2018 MLA Annual Conference

Practical applications for using data to tell your library's unique story abound: describing community need, demonstrating impact, tracking results, and harnessing learning-driven evaluation for program improvement and subsequent course corrections. In addition, today's funders increasingly require a data-driven case for support that demonstrates programmatic impact and proves that your library's interventions lead to lasting change. This workshop will introduce data and evaluation methodologies that can be used to manage program activities and highlight the link between your programs and their success. The Rochester Public Library will present a whole-program based logic model for business planning and evaluation and show how it is being used to drive bottom line success for their organization.