Author Archives: Nancy Turner

David Murray’s Experience as an Embedded Librarian

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Nancy Turner

David Murray (librarian for History, Latin America, Spanish & Portuguese) in the RIS department partnered with faculty member Ron Webb to teach The Legacy of Mesoamerica this spring. In this conversation with Assessment Librarian Nancy Turner, he describes his work … Continue reading →

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My Library Assessment Adventures

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Nancy Turner

I have just returned from 5 days in Seattle, Washington to attend the 2014 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment. This is a biennial gathering (now 600 attendees strong) and is sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries … Continue reading →

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Exploring Faculty Preferences for E or Print

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Nancy Turner

Fred Rowland (librarian for Classics, Religion and Philosophy) in the RIS department conducted a survey recently on the format preferences for reading scholarly materials. Assessment Librarian Nancy Turner asks him about his project. NT: What was your question? FR: I … Continue reading →

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Assessing How We Process Special Collections

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Nancy Turner

Katy Rawdon (Librarian and Coordinator of Technical Services) in the Special Collections Research Center initiated an assessment project in the technical services area of Special Collections. Assessment Librarian Nancy Turner asked her about this project. NT: What were you trying … Continue reading →

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Welcome!

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Nancy Turner

Welcome to the Temple University Libraries blog Assessment on the Ground! The purpose of this blog is to share stories of assessment conducted by library staff here at Temple. We hope to model best practices and also demonstrate the many … Continue reading →

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