SCENARIO: Is the library instruction program working?
Setting: A comprehensive university with a large number of transfer students where undergraduate education is emphasized. The college library offers a series of drop-in information competency workshops.
Role: You’re a new coordinator for the library’s instruction program. You are responsible for developing, scheduling, and teaching the library’s drop-in workshops.
Problem: You’re trying to figure out how effective these workshops because you want to be efficient about deploying your library’s limited resources – you! You’d like to only offer sessions that meet the students’ needs and you’d like to know the best days/times to schedule your drop-in sessions to maximize the number of attendees.
DATA
Student Evaluations of the Workshops
A set of students’ sociology papers including references. Some of the students attended drop-in sessions and some did not. (In print.)
TOOLS
Model checklist and rubric to be used with Sociology papers
HINTS
Tips for Beginning to Look at Library Workshop Data
Detailed Instructions for Looking at Library Workshop Data
How to begin looking at student papers
Resources for Evidence Based Research in Libraries
Stephanie
Action-Based Research 
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