For immediate release:
April 15, 2008
For more information, contact:
Kristina Justh
Statistics and Measurement Program
Association of Research Libraries
202-296-2296
laconf@arl.org
Washington DC—Registration is now open for the second Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment, the only conference in North America to focus solely on library assessment. The conference is co-sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the University of Virginia Library, and the University of Washington Libraries and will be held August 4–7, 2008, in Seattle, one of America’s most beautiful cities that enjoys superb summer weather in an unmatched natural setting.
This event is geared toward all library and information professionals interested in assessment activities.
Main conference fee: $390 (includes August 4–6 conference program)
Additional workshop fee: $60 per workshop (all workshops will be held on August 7; see below for more information on the offerings)
Registration deadline is May 30, 2008. Participants are encouraged to register early as registration for the 2006 conference closed three weeks before the deadline due to high demand.
Register online: http://libraryassessment.org/reg/
The 2008 conference will include a keynote panel featuring:
Other invited speakers include Paul Gregutt, noted Northwest wine columnist and author, and Phyllis Wise, Provost and Executive Vice President, University of Washington.
A full range of library assessment activities will be covered, including digital libraries, collections, information literacy and learning outcomes, statistics and management information, methods and tools including LibQUAL+®, organizational issues, performance measurement, space planning and utilization, usability, usage and e-metrics, user needs, and value and impact.
Six half-day workshops will be offered on August 7:
Workshops are filling up fast and they will be offered only once. Workshop participants must be registered for the conference.
Steve Hiller, University of Washington
Martha Kyrillidou, Association of Research Libraries
Jim Self, University of Virginia
Colleen Cook, Texas A&M University
Francine DeFranco, University of Connecticut
Margaret Martin Gardiner, University of Western Ontario
Debra Gilchrist, Pierce College
Irene Hoffman, OCLC Eastern
Kristina Justh, Association of Research Libraries
Megan Oakleaf, Syracuse University
Joan Stein, Carnegie Mellon University
Stephen Town, York University (England)
Stephanie Wright, University of Washington
For more detailed information, visit the conference Web site http://libraryassessment.org/.
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 123 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, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/.