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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED670740 |
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- Institutional Accreditation through a New Librarianship Lens David L. Sibley Accreditation (Institutions) Institutional Evaluation Librarians Academic Libraries Librarian Attitudes Evaluators Information Literacy Constructivism (Learning) Evaluation Methods Evaluation Criteria This study examined the perspectives of accreditation liaison officers, institutional accreditor peer-reviewers, and chief library officer perspectives on the role that the academic librarian, academic library, and information literacy should play in institutional accreditation. The study was framed using a conceptual model based on New Librarianship and Critical Constructivism. The study relied on a basic qualitative methodology as a cornerstone of its research design. Data was collected via semi-structured interviews with ten participants recruited through snowball sampling. The results of the study highlighted that among the participants, the academic librarian, library, and information literacy were important components of the institutional accreditation process. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]