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<strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;background:white">Hi everyone, here’s what the
</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">
shared in August 2013.</span></strong><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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/tag/bio/">LART Bios</a>! –
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">meet the LART leadership team.
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<a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/lart-bios-rick-stoddart/">Rick Stoddart</a>, Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/lart-bios-lisa-molinelli/">Lisa Molinelli</a>, Vice Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/lart-bios-heidi-senior/">Heidi Senior</a>, Co-Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2013/08/12/lart-bios-sara-q-thompson/">Sara Q. Thompson</a>, Co-Secretary<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/2013/08/29/assessment-blog-evaluation-is-an-everyday-activity/">Assessment Blog: Evaluation is an Everyday Activity</a>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">– encourages readers to check out the blog of Molly Engle, Oregon State University evaluation specialist.<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/2013/08/30/library-data-visualization-blog-public-library-survey-data-visualizations/">Library Data Visualization Blog</a> –
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We noticed that this blog links to wonderful visualizations of data from the FY 2011 Public Library Survey. The blog has an interactive tool through which you can make your own visualizations.<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/2013/08/30/getting-to-know-the-orbis-cascade-alliance-assessment-team-an-interview-with-meredith-farkas/">Interview with Meredith Farkas</a>
– </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A member of the Orbis Cascade Alliance Assessment Team describes her role and the team’s effort to collect assessment tools from Alliance members.<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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From Data to Action</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">September 10, 10-11 am<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 look at how h</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">igher
education institutions are increasingly looking to deliver and analyze data to drive results. But are we working together? Are we sharing data in a meaningful and systematic way?</span><o:p></o:p></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.serialssolutions.com/en/words/detail/assessing-your-collection-by-quality-and-roi"><span style="font-weight:normal">Assessing
your collection by quality and ROI</span></a><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">(Free, product promotion)</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">September 24, 11-noon<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">Learn how Resources for College Libraries and Intota Assessment can “ensure your collection
contains the critical titles for undergraduate research and success.”</span></strong><o:p></o:p></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>
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