Piloting a long-term evaluation of library data workshops.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over four years of hosting library data workshops, we conducted post-workshop evaluation of attendees' satisfaction with the workshops but not longer-term follow-up. To best allocate library resources and most effectively serve the needs of our users, we sought to determine whether our data workshops were impactful and useful to our community. This paper describes a pilot project to evaluate the impact of data workshops at our academic health sciences library.

Case presentation

We surveyed individuals who signed up for data workshops between 2016 and 2019. Surveys included open-ended and multiple-choice questions, with the goal of having participants describe their motivations for taking the workshop(s) and how they ultimately used what they learned. An analysis o

SUBMITTER: LaPolla FWZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8485943 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature