{"product_id":"five-steps-of-outcome-based-planning-evaluation-for-youth-services-9780838937327","title":"Five Steps of Outcome-Based Planning \u0026 Evaluation for Youth Services","description":"This powerful book focuses on the organizational context specific to youth services in public libraries, walking readers through concrete steps to use outcome-based planning and evaluation to achieve their goals while effectively promoting the library.\u003cp\u003eOutcome-based planning and evaluation (OBPE), with its straightforward approach built on a flexible framework, is the perfect model to enable youth services professionals to deliver effective services regardless of uncertainties. An outcome-based approach can help youth services stay grounded in producing desired outcomes \u003cem\u003ewith\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003efor\u003c\/em\u003e youth through responsive programs, services, and processes that can adapt to changing conditions. Clarifying the relationship between planning, program development, and evaluation, the five simple steps outlined in this book will help youth services staff conduct solid community assessments and integrate OBPE into their work. Inside its pages you will learn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea short history of OBPE and its evolution;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhy it is crucially important to involve youth in all stages of program development, with guidance on navigating challenges;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow to think about planning as the need to react quickly, whether due to natural or human-made disasters, changing demographics, or economic swings;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe five steps of OBPE, from gathering information about your community and determining the outcomes that will serve your community to crafting accurate outcome statements, developing an evaluation plan, and maximizing the results of successful outcome-based programs; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow to visualize the steps needed to successfully plan, implement, and evaluate an outcome-based program, using the template included in the book;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eways to share your data to let people know the library's important role in the community; and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eadditional useful tools to bolster your work, including environmental scan forms and ideas for creating relevant family storytimes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelissa Gross\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor in the School of Information at Florida State University and past president of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). She received her PhD in library and information science from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1998, received the prestigious American Association of University Women Recognition Award for Emerging Scholars in 2001, and received the ALISE Award for Professional Contribution to Library and Information Science Education in 2019. Dr. Gross teaches and conducts research in the areas of information-seeking behavior, information literacy, library program and service evaluation, and information resources for youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCindy Mediavilla\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and library consultant who recently retired from the California State Library as well as the UCLA Department of Information Studies. She is also a former public librarian. Her areas of expertise include community assessment, outcome-based planning and evaluation, after-school homework programs, library residency programs, and grant writing. Her most recent book is \u003ci\u003eLibraries and Gardens: Growing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTogether\u003c\/i\u003e (ALA Editions, 2019), coauthored with Carrie Banks. Cindy's MLS and PhD are both from UCLA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVirginia Walter\u003c\/b\u003e holds an MLS degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a PhD in public administration from the University of Southern California. She is a past president of the Association for Library Service to Children and a former public librarian and professor of information studies at UCLA. She has written more than ten professional and academic monographs, two books for young people, and numerous articles. 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