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Explorations with my assessment assistant, ChatGPT

I have written before in this space about using ChatGPT for library assessment tasks, the analysis of gate counts. I’ve used it to evaluate a gate count data set of 2000 rows, identifying 4 anomolous numbers recorded in error by … Continue reading

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Discovering sources in Library Search: key takeaways from remote user interviews with history students

As a followup to last year’s Browse Prototyping project, Rebecca Lloyd and I conducted remote user interviews with upper level history students in December 2020, just as the fall semester was wrapping up. Using a semi-structured interview technique, we talked … Continue reading

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Are There Any Meetings on Library Assessment?

Assessment is a growing topic of interest at American Library Association meetings and last weekend I had the privilege of participating in several meetings to discuss trends and challenges.  Look at How Far We’ve Come: Successes Assessment practice is evolving … Continue reading

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