Librarian Perceptions of Outcome-based Evaluation for Storytimes

The purpose of this study will be to describe the opinions and experiences of youth public librarians regarding outcome-based evaluation. Specifically, it seeks to better understand their challenges to implementing outcome-based evaluation for pre-school storytimes in public libraries located in the Southeastern United States. The anticipated findings will increase the field's understanding of what evaluative efforts look like in this context, with the greater purpose of using that knowledge to improve practice.