<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear WACTCLC,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Last summer the LWTech Librarians (Greg Bem and Sue Wozniak), with the support of a small group of other Washington State Community and Technical
College (WACTC) librarians, ran an open access database evaluation project to assess the value of open access databases to community college users, as well as identify those we found worthy to advertise to our student populations. We are sharing the results
of that project here (attached), as well as seeking volunteer help for our next phase of the evaluation, taking place this summer. The databases we chose to advertise to our population, based on this analysis, is attached to this email.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">From our project analysis we discovered that the criteria used to evaluate databases were too many and often too vague, though there was overall
appreciation for doing the evaluation and identifying good open sources of research for our students. We have reformulated the continuation of the project for this summer using fewer and more concrete criteria, which can be seen in the
</span><a href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fspreadsheets%2Fd%2F1hT5m5S3rd4RyAp7JRAChGSKBJW8wiuPk8QvI5E6jmCQ%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&data=01%7C01%7Ccagruwell%40stcloudstate.edu%7C27d089af829c43012a6d08d6d7f7ab16%7C5e40e2ed600b4eeaa9851d0c9dcca629%7C0&sdata=JcgBnCyFpS4QgoAnL7nKn9qFKJJw%2FLutELbAn6Z6sbU%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">2019
OA Database Evaluation Worksheet</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. This year we are also looking to potentially expand our perspective beyond the state of Washington and community and technical colleges.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We would like to invite you or your team members to continue with our project, if you participated in the past, or join our team and continue
the review this summer (Mid-June to Mid-September). With discrete criteria to review, we hope to have more time to share insights and reflect on how these resources might serve our respective populations. The project schedule will include an initial meeting
mid-June as a project introduction, discussion of criteria, and divvying up databases to review. We will have two more meetings to check in and debrief. We will also check in by email biweekly and be available for questions and troubleshooting throughout the
project.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please email us with questions or if interested in joining our research team.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sue Wozniak
</span><a href="mailto:sue.wozniak@lwtech.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">sue.wozniak@lwtech.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Greg Bem
</span><a href="mailto:greg.bem@lwtech.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">greg.bem@lwtech.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070C0">Greg Bem, MLIS</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070C0">Professor and Library Coordinator</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070C0">Pronouns: <i>
he/him/his</i></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Contact Info</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:greg.bem@lwtech.edu%0d"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue">greg.bem@lwtech.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">425-739-8100 xt.8898</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.lwtech.edu/campus-life/library"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue">http://www.lwtech.edu/campus-life/library</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>