{"id":811,"date":"2019-03-21T14:45:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T18:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/assessment\/?p=811"},"modified":"2019-03-28T12:43:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T16:43:17","slug":"strategic-steering-team-just-a-fancy-word-for-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/assessment\/2019\/03\/21\/strategic-steering-team-just-a-fancy-word-for-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Steering Team: Just a Fancy Word for Committee?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I promised a \u201cprovocative\u201d discussion at yesterday\u2019s Assessment Community of Practice<\/em> gathering, and I think we met that goal. The attendance was good, at least, with 27 staff members from \u00a0across the library (13 departments represented). A few highlights and editorial comments:<\/span><\/p>\n

Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n

We often talk of impact as a way of measuring success as we work towards our goals. Impact can be a tricky thing to measure, and a single project may have different impacts, depending on the audience. Take our Open Access initiatives: From the student, or institutional perspective, impact for the open access textbook project is the dollar amount saved students. From the Library\u2019s perspective, the impact is how open access ideas are advanced among Temple faculty. The Research Data Services\u2019 data grants program is another example. We can count the number of applications received\u00a0 for the first year.\u00a0 That’s one measure. But we must also consider the increased awareness among faculty of the new ways in which the Library provides resources for their research. Harder to measure, but equally important.<\/span><\/p>\n

Team Operations<\/b><\/p>\n

The Strategic Steering Teams set goals and assess those, but also consider how the team functions as an organizational structure. To get those conversations going, leads\u00a0 periodically ask of the team:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n