Outcomes Measurement

Core Webinar: Small Library Assessment Hills You Can Climb

MBLIXTSHEHAN — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 19:30:48 +0000

Core Webinar: Small Library Assessment Hills You Can Climb

CHICAGO–Core will host the webinar “Small Library Assessment Hills You Can Climb” on July 25, 2023, at 1 p.m. CT. The presenters, all experienced library assessment specialists, will briefly describe the landscape of library assessment, why we do assessment, and different methods for assessment. They will also share achievable library projects used in their own libraries, including examples of some quick accomplishments. The projects reflect assessing cross-departmental foundation courses, benchmarking an institution’s data with peer data and presenting that in a dashboard, handling non-generalizable data, working with advisory boards or focus groups and gathering student feedback. All of the projects might be accomplished relatively quickly in a new assessment librarian’s first year, or they could fit in with other responsibilities that those interested in assessment have. While the examples are from academic libraries, other libraries could adapt the projects for their own organization.

Small Library Assessment Hills You Can Climb

Live Webinar: Tuesday, July 25, 1 - 2 p.m. CT

Presenters:

Anita Hall, Assessment and Analytics Librarian, University of Louisville Libraries, Louisville, KY

Julene Jones, Director of Library Assessment and Organizational Effectiveness, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Lee Ann Lannom, Assessment Librarian, Vanderbilt University Libraries, Nashville, TN

Registration Fees:

Core Member: $57.67

��ýMember: $71.10

Nonmember: $79.00

How Do I Purchase Group Registration?

You can register a group by specifying the number of people who will be accessing the webinar during checkout. We offer discounts for webinar based on the number of registrations you specify in checkout. If you are a Core member, you can purchase seats for yourself and your colleagues at the Core discount rate; ALA's new e-Learning store allows you to extend the Core member savings with colleagues at your institution.

Can't attend the live event? No problem! All registrants will receive a link to the recorded session for later viewing at their convenience.

For questions or comments related to Core webinars, please contact Core CE staff at corece@ala.org.

About Core

Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures is the national association that advances the profession of librarians and information providers in central roles of leadership and management, collections and technical services, and technology. Our mission is to cultivate and amplify the collective expertise of library workers in core functions through community building, advocacy, and learning. Core is a division of the ��ý. Follow us on our Blog, Twitter or Instagram.

MBLIXTSHEHAN Mon, 04/24/2023 - 14:30

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Mia Blixt-Shehan

Continuing Education Assistant

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mblixtshehan@ala.org

Core Webinar: Visualizing and Assessing Library Data

MBLIXTSHEHAN — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 18:16:16 +0000

Core Webinar: Visualizing and Assessing Library Data

CHICAGO–Core hosts the webinar “Visualizing and Assessing Library Data” on October 18, 2022, at 1 p.m. CT. Visualizing data can provide instant and effective storytelling. With library data, you can instantly explore usage stats, collection facts, and user demographics. It can also be designed for all levels in your organization, from the individual cataloger or acquisitions specialist up to the library director or higher administration. Two cataloging professionals will help attendees to explore different visualizations on real library data to see how to begin to incorporate visualizations to show impact. By the end of the webinar, attendees will be able to navigate several kinds of visualizations to assess different areas of cataloging and data, learn different chart options and how to apply them effectively, utilize best practices and ethical uses for assessing data, and generally familiarize themselves with different visualization tools and options.

Visualizing and Assessing Library Data

Live Webinar: Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 1 - 2 p.m. CT

Presenters:

Stephanie Church, Acquisitions Librarian, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Nathan Putnam, Director of Data Quality and Governance, OCLC, Dublin, OH

Registration Fees:

Core Member: $57.67

��ýMember: $71.10

Nonmember: $79.00

How Do I Purchase Group Registration?

Can't attend the live event? No problem! All registrants will receive a link to the recorded session for later viewing at their convenience.

For questions or comments related to Core webinars, please contact Core CE staff at corece@ala.org.

About Core

MBLIXTSHEHAN Thu, 10/06/2022 - 13:16

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Mia Blixt-Shehan

Continuing Education Assistant

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Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures

mblixtshehan@ala.org

��ýCommittee on Education seeks feedback on newly revised ��ýCore Competences

AHAYES — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 20:31:22 +0000

��ýCommittee on Education seeks feedback on newly revised ��ýCore Competences

Library professionals are working in environments fueled by rapid advances in technology, social change, funding challenges, and changing user needs. Therefore, the roles, capabilities, and expectations of library professionals are changing as well. The ��ýCore Competences (ALACCs) for library professionals must reflect these changes. Today the ��ý (ALA) Committee on Education (COE) released a discussion draft of newly revised ALACCs (pdf) for library professionals to guide those who hold LIS degrees on basic competences expected within the first several years of graduation.

