<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp113f56d6yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div>Greetings,<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The next OLA Library Assessment Round Table (LART) meeting will be on Monday, May 24th at 2pm. We will be discussing this report: <i>Why am I always being researched? </i>- <a href="https://chicagobeyond.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ChicagoBeyond_2019Guidebook.pdf" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://chicagobeyond.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ChicagoBeyond_2019Guidebook.pdf</a> </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div class="ydpf1cf4d29yiv6567344368ydpcd9ab462signature"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This meeting is open to anyone interested or curious about library assessment, evaluation, or communicating library impact. If you would like to attend -- please send an email to (ricks@uoregon.edu) to get the Zoom meeting link.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Our April LART meeting discussed culturally responsive evaluation. Here are a few resources that were shared during that meeting that might be of interest to the Oregon library community:</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><ul dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 36pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">Video: </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">Nothing for us, without us: Getting started with culturally responsive evaluation" </span><a href="https://www.ripleffect.org/nothing-for-us-without-us-getting-started-with-culturally-responsive-evaluation/" class="ydpf1cf4d29yiv6567344368" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline; background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ripleffect.org/nothing-for-us-without-us-getting-started-with-culturally-responsive-evaluation/</a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 72pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">Nexus Community Engagement Tool: </span><a href="https://www.nexuscp.org/resources/ceassessmenttool_10-15-20/" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.nexuscp.org/resources/ceassessmenttool_10-15-20/</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 72pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">Nexus “Everyone is an Evaluator”: </span><a href="https://www.nexuscp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/EveryoneIsAnEvaluator_2020.pdf" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.nexuscp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/EveryoneIsAnEvaluator_2020.pdf</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 72pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">Culturally responsive and equitable evaluation (CREE) learning series: </span><a href="https://expandingthebench.org/cree-learning-series/" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">https://expandingthebench.org/cree-learning-series/</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 72pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">Why am I always being researched? - </span><a href="https://chicagobeyond.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ChicagoBeyond_2019Guidebook.pdf" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">https://chicagobeyond.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ChicagoBeyond_2019Guidebook.pdf</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 72pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">AEA: CREE blog post -- </span><a href="https://aea365.org/blog/expanding-the-bench-week-culturally-responsive-and-equitable-evaluation-what-is-it-and-why-is-it-important-by-karla-mendez-alina-taniuchi/" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">https://aea365.org/blog/expanding-the-bench-week-culturally-responsive-and-equitable-evaluation-what-is-it-and-why-is-it-important-by-karla-mendez-alina-taniuchi/</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 72pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">We All Count (Data Equity): </span><a href="https://weallcount.com/" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">https://weallcount.com/</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 72pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">Community Engagement Liaisons (Portland): </span><a href="https://celsservices.com/" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">https://celsservices.com/</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: square; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 72pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">OLA EDI Toolkit: </span><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/Library/libraries/Documents/OLA%20EDI%20Toolkit/OLA_TOOLKIT_Digital_Copy%202021_02_11.pdf" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.oregon.gov/Library/libraries/Documents/OLA%20EDI%20Toolkit/OLA_TOOLKIT_Digital_Copy%202021_02_11.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 36pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Data parties:</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 108pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://aea365.org/blog/aaea-week-data-party-prep-101-data-placemat-and-facilitation-guide-tips-for-throwing-a-successful-data-party-by-omoshalewa-bamkole-and-caitlin-mccolloch/" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">https://aea365.org/blog/aaea-week-data-party-prep-101-data-placemat-and-facilitation-guide-tips-for-throwing-a-successful-data-party-by-omoshalewa-bamkole-and-caitlin-mccolloch/</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 108pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://aea365.org/blog/internal-eval-week-using-data-placemats-to-facilitate-learning-conversations-in-nonprofit-settings-by-laura-beals-and-barbara-perry/" class="ydpf1cf4d29yiv6567344368" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline; background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://aea365.org/blog/internal-eval-week-using-data-placemats-to-facilitate-learning-conversations-in-nonprofit-settings-by-laura-beals-and-barbara-perry/</a></span></p><div><br></div><p></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 108pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">EvaluVision: How visual thinking improves evaluation use and influence: </span><a href="https://www.wfp.org/publications/evaluvision-how-visual-thinking-improves-evaluation-use-and-influence" class="ydpf1cf4d29yiv6567344368enhancr_card_0884746868" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EvaluVision: How visual thinking improves evaluation use and influence | World Food Programme</a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><div><br></div><div><br></div></li></ul><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 16px;"></font></div></div></div><br></div><div class="ydp113f56d6signature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Rick Stoddart</div><div dir="ltr">Chair - OLA Library Assessment Round Table (LART)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp621d5f35pasted-link"><div dir="ltr">Oregon Library Association</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/" style="color:rgb(25, 106, 212);text-decoration-line:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.olaweb.org/</a> <br></div><div><br style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>