Community Needs Analysis - Emporia State University

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Course Syllabus
LI811XI
Community Needs Analysis
Spring Semester 2015
Faculty:
E-mail:
Primary Phone:
Online Course Login:
Credit Hours:
Meetings:
Tracie Kreighbaum
[email protected]
(503) 752-4414
canvas.emporia.edu
3
Online
Important Dates for Spring 2015
1/21 First Day of Class
5/8 Last Day of Classes
2/3 Last Day to Add/Drop
5/16 Commencement
4/8 Last Day to Withdraw
5/19 Final Grades Due
Program Goal
The goal of the SLIM Master of Library Science program is to prepare creative problem solvers
who will provide proactive client-centered services in information agencies.
Catalog Description
Survey and utilization of the tools, resources, and research methodologies for the purpose of
analyzing, designing, implementing or modifying, and evaluating library and information
systems and services. Students learn about community analysis, needs assessment, and other
tools of analysis and assessment. Recommend: LI 810. (Approved 3/11/2011)
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able
Program Professional ALA Core
to:
Outcomes
Values Competence(s)
Recognize and recall central concepts, principles,
1A, 1C, 1I, 4D,
and models that support community needs
1, 5
1
2
5G
analysis for successful user-centered libraries
and/or information agencies
Identify a community to analyze and use
1I, 2B, 2C, 2D,
1, 5, 6
2 appropriate methodology to conduct a community
5C, 5G
needs analysis
Identify a service or program and use appropriate
1I, 2C, 4C, 5F,
6
3 methodology to evaluate for impact and
1
8C
effectiveness
Apply community analysis data to write a
1, 2, 5
1J, 4B, 5E
4
comprehensive service and/or program plan
Construct and deliver a persuasive argument for
the role of the information professional in
1H, 1J, 7A, 8D,
conducting and utilizing community needs
7, 8
5
8E
analysis and the necessity of continuing
professional development of practitioners in the
area of community needs analysis and use
Approved 8/26/2014
Instructor Contact Information
I am available most weekdays 1pm - 4 pm CST to answer questions through e-mail or by phone.
(if you are e-mailing, please send the message through Canvas whenever possible). If these times
are not convenient, another meeting time can be scheduled. If you would like to talk via Skype,
my Skype user name is tkreighb. I would prefer that we always schedule Skype calls ahead of
time.
Required Readings
Course Textbook
Grover, R. J., Greer, R. C., & Agada, J. (2010). Assessing information needs: Managing
transformative library services. Denver, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington D.C.: American Psychological
Association.
Required Reading
Most readings can be found either through the URL provided, or in the WAW Library databases.
A few of the readings are located in Course Reserves.
Baumann, J. (Winter 2010). Targeting local library patrons: Tapestry weaves common
characteristics into community profiles. ArcUser, 14-17. Retrieved from
http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0110/tapestry.html
Beiriger, A., & Jackson, R. M. (2007). An Assessment of the Information Needs of Transgender
Communities in Portland, Oregon. Public Library Quarterly, 26(1/2), 45.
doi:10.1300/J118v26n0103
Bertot, J. C. & McClure, C. R. (2003). Outcomes assessment in the networked environment:
research questions, issues, considerations, and moving forward. Library Trends, 51(4),
590-613.
Bird, J. (n.d.) How to read critically. Retrieved from
http://www.winthrop.edu/uploadedFiles/cas/english/ReadingCritically.pdf
Cuban, S. (2007). How to assess community needs and assets. In Serving new
immigrant communities in the library. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.
Evans, C. (1976). A history of community analysis in American Librarianship. Library
Trends, 24(3), 441-457. Retrieved from
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.204.7464&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Graham, S. R., Carlton, C., Gaede, D., & Jamison, B. (2011). The Benefits of Using
Geographic Information Systems as a Community Assessment Tool. Public
Health Reports, 126(2), 298–303. Retrieved from
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056049/
Lakos, A. & Phipps, S. (2004). Creating a culture of assessment: A catalyst for organizational
change. Libraries and the Academy, 4(3), 345-361. Retrieved from
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0843106w#page-1
McCleer, A. (2013). Knowing Communities: A Review of Community Assessment
Literature. Public Library Quarterly, 32(3), 263-274.
Millsap, G. (2011). Using market segmentation to provide better public library services.
Marketing Library & Services, 25(3), 1-4. Retrieved from http://tscpl.org/wpcontent/uploads/2011/08/P.MLS-3368-R.pdf
Perley, C.M., Gentry, C.A., Fleming, A.S., & Sen, K.M. (2007). Conducting a usercentered information needs assessment: the Via Christi Libraries experience.
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 95(2), 173-181.
Press, N. (2005). Providing Health Information to Community Members Where They
Are: Characteristics of the Culturally Competent Librarian. Library Trends,
53(3), 397-410.
