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Mar
27
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The OERC is excited to get the word out about the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s newly updated and redesigned Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI). The new CHSI 2015 represents the collaboration of public health partners in the public, non-profit and research communities, including the National Library of Medicine. The OERC recommends the… Read More »
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Mar
20
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Registration is now open for the American Evaluation Association’s annual Summer Evaluation Institute. The Institute, held in Atlanta, runs for 2.5 days and features 26 half-day training sessions. Here are five reasons I make a point of attending this Institute every year. Great instructors. The training is offered by some of the most experienced evaluators… Read More »
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Feb
27
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The American Evaluation Association (AEA) just concluded a week-long blog theme about qualitative evaluation, which we’ve summarized below for your reference and to consider as part of your own assessment efforts: The Role of Context – the authors of this entry previously shared five high quality elements of qualitative evaluation, and this entry referenced them… Read More »
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Feb
20
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http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2015/01/library-services-for-the-new-normal-of-miltary-families/ This week the OERC would like to highlight a community assessment that led to a public library’s outreach to the military community of Cumberland County, North Carolina. This project is described in “Library Services for the ‘New Normal’ of Military Families” by Jennifer Taft and Cynthia Olney, which appears in the November/December issue of… Read More »
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Feb
13
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The OERC welcomes evaluation specialist Karen Vargas, MSLS, who joined the staff on February 2. Karen will create and present training sessions on various evaluation topics, contribute regularly to the OERC blog and LibGuide, and provide one-to-one evaluation assistance to the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. Although Karen is new to the OERC staff,… Read More »
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