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Library and Information Science

Rick A Stoddart

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2014

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Leveraging Libraries For Evaluation Success, Rick A. Stoddart Sep 2014

Leveraging Libraries For Evaluation Success, Rick A. Stoddart

Rick A Stoddart

Libraries are not just for storytime! Public and academic libraries offer all manner of services and resources that can aid in successful evaluation practice. Libraries and librarians save evaluator's time, provide expertise, and are active adopters of evaluation best practices. Attendees of this session will learn how to best leverage open access materials, article databases, librarian expertise, and data resources to make their evaluation practice more robust and meaningful.

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Pedagogy For Critical Reflection In Librarianship: A Suggested Methodology And Syllabus For Teaching Autoethnography And Self-Reflection, Richard A. Stoddart Dec 2013

Pedagogy For Critical Reflection In Librarianship: A Suggested Methodology And Syllabus For Teaching Autoethnography And Self-Reflection, Richard A. Stoddart

Rick A Stoddart

Academic librarianship has an intimate association with narratives and stories in their traditional role in curating, caring for, and making collections accessible. Librarians also experience the intricacies and challenges of narrative inquiry through the qualitative research they undertake, oral histories they gather, reflective teaching practices they facilitate, and oral-traditions they interact with. Despite these intersections with reflection and narrative, academic librarianship, (and library sciences as a whole), have not fully incorporated their own narrative(s) within their professional practice(s). Academic librarianship has the ability but not the spaces to critically reflect in a holistic manner. Shadiow (2013) encourages us all to …

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The Possibilities Are Assessable: Using An Evidence Based Framework To Identify Assessment Opportunities In Library Technology Departments, Rick A. Stoddart, Evviva Weinraub Lajoie Dec 2013

The Possibilities Are Assessable: Using An Evidence Based Framework To Identify Assessment Opportunities In Library Technology Departments, Rick A. Stoddart, Evviva Weinraub Lajoie

Rick A Stoddart

Objective – This study aimed to identify assessment opportunities and stakeholder connections in an emerging technologies department. Such departments are often overlooked by traditional assessment measures because they do not appear to provide direct support for student learning. Methods – The study consisted of a content analysis of departmental records and of weekly activity journals which were completed by staff in the Emerging Technologies and Services department in a U.S. academic library. The findings were supported by interviews with team members to provide richer data. An evidence based framework was used to identify stakeholder interactions where impactful evidence might be …

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