Overview
The Values-Sensitive Library Assessment Toolkit serves to model a value system for library assessment practice, with the goal of helping practitioners identify and apply the values that are important to their work. The toolkit takes the form of a card deck, presenting 10 values along with 3 activities for working with the values. The toolkit is based on a national study of library assessment practitioners.
For more on the process that went into the research and design of the toolkit, view the presentation at the 2022 Library Assessment Conference [PDF]. For an even more in-depth discussion, check out the book: Knowing our Value and our Values Toward An Ethical Practice of Library Assessment, published by Library Juice Press in 2024.
Two sample cards are shown below, followed by a digital share link and a printable download of the toolkit.
The main instruction card for the toolkit
The value card for Positionality
Access the Toolkit
The toolkit is hosted on the Open Science Framework, available at the following address: doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/ZS5C8