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Library Value Webcast Series Launched by ARL and LibValue Project

libvalue-logoARL is now 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.

The LibValue project is conducting research on value and return on investment in academic libraries and developing a set of tested methodologies and tools to help academic librarians measure which products and services provide the most value to the university community and best support the university’s mission and goals. These tools aid library leaders in demonstrating the library’s value to university administrators and funders.

The webcasts will be hosted by Martha Kyrillidou, senior director of ARL statistics and service quality programs, and will feature presentations from LibValue project researchers on undergraduate student success, the value of commons spaces, books and e-books, comprehensive approaches to defining library value, success in teaching and research, and digitized special collections.

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.

Register online for one or more of the following webcasts:

LibValue: Undergraduate Student Success (video on YouTube)
Thursday, February 14 
1:00–2:00 p.m. eastern

Presenters: 
Rachel Fleming-May, Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee 
Regina Mays, Assistant Professor and Assessment Librarian, University of Tennessee Libraries 
Teresa Walker, Associate Professor and Head, Integrated User Services, University of Tennessee Libraries

LibValue: Commons Spaces Value (video on YouTube)
Thursday, March 21 
1:00–2:00 p.m. eastern

Presenters: 
Teresa Walker, Associate Professor and Head, Integrated User Services, University of Tennessee Libraries 
Gayle Baker, Professor and Electronic Resources Coordinator, University of Tennessee Libraries 
Steven Smith, Professor and Dean of Libraries, University of Tennessee

LibValue: Books and E-Books (video on YouTube)
Thursday, April 18 
1:00–2:00 p.m. eastern

Presenters: 
Tina Chrzastowski, Chemistry Librarian and Professor of Library Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
Paula Kaufman (LibValue Co-Principal Investigator), Professor and University Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
Lynn Wiley, Head of Acquisitions and Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

LibValue: Comprehensive Approaches to Defining Library Value (video on YouTube)
Thursday, May 9 
1:00–2:00 p.m. eastern

Presenters: 
Donald W. King, Associate Professor, University of Tennessee, School of Information Sciences/Consultant 
Bruce Kingma, Professor, School of Information Sciences and Assistant Provost for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Syracuse University

LibValue: Success in Teaching and Research (video on YouTube)
Thursday, June 13 
1:00–2:00 p.m. eastern

Presenters: 
Rachel Fleming-May, Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee 
Carol Tenopir (LibValue Lead Principal Investigator), Professor in the School of Information Sciences and Director of the Center for Information and Communication Studies, University of Tennessee

LibValue: Digitized Special Collections (video on YouTube)
Thursday, August 15 
1:00–2:00 p.m. eastern

Presenters: 
Gayle Baker, Professor and Electronic Resources Coordinator, University of Tennessee Libraries 
Ken Wise, Associate Professor, University of Tennessee Libraries

There is no fee for attending these webcasts, and they will be recorded and made freely available on ARL’s YouTube channel shortly after each live event.

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