"The last revision of the ALACCs was passed by ��ýCouncil in 2009, so this revision is much needed for a profession that is leading and implementing many changes within their communities,” says ��ýPresident Julius C. Jefferson, Jr.

The revised ALACCs draft reflects basic knowledge gained through LIS education, job on-boarding, and ongoing professional development early in a library career. It is essential that library professionals working throughout their careers in school, academic, public, special, and governmental libraries be life-long learners to acquire specialized and advanced knowledge beyond those specified in this ALACCs document.

The ALACCs are not intended as a prescriptive document for library school curriculum development but can be used to inform LIS curriculum. Early career library professionals may consider viewing the ALACCs as a list of goals that they should aim to achieve through their LIS education and early years of on-the-job experience. Members of library middle- and upper-management should view the document not as a list of expectations for new hires, but instead as a list of skills that they can support their employees to work toward.

The draft ALACCs document is the first iteration of the ALACCs which intentionally incorporates the concepts of social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion both throughout the competences and in a separate competence. Embedding social justice throughout the competences demonstrates that it is not a siloed activity while having a separate social justice competence also recognizes that it contains unique attributes over and above the other competences.

The draft ALACCs document will be vetted, discussed, and further edited based on ��ýmember feedback throughout the remainder of the 2021 calendar year. Several members of the team that worked on the revised ALACCs will discuss the document and invite input into the draft at the 2021 ��ýAnnual Meeting on Sunday, June 27th from 1:30-2:30 p.m. CDT. There will also be additional webinars to solicit member feedback, as well as a feedback survey that may be submitted anytime before the end of the calendar year. Dates and times of additional feedback sessions as well as a link to the feedback survey are found on the ALACCs draft document website. The goal is to incorporate the feedback early in 2022 in time for ��ýCouncil to vote on the revised document at Annual 2022.

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About the ��ý

The ��ý is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with approximately 55,000 members in academic, public, school, government, and special libraries. The mission of the ��ý is to provide leadership for the development, promotion and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.

Discover the Role Human Behavior Plays in Designing Your Library with this Core webinar on February 23, 2021

CTHOMAS — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 19:16:59 +0000

Discover the Role Human Behavior Plays in Designing Your Library with this Core webinar on February 23, 2021

This webinar discusses the different behavior and work patterns we have observed over our 30+ years of designing for libraries and public spaces as well as some of the best solutions for addressing those patterns. Designing for human behavior looks at the odd behaviors we humans exhibit when we are around unfamiliar people and in a strange place. The limbic system in our brains plays a strong role in the idiosyncratic and repetitive behavior patterns we see in libraries and other public spaces. To maximize the effectiveness of libraries and achieve the desired function, we must design with these behavioral patterns in mind. This presentation is intended for library leaders, library facilities staff, and the library design community.

Boost your skill set and enhance your career and attend this Core webinar. Reserve your spot now and learn new skills in February.

Designing for Human Behavior

Live Webinar: Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 1:00 - 2:00pm CT

Presenter: Joe Agati, Jr.

By the end of the webinar, attendees will be able to:

Create an understanding of Human behavior in the context of high volume public spaces such as libraries.
Display the unique and varying ways humans interact with furniture and space in libraries.
Describe the work and usage patterns that typically emerge in libraries.
Show what furniture and design concepts best address how people behave in libraries.

Registration Fees:

$43 - Core Member

$59 - Non-member

$129 - Groups

Free for Student Members

Can’t attend the live event? No problem! All registrants will receive a link to the recorded session for later viewing at their convenience.

How to Register

Online: Register Online Using this Link (Events are listed by presentation date)

By phone: 1-800-545-2433 (press 1 to reach our customer service representatives)

ALA and Core are committed to supporting our members, staff, and all librarians and library workers during these uncertain times. We will continue to offer online learning opportunities and will do our best to accommodate the remote needs of our attendees. We will also continue to offer group registration, providing individual logins for each group member registered for Core webinars. Please contact Core with any questions or concerns.

