May
24
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For Pearl Go, evaluation is often a balance between the importance of introspection and the joys of collaboration. Having only recently begun a formal evaluation role at the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute, Go says she has used evaluation as a framework for continuous improvement throughout her life. Early in her career,… Read More »
Posted in: NEC Profile
Apr
20
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When the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore was renewed as a Regional Medical Library (RML) site in May 2021, the news came with a promise. “Given the state of the country when we were writing our proposal, we felt it necessary to include social justice as related… Read More »
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Apr
19
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Tom Archibald is a decorated evaluator with an array of titles: associate professor, extension evaluation specialist, and graduate program director in the Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education Department at Virginia Tech; chief of party of a USAID project in Senegal; board member of the American Evaluation Association; associate editor of the journal Evaluation and Program… Read More »
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Apr
19
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April is National Minority Health Month, and this is an excellent opportunity to think about mechanisms to strengthen inclusion and diversity in our evaluation practices across the NNLM. Language matters: it is the means to communicate with one another, how we learn about the world, how we express and structure our own needs, preferences, emotions,… Read More »
Posted in: Thought Leadership
Apr
15
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Nominate an NNLM colleague for an NEC Excellence in Evaluation & Continuous Improvement recognition. You may nominate colleagues within or outside your ROC using our nomination form. This recognition program is intended to highlight NNLM colleagues who: Develop and/or lead innovative and impactful evaluation & continuous improvement initiatives Use evaluation data to inform substantive enhancements… Read More »
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