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</span></strong><strong><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal"><a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/"><b><span style="color:black">Oregon Library Association Library Assessment Round Table (LART) blog</span></b></a></span></u></strong><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;background:white">
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<strong><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Blog Posts</span></u></strong><u><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2013/07/10/welcome-to-ola-library-assessment-round-table-website/">Welcome!</a> --
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">about the formation of the round table.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/reflections-on-eblip7/">Reflections on EBLIP7</a>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-- describes the 7th International Evidence Based Library & Information Practice conference held at the University of Saskatchewan July 15-18.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2013/07/23/ill-assessment-presentation-in-september/">ILL Assessment Presentation in September</a>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">– announces a presentation on interlibrary loan assessment at the Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/cil-article/">Computers in Libraries article of note</a> –
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">links to a <i>Computers in Libraries</i> article in which the authors make the case for considering outcomes and impacts while designing library initiatives. Lists the “5 problems with current assessment
practices in libraries.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/community-impact-assessment-training-for-public-libraries/">Community Impact Assessment Training for Public Libraries</a> –
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">describes an online training opportunity related to assessment in public libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/benchmarks-for-public-access-technology/">Benchmarks for Public Access Technology</a> –
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">announces the development of benchmarks to help public libraries “strategically plan, advocate, and ultimately meet their communities’ needs for public access to technology.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/from-library-performance-data-visualization/">From Lib(rary) Performance: Data Visualization</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-- Part of assessment is communicating your results. This post shows how blogger Ray Lyons altered an American Association of School Libraries graph to make it more readable.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Upcoming Assessment-Related</span></u></strong><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
<u>Events</u></span></strong><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.ala.org/rusa/user-experience-research-101"><span style="font-weight:normal">User Experience
Research 101</span></a> ($)</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">August 7, 12-1:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal">This webinar will take a theory and needs assessment approach, focusing on what librarians
in public services and reference positions need to know about user experience design and research.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3K7RGFQ"><span style="font-weight:normal">Outcomes Based Evaluation Training</span></a>
(Free)</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">August 8, 12:30 - 2:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal">This webinar focuses on two key questions: 1. How has your program/project made a difference
in your community? 2. How are the lives of your program/project participants better as a result?</span></strong><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://calendar.sla.org/index.php?eID=164">Proven Analytic Methods: Practical Analytic Techniques for Information
Professionals</a> <b>(Free)</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">August 22, 10:00 - 11:00 am</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Webinar details to be announced.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Watch our blog:
<a href="http://www.oregoneval.org"><span style="color:#1155CC">olalart.wordpress.com</span></a> for all things assessment in libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Heidi E. K. Senior<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Reference/Instruction Librarian (and OLA LART Co-Secretary)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Clark Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">University of Portland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:senior@up.edu"><span style="color:blue">senior@up.edu</span></a> <> 503-943-8037<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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