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        March 21 - 23, 2012 
        Hilton Washington 
        Washington, DC 
           
	
    
    
    
	 
	
	
					
					
            D203 – Discovering Innovative Practices Through BenchmarkingThursday, March 22, 2012 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM Karen White, 
                   Senior Librarian & Team Lead, USAID Knowledge Services Center, LAC Group on assignment at USAID Karen Krugman, 
                   Chief, Research Library & Archives, Export-Import Bank of the United States Kristin Vajs, 
                   Chief Librarian, Research Library, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Benchmarking against other libraries is an excellent way to discover innovative practices for your library. Three federal librarians who have recently conducted benchmarking projects discuss: advantages of benchmarking for libraries; how to choose benchmarking partners, write questions, structure the conversation during the meetings, and identify best practices;. best practice findings from three recent benchmarking projects; which innovative practices the federal libraries decided to adopt; and how the new practices worked out.  	
					 					
					
					
					 
								
 
					
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