For immediate release
September 11, 2007
For more information, contact:
Kristina Justh
Association of Research Libraries
202-296-2296
kristina@arl.org
Washington, DC—The proceedings of the September 2006 Library Assessment Conference on “Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment” are now available for purchase from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL).
The first Library Assessment Conference offered in North America brought together more than 200 participants from 36 states and 6 countries outside North America. The attendees—representing 109 libraries, associations, library systems, and vendors—participated in more than 40 paper and panel sessions. The conference featured 20 posters presentations and 3 plenary sessions on the topics of Library Performance Measures that Matter, Changing User Needs and Perceptions, and Organizational Diversity and Climate Assessment.
The proceedings include over 40 papers on the following conference topics: Service Quality Assessment; Qualitative Approaches; Building Assessment in Our Libraries; LibQUAL+® Follow-Up; Moving Assessment Forward; Information Literacy; Evaluation and Assessment Methods; Strategic Planning; Library as Place; Balanced Scorecard; Assessing Organizational Climate; Organizational Culture/Learning; Digital Library; and Value and Impact.
A detailed overview of the proceedings content is available online http://www.libraryassessment.org/archive/.
The conference co-chairs, Steve Hiller (University of Washington), Martha Kyrillidou (ARL), and Jim Self (University of Virginia) thank the conference committee members, the proceedings editorial committee members, and all of the participants for their efforts in furthering effective, sustainable, and practical library assessment.
The conference co-chairs hope you will join them for the second Library Assessment Conference at the University of Washington in Seattle August 4–6, 2008.
Proceedings of the Library Assessment Conference:
Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment (2006)
Francine DeFranco et al., eds.
2007 * ISBN 1-59407-768-1 * EAN * 9781594077685 * 464 pages
$150 plus shipping and handling
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