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Membership Meeting 2013 (Spring): Position Description Bank Demonstration

Presented at the 162nd ARL Membership Meeting, May 2013, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, by Tiffany Allen and Judy Ruttenberg

pdf mm13sp-allen-ruttenberg.pdf

 
 

Better Salaries through Better Data: Introduction to the ARL Salary Survey webcast

In this webcast held on March 5, 2013, Martha Kyrillidou and Shaneka Morris of ARL's Statistics and Assessment program describe how to effectively use data from the ARL Annual Salary Survey to promote higher salaries for library professionals. They highlight salary comparisons from a number of perspectives, including geographic region, type of library (public/private), rank structure, and position categories. The webcast also touches on the history of the ARL Annual Salary Survey and its data collection approach, provides information on the utility of the salary information in the annual ARL publication, and discusses some key changes made to modernize the job categories to reflect current job titles.

This is the first in a series of four webcasts illustrating effective uses of data from the ARL Annual Salary Survey, which reports salaries for more than 12,000 professional positions in ARL libraries in the United States and Canada.

 
 

LibValue: Value of Commons Spaces webcast

This webcast, recorded March 21, 2013, describes research conducted at the University of Tennessee on the value of the information commons. Presenters include Steven Smith, Professor and Dean of Libraries; Gayle Baker, Professor and Electronic Resources Coordinator; and Teresa Walker, Associate Professor and Head of Integrated User Services.

The LibValue project (http://libvalue.cci.utk.edu/) is a three-year study funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to define and measure ways in which libraries create value through teaching and learning, research, and social, professional, and public engagement. LibValue is a collaboration among the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Libraries; and the Association of Research Libraries, with partners at Syracuse University and Bryant University.

This is the second in a series of six free webcasts on LibValue to be held in 2013.

 
   

Membership Meeting 2013 (Spring): Attendance List

List of ARL member representatives, speakers, guests, and ARL and CNI staff who attended the 162nd ARL Membership Meeting, in Chapel Hill, NC, May 2013

pdf mm13sp-attend.pdf

 
 

Introduction to Opportunity Assessment Instrument

This introduction explains the Institute on Scholarly Communication Opportunity Assessment Instrument.

All participants accepted for the institute’s three-day program development event are encouraged to work with a selected department to complete an opportunity assessment prior to attending the institute.

pdf isc-workshop-apr2013-assessment-intro.pdf

 
 

LibValue: Assessing the Value of E-books to Academic Libraries and Users webcast

This webcast, recorded April 18, 2013, describes research conducted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on how libraries and library users value e-books. Presenters include Paula Kaufman, Dean of Libraries and University Librarian; Tina Chrzastowski, Chemistry Librarian and Professor of Library Administration; and Lynn Wiley, Head of Acquisitions and Associate Professor.

The LibValue project (http://libvalue.cci.utk.edu/) is a three-year study funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to define and measure ways in which libraries create value through teaching and learning, research, and social, professional, and public engagement. LibValue is a collaboration among the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Libraries; and the Association of Research Libraries, with partners at Syracuse University and Bryant University.

This is the third in a series of six free webcasts on LibValue to be held in 2013.

 
 

LibValue: Undergraduate Student Success webcast

This webcast from Feb. 14, 2013, describes LibValue research conducted at the University of Tennessee assessing to the library's role in undergraduate student success. Presenters include Rachel Fleming-May, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences; Regina Mays, Assistant Professor and Assessment Librarian, University of Tennessee Libraries; and Teresa Walker, Associate Professor and Head, Integrated User Services, University of Tennessee Libraries.

The LibValue project (http://libvalue.cci.utk.edu/) is a three-year study funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to define and measure ways in which libraries create value through teaching and learning, research, and social, professional, and public engagement. LibValue is a collaboration among the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Libraries; and the Association of Research Libraries, with partners at Syracuse University and Bryant University.

This is the first in a series of six free webcasts on LibValue to be held in 2013.

 
 

ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2010–2011

ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2010–2011 presents data that describe collections, expenditures, personnel, and services in 63 medical libraries at ARL member institutions in the US and Canada.

This publication is available for purchase in both online and print versions. Download the arl-statistics-purchase-options-2013.pdf  for complete pricing and purchase options information.

Link to the online ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2010–2011 on the ARL Digital Publications website.

 
 
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