Challenge and Practice of Academic Accreditation

EDWARD D. GARTEN is Dean of Libraries and Information Technologies at the University of Dayton. He is a consultant-evaluator with the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, where he currently serves on the Commission's Accreditation Review Council. His many publications include Using Consultants in Libraries and Information Centers: A Management Handbook (Greenwood Press, 1992).

• Introduction The Challenges of Accreditation Challenges for Accreditation in a Rapidly Changing Environment by Kenneth L. Perrin Accreditation Expectations in the Age of New Technology by Ralph A. Wolff and Mimi Harris Steadman Challenges to Accreditation from the New Academic Library Environment by Delmus E. Williams The Practice of Accreditation Reflective Self-Study as Cornerstone of Accreditation: Part I by Edward D. Garten Reflective Self-Study as Cornerstone of Accreditation: Part II by Edward D. Garten Understanding the Purpose and Nature of the Site Visit by Edward D. Garten The Focused Visit: A Special Type of Library Assessment by Susanne O. Frankie The Practical Librarian's View of Accreditation by Joan H. Worley Selected Issues Distance Education and Off-Campus Library Services: Challenges for the Accreditation Process and Librarians by Thomas E. Abbott The Concern for Information Literacy: A Major Challenge for Accreditation by Howard L. Simmons The New American College Student and Workforce Competence: Seven Generalizations that Challenge Traditional Accreditation and Licensure by Robert W. Tucker Challenges to Accreditation Posed by Nontraditional Models of Information Delivery by Cynthia Hartwell and Edward D. Garten Rethinking Library Self-Studies and Accreditation Visits by Ralph A. Wolff Current Standards for Libraries, Information Technologies, and Academic Computing Current Regional Commission Standards and Guidelines by Edward D. Garten Current Disciplinary and Professional Association Standards and Guidelines by Edward D. Garten Highlighting Regional Commission Standards for Libraries and Information Technologies by Selected Categories by Edward D. Garten Observations on the Expectations for Libraries, Academic Computing, and Other Information Technologies as Found in the Professional and Disciplinary Standards by Edward D. Garten Libraries and Accreditation: A Bibliographic Essay Academic Libraries and the Literature of Accreditation by Delmus E. Williams and Phyllis O'Connor Glossary of Commonly Used Terms in Accreditation compiled by Edward D. Garten Index