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“Leslie was selected for her innovative assessment work and collaboration with a faculty member on an information literacy assessment project and subsequent 2010 book chapter co-published with a faculty member,” said award chair Steven L. Irving, electronic services librarian at Southern Utah University.

Based on ACRL’s five information literacy standards, Bussert collaborated with Cascadia Community College English instructor Norm Pouliot to convert a grading rubric into an online self-assessment survey for students.

This self-assessment has been used to introduce and specify information literacy learning goals to students; to help students articulate their skills and take responsibility for their learning by addressing gaps in their skill set or knowledge base; to allow faculty and librarians to customize lesson plans in order to meet the needs of the students; and to generate collaboration and conversations between the faculty and librarians by providing data of themes and trends in students’ information literacy skills, abilities and experiences. Bussert’s work has been widely praised as advocacy tool for sustaining information literacy instruction programs.

Bussert received her BA in English Literature from Western Washington University and received her MLIS from the University of Washington.