For immediate release:
July 8, 2010

For more information, contact:
David Green
Association of Research Libraries
202-296-2296
laconf@arl.org

2010 Library Assessment Conference Workshops Registration Now Open

August 25 Deadline

Washington DC—Registration is now open for six workshops to be held in conjunction with the 2010 Library Assessment Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

Two full-day workshops will be offered on October 24:

• “Working Effectively with LibQUAL+®” with Raynna Bowlby and Martha Kyrillidou
• “Getting Started with Learning Outcomes Assessment: Purposes, Practical Options, and Impact” with Megan Oakleaf

Fee: $130 each

Four half-day workshops will be offered on October 27:

• “Best Practices in Graphical Data Presentation” with Ray Lyons
• “Successful Current Practices: Getting Returns on Investment (ROI)!” with Neal Kaske and Roberta Shaffer
• “Successfully Managing Change with the Balanced Scorecard” with Donna Tolson
• “Telling the Story” with John Bertot

Fee: $80 each

For full descriptions of these workshops, please visit http://libraryassessment.org/workshops/index.shtml.

Workshops will fill up quickly and will be offered only once. Workshop participants must be registered for the conference.

To register for the conference and workshops, please visit http://libraryassessment.org/reg/index.shtml.

Conference Planning Committee

Conference Co-Chairs:
Steve Hiller, University of Washington
Martha Kyrillidou, Association of Research Libraries
Jim Self, University of Virginia

2010 Conference Planning Committee:
John Bertot, University of Maryland
Sam Kalb, Queen's University
Liz Mengel, Johns Hopkins University
Megan Oakleaf, Syracuse University
Kathy Perry, VIVA Consortium
Bill Potter, University of Georgia
Roberta Shaffer, Library of Congress
Agnes Tatarka, University of Chicago
Stephen Town, University of York (UK)

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 125 research libraries in North America. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/.