May
27
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You may already know that the NEO offers some booklets that work through some basic evaluation processes, called Planning and Evaluating Health Information Outreach Projects. You can view them as a PDF, an HTML or you can order a print version (there are limited copies of these left, so no promises). But I think the… Read More »
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May
20
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If you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there – Yogi Berra Next week, Karen and I will be facilitating an online version of one of NEO’s oldest workshops, Planning Outcomes-Based Outreach Projects for the Health Science Information Section of the North Dakota Library Association.The main tool we teach in this workshop… Read More »
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May
13
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Whether you call what you do evaluation or assessment, the American Evaluation Association’s Summer Evaluation Institute is an amazing event, sure to teach you something and give you a different perspective on the job you do. The institute, held June 26-29, 2016, is made up of ½ day hands-on training sessions, taught by the best… Read More »
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May
06
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Last week, I threw my first data party. I served descriptive statistics and graphs; my co-hosts brought chocolate. I first learned about data parties from evaluation consultant Kylie Hutchinson’s presentation It’s A Data Party that she gave at the 2016 American Evaluation Association Conference. Also known as data briefings or sense-making sessions, data parties actively… Read More »
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May
02
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On April 20, Cindy Olney and I facilitated a program for the Texas Library Association Annual Conference called Open Libraries! Making Your Library Welcome to All. The program was sponsored by TLA’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the plan for the program was for attendees to work cooperatively to discover ways to ensure that people… Read More »
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