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ACRL Capstone Research Justifications

Board of Directors Action Form—Request to Establish an ACRL Task Force

ACRL's 5- year strategic plan, the 2011 [|Plan for Excellence], set out three broad goals. The goal for Student Learning is that "Librarians transform student learning, pedagogy, and instructional practices through creative and innovative collaborations." June 30, 2016 sunsets the current plan, and opens a possibility to influence the next Strategic Plan. 2015 saw the dissolution of the AASL/ACRL Interdivisional Committee on Information Literacy Committee.

ACTION RECOMMENDED: That the ACRL Board of Directors approve the creation of the Capstone Projects Task Force with the charge and membership listed: Looking for ACRL members for this Task Force!

DC American Institutes for Research (AIR)
 * [|“Finishing the First Lap: The Cost of First Year Student Attrition in America’s Four Year Colleges and Universities”]

Indiana
 * [|National Survey of Student Engagement]

California
 * Stanford University (Linda Darling-Hammond) [[file:mm_rb.pdf]]

Maine
 * Citizenship Education Task Force, Senior Capstone Citizenship 400 Seminar at the University of New England