I'm very interested in the responses to this, since (1) I've never heard of an accreditor insisting on that and (2) we have a CCNE review scheduled for October. So far the Nursing Department has not said anything to me about this being an expectation. Purchasing textbooks is against our collection development policy, and we don't have the money to do so anyway.
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Lonnie Beene, M.L.S., M.A.
Head of Library Technical Services/Assistant Professor
Frazar Memorial Library
McNeese State University
Lake Charles, Louisiana
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From: "Amanda Scull" <ascull_at_keene.edu>
To: acqnet_at_lists.ala.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:23:00 AM
Subject: [ALCTS-acqnet] Question about accreditation support
I am wondering if anyone has experiences to share related to a particular issue we’re having with a program accreditation review. Our nursing program is up for a CCNE review in Spring 2018, and the CCNE standards have only this to say about library support:
Academic support services are sufficient to ensure quality and are evaluated on a regular basis to meet program and student needs.
Elaboration: Academic support services (e.g., library, technology, distance education support, research support, admission, and advising services) are adequate for students and faculty to meet program requirements and to achieve the mission, goals, and expected program outcomes
The program director, however, is insisting that there are certain texts that CCNE will expect the library to have and that the library not putting required course texts on reserve is going to be a problem. We are a small campus and the library doesn’t have the budget, staff, or space to purchase textbooks (our CD policy states that we don’t) or to offer course reserve of required texts (we do reserve for supplemental items only).
Has anyone known an accrediting agency to look for specific textbooks or require particular library services? Anyone dealt with a department insisting on such things for accreditation, regardless of whether the standards supported such demands? Feel free to send a private email.
Thank you!!
Amanda Scull, MLIS
Assistant Professor
Collection Development Librarian
Mason Library 110
Phone: (603)358-2714
ascull_at_keene.edu
Received on Tue Aug 16 2016 - 16:07:21 EDT