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	<title>RUSABlog &#187; Evaluation of VR Posters</title>
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		<title>Using Evaluation Data to Change &#38; Improve Virtual Reference:  Call for Virtual Poster Session Proposals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Using Evaluation Data to Change
&#38; Improve Virtual Reference: 
Call for Virtual Poster Session
Proposals
MARS Management of Electronic Resources and Services (MERS) Committee
How does your library (or consortium) use the results of evaluation to
change and improve your Virtual Reference service? Have you used data,
statistics, opinions, or other feedback to persuade administrators, librarians
and staff, or your patron body? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#34;Are You A Robot?&#34; And Other Serious Questions, by Sean Eads &#38; Karen T. Pardue of AskColorado</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Are You A Robot?&#8221; And Other Serious Questions, by Sean Eads &#38; Karen T. Pardue of AskColorado.

This presentation will examine how
              AskColorado&#39;s
              Quality Assurance and Evaluation Subcommittee [QA&#38;E] combines
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual Poster Session on the Evaluation of Virtual Reference Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[How do libraries use
evaluation to improve Virtual Reference service? 
Four winning entries in the MARS Management of Electronic Resources and
Services (MERS) Committee&#39;s first ever Virtual
Poster Session on the Evaluation of Virtual Reference Services share
successes and challenges of the evaluation of Virtual Reference services, and suggest ways that individual libraries can use information gathered to improve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#34;Virtual Reference, Real Evaluation,&#34; by Donna Goda &#38; Corinne Bishop, University of Central Florida Libraries</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Virtual
Reference, Real Evaluation, by Donna Goda &#38; Corinne Bishop, University of Central Florida Libraries.
This poster describes evaluation of chat in a shared VR service
in which reference assistance is provided by four types of staff with markedly
varying backgrounds:


•&#160; Local librarians
•&#160; Local paraprofessionals
•&#160; Consortial librarians 
•&#160; Consortial MLIS students
The authors explain how they compile
and evaluate usage statistics, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#34;Truing the Wheel: Designing a refined taxonomy for virtual reference services in academic libraries,&#34; by John Dorr &#38; Jannelle Ruswick of the Illinois Institute of Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Truing
the Wheel: Designing a refined taxonomy for virtual reference services in
academic libraries, by John Dorr &#38; Jannelle Ruswick of the Illinois
Institute of Technology.&#160;
This poster looks at how traditional taxonomies and
classification schemes of reference questions (don’t) work with the kinds of
questions most often asked via Virtual Reference services. 
The authors propose
changes to the Katz and Sears [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#34;Measuring Instruction at the Virtual Reference Desk,&#34; by Stephanie J. Graves &#38; Christina M. Desai of Southern Illinois University Carbondale</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cieslak</dc:creator>
		
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&#8220;Measuring Instruction at the Virtual Reference Desk,&#8221; by
Stephanie J. Graves &#38; Christina M. Desai of Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
&#160;This poster discusses instruction as a goal for good
reference practice in Virtual Reference (VR).&#160;
Assessment is crucial to maintaining consistency of service. Librarians
need to adapt assessment strategies when changing or adding new programs. 
&#160;The authors outline and compare [...]]]></description>
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