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Assessment in Atlanta

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Nancy Turner

I recently attended the Southeastern Library Assessment Conference, a great forum that provides us an opportunity to hear about (mostly) academic library assessment activities in the Southeast and beyond. Several sessions related to a topic of special interest to libraries … Continue reading →

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The Library in the Life of the User

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Nancy Turner

I had the privilege last week of attending the OCLC Research Partners Meeting on  The Library in the Life of the User – We shared reports on the current state of user research, with a particular focus on qualitative methods … Continue reading →

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Planning Assessment within the Institutional Context

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Nancy Turner

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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Report from ARCS: Perspectives on Alternative Assessment Metrics

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Nancy Turner

This month I had the good fortune to attend the inaugural Advancing Research Communication and Scholarship meeting here in Philadelphia. The best panels brought together researchers, publishers, service providers and librarians with contrasting, yet complementary perspectives on how best to … 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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