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September 8th Webinar on Evaluation Data Reporting

by | Sep 4, 2015 | Data, Health Focus, Professional Development

Compelling Counts: Trends in Evaluation Data Reporting

Please join the National Network Library of Medicine on Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 8) for their online “Boost Box” session, Compelling Counts: Trends in Evaluation Data Reporting .  Cindy Olney and Karen Vargas, National Network of Libraries of Medicine Outreach Evaluation Resource Center (NN/LM OERC), will highlight trends in evaluation information use that can be adopted by librarians. Participants receive 1 MLA CE.

September 8, 2015 / Noon – 1 pm (ET)  Online /
No Registration Required  https://webmeeting.nih.gov/boost2/

This session is open to all, feel free to share with colleagues and others within your institutions. The session will be recorded and will be available on the web site (https://nnlm.gov/mar/training/boost_recordings) 1 week following the live session.

Description
No need to bury evaluation data about library services and outreach programs in a 69-page annual report that nobody reads! Look around and you’ll see lots of examples of how numbers and anecdotes are being used to motivate, advocate, and engage. This presentation will highlight trends in evaluation information use that can be adopted by librarians, including the following:

  • What to report: a simple method called Appreciative Inquiry to help you do informal audience analysis any time you are around a user or stakeholder.
  • Designing your message: Lessons from inspirational speakers to help you shape messages about your programs and services.
  • More pictures; fewer words (and numbers): Trends in evaluation reporting that make reports easier and more interesting to read.

Presenters: Cindy Olney is the Acting Assistant Director of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Outreach Evaluation Resource Center (NN/LM OERC). She has been a program evaluator for more than 25 years. Karen Vargas is the Evaluation Specialist of the NN/LM OERC. Prior to joining the OERC in February 2015, she was the Outreach and Evaluation Coordinator for NN/LM South Central Regional Medical Library (located in the Houston Academy of Medicine Texas Medical Center Library).