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9:00 - 9:30 a.m. |
Registration and Networking |
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9:30 - 9:45 a.m. |
Greetings and Introductions |
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9:45 - 10:30 a.m. |
Diversity Overview by UCLA Associate Professor Clara Chu. Presentation on diversity in libraries, library schools and communities. Why be concerned about it, diversity prospects, problems and best practices. |
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Diversity, Libraries and Community: Windows and Mirrors to Your World by Clara M. Chu. [.PDF] |
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10:30 - 10:45 a.m. |
Diversity Dialogue by all, facilitated by Clara Chu. Dialogue about diversity related problems, issues, concerns as seen by IMLS grant partners at their sites. |
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10:45 - 11:00 a.m. |
Break |
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11:00 - 11:30 a.m. |
IMLS Grant Programs Overview by Dr. Stephen C. Maack, REAP Change Consultants. Summary of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats and evaluation implications in the specific IMLS grant proposals. |
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IMLS Grant Programs Overview by Stephen C. Maack. |
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11:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon. |
Evaluation Dialogue by all, facilitated by Dr. Suzanne Stauffer, REAP Change Consultants. Sharing by partners of their current thinking about how they are approaching evaluation of their IMLS grant programs, prospects, concerns, issues, and problems, value of OBE training. |
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12:00 - 12:30 p.m. |
LUNCH |
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12:30 - 1:15 p.m. |
Response and Review of Evaluation Concepts by Stephen C. Maack. Response discussing evaluation issues raised. Brief review and clarification of relevant evaluation concepts (process, output, outcomes, impacts), logic modeling and evaluation research design and measurement approaches. |
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Outcome Based Evaluation Concepts Review by Stephen C. Maack. [.PDF] |
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1:15 - 1:30 p.m. |
Overall IMLS Grant Evaluation Design by Stephen C. Maack. Presentation of current REAP Change Consultants thinking and plans for the overall multi-site evaluation. REAP Change communicated its current thinking about timelines and data that will be needed from the partners for the overall IMLS grant program evaluation. |
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Overall IMLS Grant Evaluation Design by Stephen C. Maack. [.PDF] |
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1:30 - 3:30 p.m. |
Small Group Individual Program Evaluation Planning by all. Attendees broke into small groups to go over their individual IMLS Grant program evaluation plans, concerns, issues, and questions with REAP Change Consultants staff and with other grant partners. |
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3:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
Sharing of Workshop Results by all. Each workshop participant was allotted a few minutes to share their evaluation plans, remaining issues and their resolutions. |
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Agenda and Presentations |