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Communicating the Library’s Value: NY 3Rs FREE Webinar

Date:  May 15, 2015, 10 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. EDT
Program:  Communicating the Library’s Value with Zsuzsa Koltay, Director of Assessment and Communication, Cornell University.
 
Unquestioned support for the academic library can’t be taken for granted any more.  Our parent institutions challenge us for evidence about what we contribute to institutional outcomes.  What does this evidence look like?  Is it one irrefutable piece of data, or more of a composite picture?  And how do we communicate it most effectively to users, opinion-leaders, and decision-makers?  This session will present a framework with practical examples of hits and misses based on the work of the presenter’s unit, Assessment and Communication, at Cornell University Library. 
 
Outcomes:
Participants will be able to understand the:
·        Nature of value and impact evidence in the context of academic libraries
·        Interconnectedness of assessment and communication efforts in this context
·        Data components that triangulate value and impact
·        Relevant communication channels and presentation approaches
·        Importance of understanding and adapting to local environments
 

 

Why Assessment? An Introduction & How to be Successful: NY 3Rs FREE Webinar

Date:  April 30, 2015, 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. EDT
Program:  Why Assessment? An Introduction & How to be Successful with Denise Davis, Deputy Director, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, CA.
 
Outcomes: 
Participants will be able to:
·        Define assessment for the purposes of this webinar.
·        Describe basic assessment activities that any library–large or small, urban or rural–can implement.
·        Align assessment with existing outputs reported annually in state survey, with additional “performance feedback” from patrons to establish a 360 degree perspective on a specific service identified to assessment (e.g., programming).
·        Describe tools available to begin basic assessment – current service output data (program #, attendance, etc. from NYS PL survey) and the PLA performance measures surveys as an example of easy surveys to administer with patrons that align with existing service measures being reported annually.
·        Discuss national initiatives that are supporting libraries in capturing service assessment data – Edge Initiative, Digital inclusion, PLA Project Outcome, US Impact Survey, Turn the Page (PLA advocacy initiative).

 

Circulating Technology to Improve Kids’ Access- LITA Webinar

After Hours: Circulating Technology to Improve Kids’ Access

Wednesday May 27, 2015
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Central Time
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For years libraries have been providing access and training to technology through their services and programs. Kids can learn to code, build a robot, and make a movie with an iPad at the library. But what can they do when they get home? How can libraries expand their reach to help more than just the youth they see every day? The Meridian Library (ID) has chosen to start circulating new types of technology. Want to learn about Arduinos? Check one out from our library! What is a Raspberry Pi? You get 4 weeks to figure it out. Robots too expensive to buy? Too many iPad apps to choose from? Test it from your library first. Join Megan Egbert to discover benefits, opportunities and best practices.

Megan Egbert

Is the Youth Services Manager for the Meridian Library District (ID), where she oversees programs and services for ages 0-18. Previous to her three years in this position she was a Teen Librarian. She earned her Masters in Library Science from the University of North Texas and her Bachelors in Sociology from Boise State University. Her interests include STEAM education, digital badges, makerspaces, using apps in storytime, and fostering digital literacy. @MeganEgbert on Twitter

 

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Cost:

  • LITA Member: $45
  • Non-Member: $105
  • Group: $196 ?

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