CSL in Session: Everyday Library Evaluations: Part 2 – Collection

We are delighted to announce a three-part CSL in Session series, Everyday Evaluations, presented by the Colorado State Library’s Library Research Service!

We’ve all been asked to evaluate a piece of our work at some point! In this three-part series, we will share strategies to collect and communicate actionable data ethically and efficiently.

In this session we will dive into the world of data collection. Using real-world examples, we’ll go over project goals, accessible collection, types of data that you choose or need to collect and navigating sticky data collection situations.

• Part 1 – Ethics – Archive | Slides
• Part 2 – Collection – Archive | Slides
• Part 3 – Analysis and Visualization – Archive | Slides
• Series Handout

Resources:

• Accessible Survey Design
• Pouncing on Prejudice: Mitigating Assumptions and Bias in Research
• Ready to meet your (data) match? Introducing number data and story data
• Planting Seeds for Success-FULL Focus Groups
• A Trauma-Informed Lens: Communities, Libraries, and Research

About the presenters

Amy is a Research Analyst at Library Research Service. Her background is in public librarianship, in particular children’s services. She loves the way data can help tell moving stories and make changes in peoples’ lives.

Dana is a Data Coordinator and Web Developer at LRS. She has been a math and technology teacher and worked in two small public libraries. Dana likes the way data adds facts to the “feels”.

Charissa is the Director of Library Research Service at the Colorado State Library. She has worked in academic libraries as a systems, metadata, and electronic resources librarian. She keeps people at the center of her work in data and is interested in the work that libraries do and how it supports individuals and their communities.

Sara is the Research Assistant for the Library Research Service. She collaborates on a variety of research projects at the Colorado State Library for libraries across Colorado and writes informative blog posts on all aspects of evaluation. She enjoys making data accessible to wider audiences.