Starling, J. H. & Van Tassel, D. S. (1999). Community analysis: Research that matters
to a north-central Denver community. Library & Information Science Research,
21(1), 7-29. Retrieved from http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/ewhitmir/sarlingandvantassel.pdf
St. Mary’s University Writing Center (2011). Reflective writing. Retrieved from
http://www2.smumn.edu/deptpages/tcwritingcenter/forms_of_writing/reflect_essay.php
Viswanathan, N. (2006). Community Needs Assessment: A Case Study of Geriatric Health
Assessment of the Low-Income Minority Older Adult Residents of a Public Housing
Development in New York City. Journal Of Housing For The Elderly, 20(1/2), 47-74.
doi:10.1300/J081v20n01_04
Whipple, M. & Nyce, J, M. (2007). Community analysis needs ethnography: An
example from Romania. Library Review, 56(8), 694-706.
Williment, K. (2011). It takes a community to create a library. Public Libraries 50(2),
30-35. Retrieved from http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2013/04/it-takes-acommunity-to-build-a-library
Worcester, L. & Westbrook, L. (2004). Ways of knowing: Community informationneeds analysis. Texas Library Journal, 80(3), 102-107.
Recommended Readings
MacAyeal, G. g. (2014). A culture of assessment. College & Research Libraries News, 75(6),
311-312. Retrieved from http://crln.acrl.org/content/75/6/311
Cialdini, R. B. & Trost, M. R. (1998). Social influence: Social norms, conformity, and
compliance, in The Handbook of Social Psychology. Gilbert, D.T., Fiske, S. T. &
Lindzey, G. (Ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. Retrieved from
http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w535680/Cialdini%20&%20Trost%20(1998).pdf
Kelly, G. A. (2005). A brief introduction to personal construct theory, in International
Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology. F. Fransella (Ed.). Chichester, UK:
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.. doi: 10.1002/0470013370.ch
Williment, K. (2011). Asset mapping at Halifax Public Libraries: A tool for beginning to
discover the library's role with the immigrant community in Halifax. Partnership: The
Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research. 7(1). Retreived
from https://journal. lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/1491/2466#.Usqh
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Learning Activities
Assignments
Assignment
Online Discussions
Course Outcome(s) Met
1
Due Date
Throughout
Quiz
Project Proposal
Community Analysis
Reflection Essay
1
2
2,3,4,5
5
3/15
4/5
5/3
5/8
Points
20 (4
discussions x 5
points)
20 points
10
35
15 points
Tentative Course Outline
Session
Week 1:
1/21-/25
Topics
Introductions
Readings
Bird
Activities and Due Dates
Mini biography posted on
the "Introductions"
discussion forum due no
later than 2/1
Complete readings. Open
forum for questions on
readings.
Week 2:
1/26-2/1
Introducing
Community
Analysis
Evans
McCleer
Grover, Chapters 1-4
Week 3:
2/2-2/8
Worcester & Westbrook
Press
First discussion due 2/8
Week 4:
2/9-2/15
Introducing
Community
Analysis
Data Collection
Methods
Grover, Chapter 5
Cuban
Williment (req.)
Whipple
Baumann
readings.
Week 5:
2/16-2/22
Data Collection
Methods
Graham, Carlton, Gaede,
& Jamison
Second discussion due 2/22
Millsap
Week 6:
2/23-3/1
Organizing a
Community
Grover, Chapters 6-9
Session
Week 7:
3/2-3/8
Week 8:
3/9-3/15
Week 9:
3/16-3/22
Week 10:
3/23-3/29
Week 11:
3/30-4/5
Week 12:
4/6-4/12
Week 13:
4/13-4/19
Week 14:
4/20-4/26
Week 15:
4/27-5/3
Week 16:
5/4-5/8
Topics
Analysis
Organizing a
Community
Analysis
Review- first half
of the semester
Readings
No new readings
Quiz due 3/15
Spring Break
Assessing and
addressing need,
plus outcome
assessment
No New Readings
Lakos & Phipps
Perley
Beiriger & Jackson
Bertot & McClure
Enjoy your spring break
Fourth discussion due 3/29
Project Phase
No new readings
Project proposal due 4/5
Conduct
Community
Analysis and
Needs Assessment
No new readings
Open discussion for
questions
Conduct
Community
Analysis
Assess information
needs/propose plan
Conclusion/Finish
your final draft
Self Reflection
Paper
No new readings
Starling
Viswanathan
No new readings
No new readings
No New Readings
Activities and Due Dates
readings.
Third discussion due 3/8
(If you need to talk about
your project, we will
schedule phone calls for
this week.)
Open discussion for
questions
Open discussion for
questions
Community Analysis due
5/3
Due 5/8
Grading Criteria
REQUIRED: These criteria should identify all the elements required and the degree of
achievement necessary for each assignment.
SLIM Grading Scale
96 -100
90 - 95
87 - 89
84 - 86
80 - 83
A 77 - 79 C+
A- 74 - 76 C
B+ 70 - 73 D
B
0 - 69 F
B-
SLIM Grade Policy
All graduate courses required in the university-approved curricula of SLIM’s master’s programs,
certificate programs, academic concentrations, and doctoral program--or their approved
substitutions--must be passed with a final grade of B- or better to receive academic credit. If a
student does not receive a final grade of B- or better in any or all of SLIM’s required classes,
then the student will be given an academic warning and the student will be notified by SLIM
administration that he or she must retake that course or those courses.
