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Assessment for Planning: Special Collections Research Center Uses Data to Drive Location Decisions, and More

Planning to move the Special Collections Research Center  from its current space to the new library building takes careful planning, with different challenges than the general collections. For one, there are manuscripts AND books to be stored, with collections that … Continue reading

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Gathering Patron Feedback at the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection

This month I met with Diane Turner, Curator of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University Libraries. This post illustrates the idea that assessment doesn’t have to be complicated to be useful and it doesn’t need to take … Continue reading

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