Category Archives: service assessment

Cynthia Schwarz explores the use of technology in libraries

Cynthia Schwarz is the Senior Systems & Technology Librarian at the Health Sciences Library. She recently moved into this position after 6 years on the Main Campus. In both these jobs,  Cynthia has used her technical expertise to address questions … Continue reading

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Survey of Teacher Education Faculty

Jackie Sipes is the Education Liaison and Emerging Technologies Librarian in Research and Instruction Services (Paley Library). Towards the end of the spring semester, Jackie conducted a survey of the faculty in the department of teacher education. Nancy Turner asked … Continue reading

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David Murray’s Experience as an Embedded Librarian

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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Exploring Faculty Preferences for E or Print

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

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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