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<strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black;background:white">Hi everyone, here’s what the</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black;background:white"><br>
<strong> <u><a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/">Oregon Library Association Library Assessment Round Table (LART) blog</a></u></strong><u><br>
</u><strong>shared in March-May 201</strong></span></b><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D;background:white">4</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black;background:white">.</span></strong><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/meet-the-ola-lart-presentation-panel-an-interview-with-sara-seely/"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Interview with Sara Seely</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The PCC reference librarian and LART’s liaison to the Information Literacy Advisory Group of Oregon (ILAGO) provides context to her “State of Library Assessment in Oregon” panel discussion at
the Oregon Library Association conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">OLA panel discussion
<a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/state-of-library-assessment-in-oregon-presentation-now-in-nwcentral/">
now in NWCentral</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The slides from the panel discussion mentioned above are
<a href="http://www.nwcentral.org/ola-conference-state-library-assessment-oregon" target="_blank">
now available on the NW Central website</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/ilagolart-information-threshold-concepts-workshop/">Recap: ILAGO/LART Information Threshold Concepts Workshop</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Amy Hofer of Portland State University led a workshop at the 2014 Oregon Information Literacy Summit about potential assessment techniques when using threshold concepts as an information
literacy pedagogical approach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/assessing-information-literacy/"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Programs, Skills, Impact: Assessing Information Literacy</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">– ILAGO members compiled an annotated bibliography of resources from library professional literature demonstrating the “impact and importance of information literacy in student
success.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2014/05/02/evaluation-flashcards/">Evaluation Flashcards</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">“Super cool one sheet explanations of evaluation concepts.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Publication Alert:<br>
</span></b></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2014/05/08/low-hassle-low-cost-library-space-survey-article/"><b>Low Hassle, Low Cost Library Space Survey (Article)</b></a></span></span><b><u><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">From the
<a href="http://journals.tdl.org/llm/index.php/llm/article/view/7058/6295">article</a>: “This article explains how, with limited time and resources, librarians at Lehman College completed a survey of student satisfaction with library space.</span>”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://olalart.wordpress.com/2014/05/13/ethics-and-ethnography/"><b>Ethics and Ethnography</b></a><b>
(Blog Post)</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">From the
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://ukanthrolib.wordpress.com/2014/05/13/so-you-want-to-study-people-ethics-and-library-ethnography/">post</a></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">:
“Researchers should always be mindful of the fact that people can perceive questions and observations as putting them at risk, even if the researcher does not immediately see that as the case.”</span><span style="color:black"><br>
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</span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">If you would like to contribute to the OLA LART blog with your assessment related item, please let us know.</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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of your Library’s Impact</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Thursday, May 22, from 9am to 10am</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">. Free registration.<o:p></o:p></span></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:#1F497D"><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/957/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=81892">Webinar: 10 Tips for Measuring
Programs through Data</a><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">Thursday, May 22, from 10am to 11am.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">July 23-25, Portland, Oregon.
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Registration now open.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>August 4 – 6, 2014 Seattle, Washington. </b>Registration deadline is Sunday, July 6, 2014.</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">September 19, 2014.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Keynote speaker: Stephanie
Evergreen.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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