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Jan
01
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Happy New Year, readers. We decided to start 2016 on a high note with the OERC Blog’s Annual Report. Wait, don’t leave! I promise, there’s something for everyone at the end of this post. There are links to the most popular evaluation tools and resources from our blog entries this year. We judged popularity using our “clickthrough”… Read More »
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Nov
13
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As you read this, the OERC’s Karen Vargas and Cindy Olney are attending the American Evaluation Association’s annual conference in Chicago, hearing about the latest and greatest trends in evaluation. The AEA conference is always excellent, with evaluators from all disciplines sharing their skills, lessons learned, and new approaches to the art and science of… Read More »
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Oct
23
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I recently got to participate in a very successful roundtable at a library conference. I co-moderated an evaluation roundtable entitled “Library assessment: You’ve measured your success – now how do you get people to listen?” with OU-Tulsa Schusterman Library Associate Director Katie Prentice at the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting… Read More »
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Oct
16
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I love to talk about evaluation strategies that can make our organizational successes more visible. So I was thrilled for the opportunity to team-teach a continuing education workshop with Beth Layton, Associate Director of the NN/LM Greater Midwest Region, at the annual Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Association (MHSLA) meeting. We taught Measuring What Matters to… Read More »
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Oct
02
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Photovoice is an evaluation method for the times. This method engages program stakeholders (learners; service recipients; community members) in taking photographs and using them as springboards to express their experiences and points of view. With the prevalence of cameras in mobile devices, along with social media forums, most of us already are engaging in the… Read More »
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