The Statistics & Measurement Program sponsors several professional development events throughout the year.
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January 5–9, 2009
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill NC
Library Assessment Forum:
Assessment Support for Budget-Reduction Planning
January 23, 2009, in conjunction with ALA Midwinter
1:30-3:00pm
The Curtis Hotel, Room TBA
1405 Curtis Street
Denver CO
Libraries everywhere are grappling with the reality of sizable funding cuts. In this difficult and rapidly changing environment, assessment can play a valuable role by providing critical information to support budget reduction and program review. Please join us in this session to learn more about how good assessment can lead to better-informed decisions. We’ll discuss how libraries are using assessment results, statistics, performance measures/metrics and other management information data to support planning and decision making related to budget cuts. If you’re interested in sharing experiences at your library or have questions about the forum, please e-mail martha@arl.org.
Survey Coordinators and SPEC Liaisons Meeting
January 23, 2009, in conjunction with ALA Midwinter
3:30-5:00pm
The Curtis Hotel, Room TBA
1405 Curtis Street
Denver CO
Making the 100-year old ARL Statistics data collection program more relevant in today’s changing environment is an overarching goal. Counting serial subscriptions has not served libraries well in recent years as the focus often has been on counting in a meaningless way multiple subscriptions to the same title and ignoring the increasing amount of new serial titles libraries were making accessible through indexing/abstracting and other full-text database services. The new definitions of the ARL Statistics place emphasis on counting serial titles; this change took effect starting with the 2006-07 data collection. During this session we will discuss issues emerging from the data we currently collect and address best practices as they are emerging from the ARL Ad Hoc Task Force on Best Practices in Counting Serial Titles.
LibQUAL+® Booth at ALA Exhibits (#2152)
January 23, 2009, 5:30–7:30pm
January 24 & 25, 2009, 9:00am-5:00pm
January 26, 2009, 9:00am-2:00pm
Colorado Convention Center
Denver, CO
January 26, 2009, in conjunction with ALA Midwinter
8:30-10:00am
The Curtis Hotel, Room TBA
1405 Curtis Street
Denver CO
January 26, 2009, in conjunction with ALA Midwinter
10:30-1:30pm
The Curtis Hotel, Room TBA
1405 Curtis Street
Denver CO
January 26, 2009, in conjunction with ALA Midwinter
2:00-4:30pm
The Curtis Hotel, Room TBA
1405 Curtis Street
Denver CO
March 16–20, 2009
New Orleans LA
