Environmental Scan - Political Science/Legal Studies/Public Administration: References

The Academic Plan for the College of Liberal Arts contains key initiateves for the department.  

Rusa Environmental Scan Strategies:

Goal: A librarian monitors the most relevant information sources to routinely update knowledge of current developments in reference and user services.

Strategies:

1. Reads, views, and listens to media to keep current in areas of knowledge relevant to primary users.

2. Attends exhibits at local, regional, or national professional conferences at least once a year when the institution provides support.

3. Scans the environment for emerging technologies that are relevant to delivery of reference and user services.

4. Keeps current on new information resources by consulting a wide variety of reviewing sources and publishers catalogs, including those of small presses, by attending professional meetings, by reading, viewing, and listening.

5. Reads reviews in both print and online media concerning works in all formats of greatest interest to primary users.

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From the Outside In:Using Environmental Scanning for Evidence-based Planning  by Alexandra Simons, Irene Ke, Loretta Wallace-University of Houston

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