Statistics & Assessment

This webcast from February 14, 2012, provides potential and current LibQUAL+® participants with vital information on the LibQUAL+® service. This one-hour webcast provides practical information for administering a survey, helps participants with interpreting the data and its analysis, and shares best practices in using the results.Key members of the LibQUAL+® team, Martha Kyrillidou and David Green, hosted the webcast. Our guest presenters were:

• Sandra Phoenix, Executive Director of the HBCU Library Alliance,
• Carla Stoffle, Dean, University Libraries and Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, and
• Chestalene Pintozzi, Director of Project Management & Assessment, University of Arizona

ARL has released the report (PDF) of its Joint Task Force on Services to Patrons with Print Disabilities, scheduled for final publication later this month in Research Libraries Issues(RLI). ARL formed the task force in May 2012 to expand upon the ongoing work of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), of which ARL is a member, in support of an international instrument for the print disabled that is under active consideration by the World International Copyright Organization (WIPO).

RLI issue 276 includes:

• Ahead of the Storm: Research Libraries and the Future of the Research University
• Collecting Small Data
• Copyfraud and Classroom Performance Rights: Two Common Bogus Copyright Claims

RLI issue 267 includes:

• Introduction: A Special Issue on Distinctive Collections
• Special Collections at the Cusp of the Digital Age: A Credo
• Moving Special Collections Forward in an Age of Discovery: Themes from the ARL-CNI Forum
• The Collaborative Imperative: Special Collections in the Digital Age
• The Changing Role of Special Collections in Scholarly Communications

RLI issue 265: Special Issue on Liaison Librarian Roles includes the following articles:

• Introduction: Positioning Liaison Librarians for the 21st Century
• A Framework for Articulating New Library Roles
• Amplifying the Educational Role of Librarians
• The Last Mile: Liaison Roles in Curating Science and Engineering Research Data
• Scholarly Communications: Planning for the Integration of Liaison Librarian Roles
• New Roles of Liaison Librarians: A Liaison s Perspective