ILAAP | Information Literacy Assessment & Advocacy Project: Home

In 2018, the Information Literacy Assessment Task Force took on the action item to pilot a information literacy survey instrument to complement existing initiatives underway by the Return on Investment (ROI) board committee.  (This falls under the strategic plan goal of creating tools and documentation for assessing libraries to better understand our impact and our stakeholders.)

After a review of available tools, the task force decided to implement the Information Literacy Assessment & Advocacy Project (ILAAP), an assessment tool designed to investigate the information literacy skills of first and second-year post-secondary students. ILAAP was selected due to its free cost and customizable features.

Piloting of this tool begins in Fall 2018 and is open to any PALNI school.

During Spring 2019, PALNI librarians who participate in the pilot will be able to contribute new questions to the ILAAP test bank.

Participating in PALNI’s implementation of the IILAAP Project is easy!  

1. Decide how you’d like to use the survey. Do you want to try to survey an entire class year? Individual classes? Other groups?
2. Once you've got some ideas, please fill out this Google form to let us know you're planning to participate.
3. Then, decide when you’d like to use the survey. You’ll need to register for a survey at least 24 hours in advance.
4. When you’re ready to request a survey, go to this link.    
5. Fill out the form and use questions from the PALNI question bank below. You do not have to use all of the questions, simply pick or choose from our list. Please do not use any questions not on our list. (Hint: Use CTRL-F to more easily find questions within the question bank.)
6. For the name of your institution, please select US-IN-PALNIConsortium.
7. VERY IMPORTANT: In the box that asks for: Course Name, Course Number, and Section, Please put the name of your school first. This will be the ONLY way we can identify classes from your school.
   Example: DePauw, ENG 151 D
8. Once you’ve completed the questionnaire, a personalized survey invite will appear in your e-mail inbox within 24 hours after the test is administered. You can then embed the link in a LibGuide or create a tiny URL for easier student access.  Alert students that the interface will say WASSAIL Reports.
9. You will receive a report with your results within one working day of when your testing period ends.

This guide was created by a task force of PALNI librarians. 

Task Force Members:
Eric Bradley | Goshen College / PALNI 
Jessica Mahoney | Franklin College
Ruth Szpunar | DePauw University / PALNI
Z. Sylvia Yang | DePauw University