(07-18-2017, 01:37 PM)ajacobsfoust Wrote: Hi all!
Let's do introductions.
I'm Amanda Jacobs Foust and I'm RIPL Project Coordinator. When I'm not working on RIPL, I spend my time reading, talking and writing about comics in libraries.
I'm looking forward to working with all of you at RIPL CO, especially since I am fairly new to Colorado libraries.
Hi everyone,
I'm Micaela Sanchez, out of High Plains Library District in Greeley. My job title is Program Coordinator - it's a fairly new position to our organization (about 4 years old) and over the years, it's developed into a position focused on encourage the measurement of outcomes into our program development process. This has been a slow process - in the past, we've traditionally tracked outputs for our programs and not gone much further than that. It's definitely a paradigm shift for our organization - to see the value of programs in a different light. And it's also a change in process/procedure/workload to include an evaluation portion to the program delivery process. We're not quite there yet - but every year, we are making strides and it's nice to see how far we've actually come from where we've been.
I have my MLIS with a background in Sociology (emphasis on Social Issues), have worked in libraries for 14 years, and truly believe that libraries can be a great catalyst for social change. I'm also a mother of three, married to my best friend and am a Colorado native who has never been ski-ing. :-)