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Author Archives: Nancy Turner
The Ways of the Teacher, Leader, and Assessment Practitioner
Ways of the teacher This summer I am teaching a class in leadership at Drexel’s College of Computing and Infomatics, a required course in their masters program for Library and Information Science. What a thrill! To be in the … Continue reading
Assessment in Uncertain Times
We assessment professionals are moving forward through uncertain territory as we adjust to new realities on campuses and communities and in our libraries. I had the privilege of talking with my colleagues about these issues by convening the ACRL Assessment … Continue reading
LibGuide Assessment from the Ground Up
Librarian Rick Lezenby authors many Libguides. In this guest post, Rick shares some insights about assessment and the value of listening to users as we collaborate on tools that support their instruction. Libguides at Temple Libraries are guides to library … Continue reading
Posted in instruction and student learning, research work practice, service assessment
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On Inquiry, Innovation and Leadership
Say the word innovation, particularly in libraries, and we tend to think of technology. At the Ginsburg Library, this association is explicit — the space set aside for technology-rich services like 3-D printing and virtual reality application is called the … Continue reading
The Year in Assessment at TULUP: A Celebration
This week I submitted the Libraries’ annual report on assessment activities to the University’s Office of Assessment and Evaluation . It’s a requirement that I don’t particularly relish, as I often feel our approach to assessment at the Libraries is … Continue reading
Posted in assessment methods, organization culture and assessment, service assessment
Tagged culture of assessment
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Working Together for Improvement: The Digital Access Workflow
When the library closed its physical doors in March, new doors of the digital sort opened up. Yet the disruption of access service for physical materials, lasting several months, has yielded a re-working of processes for how we get our … Continue reading
Steering Straight: Continuous Improvement and the SSTs
It’s been almost four years since we established the first Strategic Steering Teams at Temple University Libraries/Press. Those first two groups, Research Data Services and Scholarly Communication, are now part of a group of six including: Outreach and Communications, Learning … Continue reading
The Future on Pause: Reflections on the “How We’re Working at Charles” Project
Last week the Assessment Community of Practice gathered virtually to hear more about the Envisioning our Future project. The session was hosted by research team members Karen Kohn, Rebecca Lloyd, Caitlin Shanley, and myself. The project was conducted as part … Continue reading
Posted in library spaces, qualitative research
Tagged interviews, qualitative research
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What Counts as Reference?
Last month I completed six years of service on the editorial board of ACRL’s Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey. Our meetings involved much discussion on how best to provide clear instructions to survey participants, debates over wording of trends … Continue reading
Supporting Online Learning and Research: Assessing our Virtual Reference Activities
Today’s post is contributed by Olivia Given Castello, Tom Ipri, Kristina De Voe and Jackie Sipes. Thank you! The sudden move to all-online learning at Temple University presented a unique challenge to the Libraries and provided a great opportunity to … Continue reading