Jane Dysart @ IFLA2014 Evaluating Library & Research Services: Meaningful Measures
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The document discusses evaluating library and research services, focusing on defining meaningful measures and measuring impact for parliamentary management. Key challenges include setting targets, understanding stakeholder value, and differentiating between outcome and output measures. It also outlines steps for effective evaluation and resources for improving library performance measurement.
Jane Dysart @ IFLA2014 Evaluating Library & Research Services: Meaningful Measures
- 1. Evaluating Library & Research Services: Meaningful Measures & Measuring Impact Library & Research Services for Parliaments Management Workshop Paris, August 2014 Jane Dysart, Dysart & Jones Associates, Canada
- 2. Agenda • Meaningful measures • Why the struggle to define & capture measures? • Successful measurers • Types of measures • Measure frameworks • Communicating impact • Resources • Challenges/exercises
- 3. Why Is It a Struggle? 1. Libraries do not set targets for their measures. 2. Not enough understanding of stakeholders’ value measures. 3. Measures not an integral element of services or programs. 4. Value measures are not differentiated from operating measures; outcomes are confused with outputs, which confuses everyone. 5. No clear responsibility for managing measures. • http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/jun13/Hosseini-Ara_Jones--Overcoming-Our-Habits-and-Learning-to- Measure-Impact.shtml
- 13. Communicating Impact • Language of stakeholders • Data visualization • Infographics – http://ebookfriendly.com/libraries-matter-library- infographics/?utm_content=bufferdba27&utm_medium=s ocial&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer – European Parliament website has infographics at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news- room/infographics
- 16. Resources • http://dysartjones.com/category/performance- measurement/ • Overcoming our habits & learning to measure impact, Rebecca Jones & Moe Hosseini-Ara • Measuring what matters, Bonnie Gratch Lindauer • Impact: A practical guide to evaluating community information projects • Joe Matthews : The Bottom Line: Determining & Communicating the Value of the Special Library; Score Cards for Results; Evaluation & Measurement of Library Services
- 19. Step 1: Describe Your Project and Identify Your Target Audience Step 2: Identify the Evaluation’s Purpose and Key Questions Step 3: Design the Evaluation Using Effective Methods Website Analytics Social Media Analysis Surveys Interviews Step 4: Communicate & Report the Evaluation Findings http://www.knightfoundation.org/media/uploads/publication_pdfs/Im pact-a-guide-to-Evaluating_Community_Info_Projects.pdf
- 23. Questions? Comments? Other things to explore?
- 24. THANKS! Slides at www.dysartjones.com Jane Dysart, Dysart & Jones Associates jane@dysartjones.com