Upcoming Events List

How are ARL libraries using custom peer-group analysis to make a case for higher salaries at their institutions? Carla Stoffle has systematically used these data for a number of years and will share her experience. Arnold Hirshon and Jeffrey Trzeciak have used and augmented the data ARL provided to make a similar case at their institutions.

ARL is offering a series of free webcasts highlighting results from the LibValue project, 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. Online registration for the LibValue series is now open for six webcasts to be held between February and August 2013.

ClimateQUAL^®The ClimateQUAL® Partners Meeting is a biannual event hosted by ARL at the ALA Annual Conference and ALA Midwinter Meeting. Participation in this meeting is by invitation only.

“Mrs. Duffee Reading Her Kindle,” © Mike LichtARL will host a Library Assessment Forum at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, featuring research on the value of e-books in academic libraries conducted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) as part of the LibValue project. No registration is necessary to attend this event.

The UIUC Library has conducted research on e-book value as part of the LibValue grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The data collected from these studies include (1) longitudinal e-book use and cost data, (2) logbook diaries of e-book users, (3) data on patron-driven acquisition in humanities subject areas via short-term loan and purchase on demand, and (4) perspectives of UIUC humanities faculty and graduate students in architecture, art, art history, classics, music, and religion/theology. Overall, these multiple data sets have shown positive e-book engagement, and the library has gained insight into how users want to access, read, download, and browse e-book collections.

ARL Statistics^®The ARL Survey Coordinators and SPEC Liaisons Meeting is a biannual event hosted by ARL at the ALA Annual Conference and ALA Midwinter Meeting. No registration is required.

ARL^®Visit ARL and LibQUAL+ staff at booth #528 in McCormick Place Convention Center!

Friday, June 28, 5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 29, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 30, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Monday, July 1, 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

“Cuppa MOOC,” © Cikgu BrianThe open access movement has focused on making scholarship freely available, expanding distribution while lowering barriers for re-use. The open educational resources (OER) movement has focused on making teaching and learning materials freely accessible and openly licensed. The skyrocketing rise in the popularity of MOOCs (massive open online courses) has put this trend squarely on the front burner, bringing openness to pedagogy in a way not previously experienced in higher education--and expanding free distribution of a university course to tens of thousands of students around the globe.  

image © John SchniebelIntended for librarians engaging an academic library value project, initiative, or research agenda, this half-day workshop will include mini-lectures, discussion, and hands-on activities to engage participants in answering four questions:

• What is academic library value, when viewed through an institutional lens?
• What library services, expertise, and resources have institutional value on your campus?
• How can you capture evidence of that value?
• What can you do with evidence of value once you have it? What decisions can you make? What actions can you take?

ARL is offering a series of free webcasts highlighting results from the LibValue project, 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. Online registration for the LibValue series is now open for six webcasts to be held between February and August 2013.