Using Assessment to Guide Strategic Planning
Date: July 9, 2012
Creator: Avery, Beth
Description: This presentation discusses using assessments to guide strategic planning. Many libraries are beginning to use multiple research methods to study their students and faculty in an effort to better meet user needs and to guide strategic planning. Triangulation, a technique employed in the social sciences to validate results more than one approach to obtain answers, gives the investigator confidence in results, if the findings are similar, or, if clashing results are obtained, lets the investigator know that there are problems with the research. Multiple methods of assessment can also be used to expand the findings found by one method, such as surveys. This presentation is part of a workshop exploring how to effectively use assessment to guide the writing of the strategic plan.
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc102277/
Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals For Smart Staff Development
Date: July 9, 2012
Creator: Avery, Beth
Description: This presentation discusses setting goals for staff. Goals can set a course of action for staff and give rationale for decision making on how staff development is presented, funded, and assessed. Organizational goals serve four basic functions: providing guidance and direction, facilitating, planning, motivating and inspiring employees, and helping organizations assess performance for continuous improvement. If goals are not well defined they are meaningless. With the fast pace of change in libraries, while goals are the ends toward which your efforts will be directed, they may need to be changed from year to year or more frequently. This presentation will talk about writing SMART goals that are clear and achievable and that meet the needs of the organization and its individuals for training.
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc102298/