The John Spellman Library at Grays Harbor College shall meet the standards established by and detailed in requirements for accreditation of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. These standards apply equally to all Grays Harbor instructional programs: Transitions, Transfer, Workforce, Baccalaureate, and others which may be created in the future. The related standards are:
- NWCCU Standard 2.H.1: Library and information resources: Consistent with its mission, the institution employs qualified personnel and provides access to library and information resources with a level of currency, depth, and breadth sufficient to support and sustain the institution’s mission, programs, and services.
- NWCCU Standard 1.C.6: Consistent with its mission, the institution establishes and assesses, across all associate and bachelor level programs or within a General Education curriculum, institutional learning outcomes and/or core competencies. Examples of such learning outcomes and competencies include, but are not limited to, effective communication skills, global awareness, cultural sensitivity, scientific and quantitative reasoning, critical analysis and logical thinking, problem solving, and/or information literacy.
- NWCCU Standard 2.G.1: Consistent with the nature of its educational programs and methods of delivery, and with a particular focus on equity and closure of equity gaps in achievement, the institution creates and maintains effective learning environments with appropriate programs and services to support student learning and success.
In order to properly attain the meeting of these standards, GHC shall:
- Develop strategies to provide adequate library information resources and information literacy learning strategies for all programs.
- Develop a clear timeline and recommendations for providing adequate library information resources, integration of information literacy into the curriculum, and needed personnel for new programs and curricula.
- Provide periodic review and assessment of goals and student learning outcome achievements.
- Develop assessment criteria for Transitions, Workforce, Transfer, and BAS programs, modeled after the “Baccalaureate in Applied Science Degrees Library Services Rubric”