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Quest For Continuous Improvement: Gathering Feedback And Data Through Multiple Methods To Evaluate And Improve A Library’S Discovery Tool, Jeanne M. Brown Oct 2012

Quest For Continuous Improvement: Gathering Feedback And Data Through Multiple Methods To Evaluate And Improve A Library’S Discovery Tool, Jeanne M. Brown

Library Faculty Presentations

Summon at UNLV

  • Implemented fall 2011: a web-scale discovery tool
  • Expectations for Summon
  • Continuous Summon Improvement (CSI)Group

The environment

  • User changes
  • Library changes
  • Vendor changes
  • Product changes
  • Complex information environment
  • Change + complexity = need to assess using multiple streams of feedback


Learning Outcomes For Library Student Workers, Jeanne M. Brown Oct 2012

Learning Outcomes For Library Student Workers, Jeanne M. Brown

Library Faculty Presentations

Our Dean of Libraries, Patty Iannuzzi has indicated that employment in the library can and should offer value to the student worker beyond convenience and flexible hours. In her words, "The libraries are well positioned to add value to our students' work experience in ways that can contribute to their academic success. As one of the largest employers of student workers on campus, we owe this to our students. As an organization, we want to clearly send a message that we care about them as students -- not just our employees." In Spring 2011, the Libraries partnered with Campus Life …