Kimberly Silk is a librarian with a background in academic and data librarianship and a passion for conducting research to evaluate how organizations impact their communities. As Librarian, Strategic Planning & Engagement at Hamilton Public Library, Kim supports the CEO and senior management team with research and the community engagement process for strategic plan development and implementation.
(Research) Data Management in Public Libraries: Upping Our Game
As public libraries invest more time and resources into using data to measure performance, inform practice and demonstrate their economic and social value to their community, managing the data requires more TLC than the usual network drive. Research Data Management (RDM) practices established in academic libraries can be adapted to public libraries. If you attended this session, please complete a brief session evaluation here.
Fierce Data Analytics: Moving from Fear and Uncertainty to Analyzing Data with Ferocity!
Join the OPLA Research and Evaluation Committee for a hands-on workshop to learn how to analyze your library data. We’ll cover spreadsheet tools, including pivot tables and formulas, analyzing qualitative survey responses, and data visualization. Watch and learn, or follow along using your own device. Practice files will be provided. Handouts PDF Presentation Data If you attended this session, please complete a brief session evaluation here.
Library as Laboratory: Creating a Community Research Platform
Hamilton Public Library and McMaster University are taking their partnership to the next level by establishing a Community Research Platform. It provides McMaster researchers with managed access to HPL customers to facilitate community-based participatory research, and supports HPL’s applied research and evaluation projects which inform professional practice and demonstrate the value of libraries. If you attended this session, please complete a brief session evaluation here.