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We’Re All In It Together: Focusing Outreach & Assessment To Your Institution’S Strategic Goals, Chris Davidson, John Jackson, Jason Kruse, Kristen Mastel, Amy Wainwright

LMU Librarian Publications & Presentations

Assessing, evaluating, and articulating the impact and value of library outreach work is a growing trend among academic librarians engaged in marketing and outreach. In order to assess and determine the effectiveness of this work, it is important to plan and align efforts with both library and campus strategic goals. Four academic librarians who are members of ACRL’s Library Marketing and Outreach Interest Group (LMOIG) and the ACRL University Libraries Section (ULS) Academic Outreach Committee (AOC) will share their experiences aligning their outreach efforts to institutional strategic goals. The panelists will also discuss their assessment methods in relation to these …