Thursday, March 21, 2024, 1pm – 3 pm
Zoom
Welcome and Introductions
Sanga Sung, Government Information Librarian
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm: Lightning Talks
Kyungwon Koh, Associate Professor at the iSchool and Director of the Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab – Evaluating the Value and Impact of a Library Makerspace
Jen-chien Yu, Director Library Assessment – Working with LibInsight Data
Mary Ton, Digital Humanities Librarian – Understanding Patterns in Your Workshop Registration Data
1:45 pm – 1:55 pm: But First…Best Practices & Tips for working with data
Belinda Bolivar, Assessment Specialist
- Backing up your data
- CSV vs XLSX
- Sharing spreadsheets
1:55 pm – 2:00 pm: Break
2:00 pm – 2:50 pm: The Magic of Spreadsheets: Getting information out of your data
Sandi Caldrone – Formulas and Calculated Fields (COUNT and COUNTA)
Gabriel Foster – Conditional Formatting
Belinda Bolivar – Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts
2:50 pm – 3:00 pm: Wrap-up
Sanga Sung – LAC grants, feedback, and thanks
To access forum resources (presenter slides and the Magic of Spreadsheet instructions) please go to this link: https://go.illinois.edu/AssessandConnect2024
Past Assess and Connect Library Assessment Forums
Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 10 am – 12 pm
Main Library, Room 106 & Zoom
10:00 am – 10:05 am: Opening Remarks
David Ward, Director, Library Teaching and Learning
10:05 am – 10:50 am: “Immeasurable and Invisible” Panel Discussion
Panelists: Janelle Sander, Kyle Rimkus, & Sarah C. Williams. Moderated by Mary Ton & John Laskowski (Zoom).
10:50 am – 11:00 am: Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm: “Tell me more …” Presentations
- Belinda Bolivar & Jen-chien Yu, Library Statistics and LibInsight
- John Laskowski, Space Assessment
- Virginia Haverstic & Belinda Bolivar, Data Visualization: Best Practices and Accessibility
Thursday, March 12, 2020, 11 am – 12 pm
Main Library, Room 106
11:00 am – 11:30 pm: Illinois Distributed Museum User Study
Kristen Wilson, Distributed Museum Coordinator
11:30 am -12:00 pm: Research Librarian Qualitative Research Tools and Strategies for Library Assessment
Jessica Hagman, Assistant Professor and Social Sciences
Thursday, March 15, 2018, 10 am – 12 pm
Main Library, Room 106
10:00 am – 10:15 am: Welcome and Introduction to Assessment at the Library
Jen-chien Yu, Coordinator for Library Assessment
10:15 am – 10:45 am: Lightning Talks Presented by Recipients of Library Assessment Committee Grant Program
- Karen Hoganboom & Beth Sheehan, Data Purchase Program Assessment (funded in April 2015)
- Megean Osuchowski, Robert Slater, & Daniel Mills, Library Website Usability Pilot Project (funded in October 2017)
10:45 am – 11:00 am: Google Analytics in WordPress
John Laskowski, User Experience and Web Strategy Coordinator
11:00 am – 11:10 am: Break with Light Refreshments
11:10 am – 11:40 am: Assessment Roundtable Discussions
11:40 am – 11:50 am: Closing Remarks
Cherié Weible, Interim Associate Librarian for User Services
11:50 am – 12:00 pm: Next Steps for Assessment Projects
Jen-chien Yu, Coordinator of Library Assessment