When a student has been given an academic warning, an administrative hold will be placed on
the student’s record to block future enrollment. Before enrollment can be done, the student is
required to meet with his or her academic advisor with the goal of developing an academic
improvement plan. The administrative hold can only be released by the student’s academic
advisor or by the SLIM dean. The administrative hold will be released once the student
completes his or her next semester course(s) with a B- or above.
If a student has a semester GPA of less than 3.0 for two semesters or has been given an academic
warning for two semesters, then the student’s academic progress will be reviewed in light of the
academic improvement plan by the student’s program director and the SLIM dean. A decision
will be made as to whether the student should be academically dismissed from the SLIM
graduate program.
This SLIM Grade Policy applies to all students in SLIM’s master’s degree programs, certificate
programs, the doctoral program, and academic concentrations. It also applies to all those who
have passed into MLS or doctoral degree candidacy.
SLIM Incomplete Grade Policy
SLIM’s Incomplete Grade Policy upholds the Emporia State University Incomplete Grade Policy
(for full policy, go to: http://www.emporia.edu/regist/trnscpt/grades.html).
SLIM’s Incomplete Grade Policy further stipulates that an incomplete request will not be
considered approved without an Incomplete Request Form having been submitted by the
instructor and approved by the SLIM dean within two weeks after the issuance of the incomplete.
If the incomplete grade is being requested for reasons of health, then documentation must be
submitted to the SLIM dean’s office before the final grade change is made.
If a SLIM student’s request for a single incomplete grade is approved by the instructor and dean,
then the student will be limited to enrolling in six credit hours in the immediately succeeding
semester. If a SLIM student requests more than one incomplete grade to be issued at the
conclusion of a semester, then an administrative hold will be placed on the student’s record to
block future enrollment until all incomplete grades are finished and the final grade changes have
been submitted by the instructor(s), signed by the SLIM dean, and accepted by the ESU
Registrar’s Office.
SLIM Netiquette Policy
This course will involve the exchange of ideas, questions, and comments in an online and/or
blended learning community. In all of your class communications, please use the same tact and
respect that you would if you were talking to classmates face to face. Remember that in online
communication the visual and auditory aspects are missing, so be especially careful to ensure
your emails and discussion postings accurately convey your meaning and are not open to
misconstruction. Humor is especially difficult to convey in this environment, so take extra care
with your writing. Please maintain your professionalism and courtesy at all times when
interacting with others in the class.
Course Evaluations
SLIM uses the IDEA evaluation instrument to gather feedback from students on the effectiveness
of each course. The data gathered is shared with instructors in aggregated form, and is used for
both course and teaching improvement. Evaluation surveys are made available to students
toward the end of each semester, and periodic email reminders are sent to encourage
participation. The surveys are administered by The IDEA Center and student responses are
anonymous (unless students share any identifying information in their comments). Instructors do
not have access to individual student surveys at any time, and only receive aggregated data at
least two weeks after final grades are submitted.
Faculty-initiated Student Withdrawal Procedure
SLIM instructors follow the university’s policy of faculty-initiated student withdrawal which
states:
If a student's absences from class, disruptive behavior, lack of prerequisites, or academic
dishonesty become detrimental to the student's progress or that of other students in the
class, the faculty member may advise the student to withdraw from the class. Withdrawal
may also be advised if the student is inappropriately enrolled in the class. If the faculty
member chooses to withdraw the student, he/she shall attempt to notify the student in
writing that a faculty initiated withdrawal is in progress. This notification will be copied
to the department chair and Academic Affairs office to serve as the request for
withdrawal. If efforts to contact the student have been unsuccessful, or unacknowledged,
the faculty member shall then seek the aid of the Academic Affairs office in contacting
the student. The Academic Affairs office shall provide the student with information about
the existing appeals procedures.
Upon receiving a written request for withdrawal from the faculty member, the Academic
Affairs office may initiate a student withdrawal from the class. None of the above implies
or states that faculty members are required to initiate any student withdrawal. [Policy and
Procedures Manual 4E.13]
Academic Dishonesty
At Emporia State University, academic dishonesty is a basis for disciplinary action. Academic
dishonesty includes but is not limited to activities such as cheating and plagiarism (presenting as
one's own the intellectual or creative accomplishments of another without giving credit to the
source or sources.)
The faculty member in whose course or under whose tutelage an act of academic dishonesty
occurs has the option of failing the student for the academic hours in question and may refer the
case to other academic personnel for further action. Emporia State University may impose
penalties for academic dishonesty up to and including expulsion from the university.
Disabilities Policy
Emporia State University will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented
disabilities. Students need to contact the Director of Disability Services and the professor as
early in the semester as possible to ensure that classroom and academic accommodations are
implemented in a timely fashion. All communication between students, the Office of Disability
Services, and the professor will be strictly confidential.
Contact information for the Office of Disability Services:
Office of Disability Services
106 Plumb Hall
Emporia State University
1 Kellogg Circle / Box 4023
Emporia, KS 66801
Phone: 620/341-6637
TTY: 620/341-6646
Email: [email protected]

Community Needs Analysis - Emporia State University

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