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New Perspectives In Leadership: How To Lead From The Middle With Evidence-Based Decision Making: A Conversation With A New Department Head, Leo S. Lo, Adriana Gonzalez

Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

An interview with Adriana Gonzalez, head of the faculty and Graduate Services Department at Kansas State University (K-State) Libraries is presented. She relates how she became convinced that high value should be placed on assessment. She suggests several ways for instilling confidence in team members. She describes her approach to creating an assessment plan for her department.

Putting Qr Codes To The Test, Leo Lo, Jason Coleman, Danielle Theiss

Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into patrons' preferences for quick response code (QR code) design as well as data about their potential benefits.

Design/methodology/approach – A survey was used to learn whether patrons find it easy to use a QR code, to gather patrons' opinions about several possible library uses for QR codes, and to solicit additional ideas for using QR codes in libraries. A small-scale pilot project was implemented to learn whether the Libraries' patrons would make use of QR codes. To augment the data gained from the first two studies, five focus …