PROFILES OF CONSTITUENT GROUPS - INDICATORS OF EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOLS OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES

This article is the first in a series of reports on the indicators and dimensions of effectiveness that constituents of American Library Ass ociation (ALA)-accredited programs of library and information studies (LIS) believe are useful for evaluating the host schools. Members of t he four constituent groups were surveyed: senior academic administrato rs, ALA's Committee on Accreditation (COA), employers of alums, and al ums. The distinct nature of each constituent group is profiled by focu sing on the preference each gives to the placement of seventy effectiv eness indicators. In addition, brief description is given of twenty-fo ur indicators upon which the constituent groups exhibit their greatest agreement.