CTHOMAS Wed, 01/13/2021 - 13:16

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Julie Reese

Core Director of Leadership and Learning

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PLA announces webinars on health insurance education, measuring libraries' impact

LDEUTSCH — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:30:48 +0000

PLA announces webinars on health insurance education, measuring libraries' impact

CHICAGO – Today, the Public Library Association (PLA) announced two free webinars to take place in November.

The first, Reaching the Uninsured: Libraries Work to Reduce Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage, will be held Tuesday, Nov. 19, from 1–2 p.m. Central Time. This webinar will cover how public libraries can build awareness about health insurance and educate patrons who lack coverage. Participants will learn about PLA’s Libraries Connecting You to Coverage initiative, with tips and tools to help libraries start or increase their efforts to educate and build awareness. These efforts will help reach the uninsured — many of whom are people of color — and increase health insurance literacy for better health outcomes. Learn more and register for this webinar.

The second, Project Outcome: Taking Action Using the Results, will be held Wednesday, Nov. 20, from 1–2 p.m. Central Time. This webinar is intended for users of PLA’s Project Outcome, a free online toolkit designed to help public libraries understand and share the impact of their programs and services. Participants will learn how their peers have used the results of Project Outcome surveys to guide programming, strategic planning, communications, advocacy, and funding decisions. Learn more and register for this webinar.

Both webinars are offered free of charge, but registration is required and space is limited.

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About the Public Library Association

The Public Library Association (PLA) is the largest association dedicated to supporting the unique and evolving needs of public library professionals. Founded in 1944, PLA serves nearly 10,000 members in public libraries large and small in communities across the United States and Canada, with a growing presence around the world. PLA strives to help its members shape the essential institution of public libraries by serving as an indispensable ally for public library leaders. For more information about PLA, contact the PLA office at 1 (800) 545-2433, ext.5PLA, or pla@ala.org.

Upcoming free webinar focuses on data-visualization techniques

LDEUTSCH — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 18:53:58 +0000

Upcoming free webinar focuses on data-visualization techniques

CHICAGO -- The Public Library Association (PLA) will present a webinar next month designed to help public library professionals apply data-visualization techniques to their work. The webinar is presented as part of PLA's Performance Measurement Initiative and features Project Outcome, our free toolkit designed to help public libraries understand and share the impact of essential library services and programs.

This webinar, Project Outcome: Learning Good Data Visualization, will be held 1-2 p.m. Central Time on Thursday, August 15. The webinar is free, but registration is required and space is limited.

At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will:

Be familiar with resources and tools that can help with data visualization;
Understand best practices for how and when to use data visualization; and
Be able to apply what they learned to better understand and use their Project Outcome data.

Click here to learn more and register.

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About PLA

The Public Library Association (PLA) is the largest association dedicated to supporting the unique and evolving needs of public library professionals. Founded in 1944, PLA serves nearly 10,000 members in public libraries large and small in communities across the United States and Canada, with a growing presence around the world. PLA strives to help its members shape the essential institution of public libraries by serving as an indispensable ally for public library leaders. For more information about PLA, contact the PLA office at 1 (800) 545-2433, ext.5PLA, or pla@ala.org.

PLA, NNLM expand strategic partnership through consumer health programming survey

LDEUTSCH — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 18:31:02 +0000

PLA, NNLM expand strategic partnership through consumer health programming survey

CHICAGO — The Public Library Association (PLA) has added another collaborative project to its ongoing partnership with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM), a program of the National Library of Medicine (NLM).

Through this partnership, PLA will launch a new survey intended to measure the effectiveness of public libraries’ consumer health programming in Project Outcome, the association’s free toolkit designed to help public libraries understand and share the impact of essential library services and programs. Funding for the creation of the new survey was provided by three of NNLM’s eight regional medical libraries: MidContinental, Pacific Southwest, and South Central. The survey will be added to Project Outcome in April 2019.

“With this new survey, PLA seeks to expand public libraries’ capacity to apply outcome data in decision-making and planning around consumer health programming and services,” remarks PLA President Monique le Conge Ziesenhenne, PhD. “We’re thrilled to team up with NNLM on this important project.”

In March, PLA announced it will team up with NNLM to raise awareness of the National Institute of Health’s All of Us Research Program, a historic effort to gather data from one million or more people living in the U.S., to accelerate research and improve health. In 2017, the two organizations launched Promoting Healthy Communities, a nine-month project to assess health information needs among public librarians and share free health literacy resources. The goal of Promoting Healthy Communities is to increase public library workers’ knowledge and skills related to consumer health services.

