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We use statistics to report library use and program data to our Library Board. They always pay a lot of attention to it, so we'd like to learn a bit more about how to communicate information using that data. Are there other types of data we need to be collecting? How do we use what we have to paint a picture of what goes on. We know we need some more outcome information as well as output measures and we are just embarking on that.
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My idea is perhaps overly ambitious, so I am prepared to scale it back. The Carlsbad City Council has established a goal this year to “Develop lifelong learners, civic leaders, and valuable members of the public and private workforce in Carlsbad through education partnerships and skills development.” One strategy within this goal is to “Ensure the city’s life-long learner programs continue to meet the needs of the community for life enrichment and personal success.” To confirm that the city is meeting community needs, we’ve decided to evaluate and measure a slice of our programs' impacts and outcomes. And then to adjust our programs based on whether they’re achieving the desired impacts and outcomes. This effort will span library & cultural arts lifelong learning programs, as well as a segment of parks & recreation offerings identified as enrichment programs. To measure the impacts requires establishing the desired outcomes in advance. Our outcomes are different for various programs, and often loosely defined. I hope to learn how to establish clear outcomes that may be more overarching for learning programs, then define more specific outcomes by which to measure individual programs.
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I manage programming at my library and I would like to use data to determine which programs are the most successful and how to use data to plan new programs that will draw new patrons in.
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My project is to obtain a picture of the non-library users toward identification of areas where the library might serve the entire community better through identification of where we are missing opportunities.
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I've come into a few different communities in the past few years and I'm interested in using data to determine how best to approach programming as a new librarian. Learning about best times of days to host certain programs or which programs are most popular would be helpful.
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Hello -
I was just recently appointed the IT Program Manager for San Diego Public Library (SDPL). One of the challenges we face in upper management involves staff buy in. Looking for new and creative ways to elicit and/or inspire active participation.
