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ARL Statistics Webcast and Chat History Now Available
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For immediate release:
December 11, 2007

For more information, contact:
Kristina Justh
Association of Research Libraries
202-296-2296
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ARL Statistics Webcast and Chat History Now Available

Washington DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Statistics webcast presented on December 4 is now available on the ARL Statistics Web site, along with the chat history and PowerPoint slides. Visit http://www.arl.org/stats/annualsurveys/arlstats/07statmail.shtml.

Over 130 representatives from ARL member libraries participated in the event, which was led by Martha Kyrillidou, Director, ARL Statistics and Service Quality Programs; Julia Blixrud, Assistant Executive Director, External Relations, ARL; and Mark Young, ARL Statistics Liaison.

The webcast explained and answered questions about the ARL Statistics data-collection process for the 2006–07 survey. Topics included:

  • Things to watch for when collecting and reporting annual data
  • Deliverables received from ARL
  • Entering data in the ARL Statistics online forms
  • Issues to pay attention to during data verification
  • Recent revisions to the ARL Statistics definitions
  • ARL Statistics electronic edition

The ARL Statistics team encourages all ARL libraries’ survey coordinators to view the webcast and chat history, as there are changes to both the online data-entry form and the method of calculating serials collections for the ARL Statistics.

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 located on the Web at http://www.arl.org/.