Sponsored by
Association of Research Libraries

University of Virginia Library

University of Washington Libraries

Library Assessment Conference

Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment

Seattle, Washington
August 4–7, 2008

Conference programPoster abstractsRoster

Presenters’ PowerPoints available Presenters’ Posters available


Thank you for attending the second Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment at the University of Washington in Seattle. We are gratified by the great response to the conference. The number of registrants increased from 220 in 2006 to more than 375 in 2008! The conference goal is to support and nurture the library assessment community through a mix of invited speakers, contributed papers and posters, workshops, and engaging discussion. The conference is geared toward library and information professionals and researchers with responsibility for or an interest in the broad field of library assessment with an emphasis on (but not limited) to North American academic libraries. We look forward to seeing you again at our 2010 Library Assessment Conference!

To join the post-conference discussion on library assessment issues, visit the library assessment blog.

Conference co-chairs,
Steve Hiller, University of Washington Libraries
Martha Kyrillidou, Association of Research Libraries
Jim Self, University of Virginia

2008 Conference Planning Committee,
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
Stephanie Wright, University of Washington

Thank you to all our sponsors for their support in building a strong library assessment community.