How to define a successful Library program?
The final assignment for our course asks that we make a comprehensive plan to improve our Library Learning Commons. I found it easy to come up with a project I'm excited about, and I really enjoyed laying out the steps and timeline for my initiative. Where I got hung up, was to "explain how [I] will determine the success of the plan." I think it's essential to check in with our users, and this comes organically: did they use the resource, was it easy to use, did kids enjoy it, did it answer their questions. "Determining success," though, feels like I should have some hard data. I went running back to the old standard SMART framework, thinking: what can I measure here? Luckily, I also found this video by Shelley Moore: Yes! Images, videos, student work, and the behaviours we observe give examples that triangulate to show us if our project is successful. Rather than a tally page, a growing sense of competency among learners can confirm our success. After all...