[LIBRARYDIR] [EXTERNAL] Re: NWCCU Standards for Libraries

Mon Oct 28 12:43:38 PDT 2019

Hi all,

I may be the lone voice with this opinion, but I'm OK with the changes. I think overall the NWCCU standards are more coherent and concise now. I see the academic library mission woven throughout standard one rather than treated as something separate. The pared down standards could actually be freeing if we're creative and thoughtful about tying our libraries' practices to achievement and learning.

Cheers,
Amy

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Yes, we all were quite shocked by the changes to accreditation, Heath. We went through a series of discussions to draft recommendations for NWCCU, hoping that they would listen and make some changes. We also collaborated with ACRL OR & WA, as well as Orbis Cascade Alliance and additional regional library groups. We all submitted similar recommendations.

Unfortunately, NWCCU only made one modification. It added an ambiguous phrase "qualified personnel" to the one standard about collections. In my opinion, very disappointing. That said, I feel like we responded strongly as a group and did what we could considering the circumstances.

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Thank you, that would be great. Looks like that was before my interim dean time.

Heath

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Subject: RE: NWCCU Standards for Libraries

This has been discussed previously . . . I think back sometime around Winter or Spring meeting. Heath, I can try to find any email threads and forward them if you want!!

Greg

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Subject: [LIBRARYDIR] NWCCU Standards for Libraries

All:

I learned at a meeting this morning that the NWCCU accreditation standards for libraries/resources is going down from 4 to 1. Check out the new standards here: https://www.nwccu.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2020-NWCCU-ERs-and-Standards-1.pdf<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nwccu.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F08%2F2020-NWCCU-ERs-and-Standards-1.pdf&data=02%7C01%7Cheath.hayden%40bellevuecollege.edu%7C7d264af3660a446edb5d08d75bd94555%7Cf94c251c1347422eb3ea8ac56befd6cb%7C0%7C1%7C637078861044580444&sdata=%2FPeVK0xkvPAaMxexBuvTvQFdUI30DldYnW4wqAiYBmw%3D&reserved=0>

One of our librarians pointed out that the library instructional focus has been dropped. It seems minimally representative of what we do.

What are your thoughts?

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