuated between 150-280 hours and 175-216 classes respectively. An information literacy course is offered each semester and uses online resources like Moodle. Methods for tracking statistics on tutorials and online instruction are still being determined.

1. Updates & Reports: Eli M. Oboler Library – Idaho State University
LIBRARY INSTRUCTION MEETING

2. Instruction Statistics –
Fall 2011
 Total hours of library instruction: 207.5
 Total number of library workshops: 156
 Total number of library instructors: 10

3. Last 5 Years: The Numbers
Fall 2011 Fall 2010 Fall 2009 Fall 2008 Fall 2007
Hours 207.5 224 216.8 224.8 279.45
Classes 156 186 179 175 216
Library 10 15 18 13 14
Instructors

4. Last 5 Years: The Graph
300
250
200
Hours
150
Classes
Instructors
100
50
0
Fall 2011 Fall 2010 Fall 2009 Fall 2008 Fall 2007

6. Spring 2011
 Instruction requests
coming in regularly
 Invite your
departments to bring
their classes
 Respond promptly to
emails from the libinst
account
 COMM 1101
workshops

7. ACAD 1199: Information
Research
 Started with more than Grades Number
20 students A’s 4
B’s 4
 Ended with less than 10
C’s 1
attending
F’s 2
 Marks given to 18 W’s 3
students X’s 4

8. ACAD 1199: Information
Research Resources
 Moodle course
 Google Sites page
includes:
 Databases
 Handouts
 Knowledge Survey
 Outlines
 Presentations
 Syllabus
 Tutorials
 Websites

9. ACAD 1199: Information
Research – Spring 2012
 Starts Tuesday, March
6, 2012
 Will keep it mostly the
same
 May decrease the
amount of required
reading

10. LLIB 1115: Information
Research – Fall 2012
 Starts the first Tuesday
in August
 Once a week for 16
weeks
 Still in Rendezvous
computer lab
 Cross list with ACAD
courses?
 One section offered

11. Tracking Non-traditional
Statistics
 Tutorials
 Distance-learning
classes
 Moodle
 Forums
 Development
 Other types of
instruction statistics?

12. Literature
 Bottorff , Tim, and Andrew Todd. “Making
Online Instruction Count: Statistical
Reporting of Web-Based Library Instruction
Activities.” College & Research Libraries 73
(January 2012): 33-46.
 There is no real consensus for gathering non-
traditional instruction statistics.
 Research needs to be conducted
 Larger library bodies should take the lead:
ARL, NCES, et al.

13. In the meantime
 Distance classes broadcast to off-site
locations = count like traditional instruction.
 When using Collaborate (webinar software)
 Invite students to complete evaluation forms
 Count the number of students viewing the live
webinar
 Include with traditional
statistics

14. To Be Determined
 Statistics for:
 Tutorials
 Moodle management
 Moodle forum and
communication
 Evaluation &
Assessment of:
 Tutorials
 Moodle efforts

15. “What the mind is we’ll leave to the
philosophers, but few would argue with the
claim that we think with our brains” (12).
—Robert Leamnson
Thinking About Teaching and Learning: Developing Habits of Learning with First
Year College and University Students. Sterling, VA: Stylus, 1999.

16.  Spencer Jardine
 Coordinator of Library Instruction
 Assistant Professor
 Eli M. Oboler Library
 Idaho State University
 921 S. 8th Ave.
 Pocatello, ID 83209-8089
 jardspen(at)isu.edu
 (208) 282-5609