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<p class="MsoNormal">Sam,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You didn’t kill the discussion. I suspect we’re all just swamped. I think this is particularly interesting as we are in the midst of the AiA project.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’ll take a peek. Thanks for the discussion, Erica and Sam!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vivienne<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">LIBRARYDIR <librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu> on behalf of "Watkins, Candice" <cwatkins@tacomacc.edu><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>WACTC Library Directors <librarydir@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, January 26, 2018 at 10:33 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>WACTC Library Directors <librarydir@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [LIBRARYDIR] Articles on library value<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><a name="_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:black">That's an excellent article, Samantha. Thanks for sending that out!<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:black"> LIBRARYDIR <librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu> on behalf of Samantha
Hines <SHines@pencol.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 26, 2018 9:50:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors<br>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I think I kind of killed this conversation (sorry!) but it’s been on my mind, and today I saw a thought provoking
blog post by April Hathcock on how perhaps the negative perspective on analytics might change if it were a more active process inclusive of students:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span><a href="https://aprilhathcock.wordpress.com/2018/01/24/learning-agency-not-analytics/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://aprilhathcock.wordpress.com/2018/01/24/learning-agency-not-analytics/</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Just thought I’d pass it along in case anyone else might still be thinking about it!<br>
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Sam</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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LIBRARYDIR [mailto:librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Samantha Hines<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 3, 2018 9:55 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors <librarydir@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LIBRARYDIR] Articles on library value</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">There’s a definite value judgment present in Zoe’s blog post about using analytics that’s been well-discussed in
critical librarianship. I just read yesterday Karen Nicholson’s keynote from the Canadian Libraries Assessment Workshop that was referenced by Zoe (</span></span><a href="https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/fimspres/49/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/fimspres/49/</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">)
that outlined a lot of the concerns in a really readable way. Much of it has to do with student privacy (as I think was clear in the pieces Zoe referenced) and also how an overemphasis on data can lead to focusing on the wrong things in academia, i.e., an
overreliance on doing that which can be easily measured and treating education like a business rather than a learning endeavor, which was more Karen’s focus in her keynote.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I (and probably all of you), as a library director at a community college, can’t reject metrics, but I can be cautious
and deliberate about what data we collect, why and how we collect it, and what we do with it. Aryana, your statement about viewing it as a teaching effort is in my opinion the best way to consider it.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">My thoughts,</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Sam</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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LIBRARYDIR [</span></span><a href="mailto:librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">mailto:librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bates, Aryana<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 2, 2018 9:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors <</span></span><a href="mailto:librarydir@lists.ctc.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">librarydir@lists.ctc.edu</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LIBRARYDIR] Articles on library value</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Interesting. Thanks for sharing, Erica. The timeline is certainly useful. I wonder, from the tone of the blog post, whether there's a value judgment
being made about libraries' "complicity" in using analytics that it is important to pay attention to. I guess I'd be interested to hear what others think about the ways in which using analytics is problematic. I think we can't avoid using data and that there
is value in evidence...and I think it is important to be savvy and cautious about expecting data to tell the whole story...as with any teaching effort.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Aryana</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Aryana Bates, MLS, PhD</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dean of the Library, eLearning, TLC</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">North Seattle College</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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LIBRARYDIR <</span></span><a href="mailto:librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">>
on behalf of Coe, Erica <</span></span><a href="mailto:ecoe@olympic.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ecoe@olympic.edu</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 2, 2018 2:56:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors<br>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Hello all, <o:p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">The CLAMS newsletter led me to a blog for Zoe Fisher. Zoe was a librarian at Pierce, and recently returned there as an Instructional Designer. In her recent post,
</span><a href="https://quickaskzoe.com/2017/11/10/libraries-learning-analytics-a-brief-history/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Libraries & learning analytics: A brief history</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">,
she provides a timeline with links for readings that may be of interest as you consider using and sharing library data to demonstrate value to the college. I shared this with my librarians also.
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Wishing you all a fantastic 2018!
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Erica <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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