New England Libraries

"Shaping Outcomes" Takes OBPE Training Online

Shaping Outcomes, a new online course in outcomes-based planning and evaluation (OBPE), is available to library professionals. Shaping Outcomes is a collaboration between the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI) to create an instructor-mediated online course that trains library professionals to master and apply OBPE concepts to library programming. Participants in Shaping Outcomes work at their own pace through five interactive modules over approximately five weeks. With the support of an instructor, they learn the vocabulary and methods of OBPE and develop a logic model for a program or project at their own institution.

Shaping Outcomes courses are being offered in the Summer and Fall of 2007, free of charge, for library and museum professionals nationwide. A special section for library and museum studies faculty, professional trainers, or others who might teach Shaping Outcomes or incorporate it in their own curriculum is being offered in October 2007. If you are interested in registering for one of these courses or learning more about these course offerings, you can explore their website: www.shapingoutcomes.org, or contact the project manager by email at outcomes@iupui.edu or through postal mail at:

Shaping Outcomes Project Manager
Cavanaugh Hall #413
425 University Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46202

317-274-1406
317-278-5220 fax

"The Shaping Outcomes course has been of tremendous help in my daily activities. Learning about the principles of OBPE and how to apply them in real life has been an invaluable addition to my professional toolkit. Being new to outcome-based planning and evaluation, the learning curve for me was very steep. There was so much to learn! The Shaping Outcomes course took me step-by-step and showed me the principles, with real-life examples for implementation. I am still learning to use OBPE methods, but thanks to Shaping Outcomes, I know I have a solid foundation of knowledge."

Juan Tomás Lee
Library Consultant/State Data Coordinator

"I have learned a lot. I am redoing all my outreach programs since taking this program."

Susan Polumsky
Library Director

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