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About the Public Library Association (PLA)

The Public Library Association is the largest association dedicated to supporting the unique and evolving needs of public library professionals. Founded in 1944, PLA serves nearly 10,000 members in public libraries large and small in communities across the United States and Canada, with a growing presence around the world. PLA strives to help its members shape the essential institution of public libraries by serving as an indispensable ally for public library leaders. For more information about PLA, contact the PLA office at 1 (800) 545-2433, ext. 5PLA, or pla@ala.org.

About the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM)

The mission of the NNLM is to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The Program is coordinated by the National Library of Medicine and carried out through a nationwide network of health science libraries and information centers.

PLA opens Public Library Data Service survey for Fiscal 2018

LDEUTSCH — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 20:19:15 +0000

PLA opens Public Library Data Service survey for Fiscal 2018

CHICAGO — All public libraries in the U.S. and Canada are invited to complete an important survey, which collects important information on public libraries' finances, resources, service usage and technology from Fiscal Year 2018. A summary of the survey data is published annually in PLA's Public Library Data Service (PLDS) Statistical Report. The FY 2018 survey is opening later in the year due to administrative delays.

Participation is free. Once the data are available, in the summer, PLDS participants will receive complimentary access to the summary reports and a downloadable version of their individual library's data.

To participate, please visit https://pla.countingopinions.com. Returning users may use the credentials they created in years past and new users must create a PLDS account. The deadline to submit survey data is May 30, 2019.

Questions about the PLDS survey may be emailed to plasupport@countingopinions.com.

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July webinar explores data-collection methods for outcomes measurement

LDEUTSCH — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 16:27:33 +0000

July webinar explores data-collection methods for outcomes measurement

CHICAGO – This month, the Public Library Association (PLA) will host a webinar intended to help library workers understand different data-collection methods that can be used to measure outcomes. This webinar, Beyond Surveys: How to Measure Outcomes Using Alternative Data Collection Methods, will be held 1 – 2 p.m. Central Time on Wednesday, July 18.

This webinar is the third in a series featuring the Outcome Measurement Guidelines developed for PLA's performance measurement program, Project Outcome. Archived versions of earlier webcasts, including How to Develop Outcome Measures & Design Effective Surveys (presented Apr. 11, 2018) and Working with Partners: How to Plan for Collaborative Outcome Measurement, (presented Jan. 31, 2018), are available for viewing.

At the conclusion of the July 18 webinar, participants will:

Know what Project Outcome’s Outcome Measurement Guidelines are and how they help support libraries’ data-collection efforts;
Understand various types of outcome data-collection methods, including pre/post measurement, skills tests, behavior observation, interviews, and focus groups; and
Be able to apply what they learned to conduct their own focus group in their library.

This webinar is available at no cost, but registration is required and space is limited. Click here to register or learn more about this webinar.

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The Chief Data Officer's Playbook

RCHRISTOPHER — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:38:46 +0000

The Chief Data Officer's Playbook

CHICAGO — The new and rapidly expanding role of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) is of significant interest and relevance to organizations and data professionals internationally. Written by Caroline Carruthers and Peter Jackson, both practicing CDOs, “The Chief Data Officer's Playbook,” published by Facet Publishing and available through the ��ýStore, offers a jargon-free, practical guide to making better decisions based on data. Content covered includes:

why does any organization need a CDO?;
the secret ingredients of the successful CDO;
avoiding the hype cycle;
building the CDO team;
who leads the technology?; and
the CDO and data governance: enablement not red tape.

Carruthers is Network Rail’s first Chief Data Officer. Network Rail runs, maintains, and develops Britain’s rail infrastructure. She has established a small core team operating with a larger matrix team drawing together Information Governance, Information Security, Data Protection, Freedom of Information, Records Management, and Business Intelligence. Jackson is Southern Water's first Head of Data. Previously he was first Head of Data for The Pensions Regulator (TPR). TPR is an executive non-departmental government body in the UK that regulates 47,000 work based pensions and 1.8 million employers in Automatic Enrollment.

Facet Publishing, the commercial publishing and bookselling arm of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, is the leading publisher of books for library and information professionals worldwide. ��ýStore purchases fund advocacy, awareness and accreditation programs for library professionals worldwide. Contact us at (800) 545-2433 ext. 5052 or editionsmarketing@ala.org.

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