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WeaveOnline : Making Connections

WeaveOnline : Making Connections. Scott R. Anderson Information Systems Librarian Specialist for Govt Resources, Biz, CS, Econ, Math Chair, Academic Outcomes & Assessment Committee Millersville University scott.anderson @millersville.edu

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WeaveOnline : Making Connections

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  1. WeaveOnline : Making Connections ScottR. Anderson Information Systems Librarian Specialist for Govt Resources, Biz, CS, Econ, Math Chair, Academic Outcomes & Assessment Committee Millersville University scott.anderson@millersville.edu PaLA, Annual Conference, Winning Strategies for Libraries Tuesday, Oct 4, 2011, Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center, State College, PA

  2. Just a bit about MVS • Millersville University is ….. • a regional comprehensive • Established in 1855, just outside Lancaster, PA • Originally as a Normal School • 2010 FTE: 6,975.8 undergrad; 582.7 grad • 55 BA/BS degree programs; 22 masters programs • 328 faculty or thereabouts • 54,000 living alumni • Many more deceased alumni • 2 swans

  3. WeaveOnline (aka “WO”) • Anyone have WO ? • MVS obtained the service a year or so ago • Still working through all of it – not experts • What is Weave ? • REPORTING and TRACKING tool for activities dealing with planning & assessment • Primary market is higher education • Intended for use by the entire institution • Web based, hosted service

  4. What does WO do? Helps with … • Assessment * • Could allow you to see what others are doing • Planning * • Your timeline, and other timelines • Mapping * • Where things happen in the curriculum, coherence • Program Review • Accreditation for academics; Tracking for services • Accountability • Can get data / activities in one place for a time period

  5. How does WO do this? • You get to play “fill in the blanks” • WO provides “templates” • University builds out on adopted templates • Provides a structure for things like: • Assessment cycles • Institutional priorities • Strategic Plans (department, university, system) • General Education Curriculum • Standards (internal, external)

  6. Assessment • Mission & Goals for “entities” • University; Library; School of X; Dept Y; Program Z • Library Goals • Outcomes : eg, student learning • Objectives : eg, service metrics • Measures & Findings • That go with the Goals Outcomes / Objectives • Track & Plan • Based on Measures and Findings • Report Out

  7. Planning & Tracking • Using the Action Plan Tracking • Update results as necessary, and activity is: • Planned, In Progress, Finished, On Hold • Or even Terminated • Associated with Outcomes or Objectives • Cause you’re going to need to some • Measurements & Findings • Haven’t done this very well / yet

  8. Mapping • “Connect the Activities” • Library has Outcomes & Objectives • That should be connected to: • University Mission, General Education, etc. • Outcomes & Objectives • Will have Measures & Findings • (Should have some sort of action plan as well.) • So you have a sensicalreport • Your own report • Others around the university generate reports

  9. Reporting • If you have mapped or connected things • When someone *else* runs a report for • Who is doing what for whatever • Could see the Library connected to whatever • Strategic plan or priority • Accreditation activity • General Education : Information Literacy, Writing • Etc. • When the report (query) is generated

  10. Conclusion • Lots of up front work • Really need to think about what you are doing • Allows for you to appear in the right places • The mapping is critical • But assumes that others have your places ready • So the Library appears when people report • Who is doing what for whatever • Which demonstrates the value of the Library

  11. Questions ? Scott R. Anderson Millersville University scott.anderson@millersville.edu

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