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Category Archives: organization culture and assessment
It’s All About Continuous Improvement
Developing an organization-wide culture of assessment is a slow, incremental process. I get frustrated by this fact at times, particularly when I imagine a perfect world of systematic, routine plans put into place for assessing and demonstrating the value of … Continue reading
Meet Mary Marissen: Swarthmore’s Emerging Library Assessment Professional
This summer, on a sweltering July morning, I had a Saxby’s coffee with Mary Marissen, librarian at Swarthmore College. She’s taking on some new roles in assessment at the library and we met to talk about emerging trends in this … Continue reading
Assessment & Analytics Community of Practice “Kick Off” : A Recap
Yesterday here at Temple University Libraries we kicked off a new approach to developing our culture of assessment, an Assessment & Analytics Community of Practice discussion to which all staff were invited. The Kick Off focused on two recent research … Continue reading
Improving How We Support New Professionals: The Resident Librarian Program
Temple’s Resident Librarian program is now in its third year, and we have started the recruiting process for our 2nd cohort of resident librarians. I sat down with the program administrators Richie Holland, Director of Administration, and Sandi Thompson, Head … Continue reading
Grounded or Toppling Over? The Three-Legged Stool of Assessment Culture within the Organization
Today marks my third year at Temple University Libraries – a good time for reflection on how the organization has developed a culture of assessment. One thing I have learned. An assessment librarian does not a culture of assessment make. … Continue reading
Assessment Reflections 2016
January is a time of reflection – this post is just that, some ideas that sparked my interest last year, with hopes of delving into them more deeply in 2017. Sunday morning’s radio listening was doubly-rewarding, as I heard two … Continue reading
Assessment Anytime, Anywhere
Yesterday’s staff carnival was a fun affair – lots of opportunity to meet new colleagues and learn about all the different areas of the libraries and press. Thank you Continuing Education Committee! The Library’s Assessment Committee hosted a table, nicely … Continue reading
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An Assessment of the 2016 Strategic Planning Retreat
Assessment and strategic planning go together – we can’t assess when we don’t know what we’re aiming for. In that spirit, this post reports on the Library/Press 2nd Annual Strategic Action Planning Retreat, hosted by the SAWG16 working group. The … Continue reading
An Assessment Librarian Reflects on 2015
It’s the new year, and a time of reflection. As for me, I’ve been thinking about this ‘new position (relatively) at Temple and changes since I began in 2014. I love what I do, and here are some of the … Continue reading
Planning Assessment within the Institutional Context
Last week I was privileged to conduct an assessment workshop with two gurus in the field: Danuta Nitecki, Dean of Libraries and Professor, College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University and Robert E. Dugan, Dean of Libraries at the … Continue reading
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