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You've read the definition and criteria, and you think you have an Effective Practice in your library.

The ACRL Effective Practices Committee wants to see your effective practices. Please fill out the brief form below. We will review and post on an ongoing basis.

Questions? Contact the Committee Chair, Bonnie Tijerina

• voice: 404-385-2044
• e-mail: bonnie.tijerina@library.gatech.edu
• aim: bltijerina

Name of Institution:

Type of Library:

Community College
College
University

Contact Information:

Contact Name:

Title:

E-mail:

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How would you tag your Dffective Practice?

Access Services Acquisitions Administration Cataloging Collaboration/Partnership Collection Development Community Services Distance Education Electronic Resources Facilities

Instruction/Information Literacy Personnel Preservation/Digitization Public Relations Reference Services Special Collections/Archives Staff Development Other tags:

URL associated with your Effective Practice (optional):

Title of practice:

Brief description, including who will benefit and most notable aspects of your practice:

Write breifly how your practice meets the ACRL Criteria for an Effective Practice.
Answer the following questions in your discussion:

Aligned - How is this practice connected to your library's mission, your user community, or the larger institutional context?

Measurable - How is the success of the parctice being assessed or measured? (i.e., what are the methods used to measure the problem and/or the how the practice resolved the problem)

Sustainable - What makes your practice sustainable?

Transferable - How is this practice whollyl or partially transferable to other contexts withinn your institution or other contexts?

Responsive - How would you articulate the practice as a response to theneeds of academic libraries and their constituencies?

 

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