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IMLS grant on Lib-Value featured at the ARL Library Assessment Forum

Friday, January 15, 2010
1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Library Assessment Forum:
Effective, Sustainable, and Practical Assessment
InterContinental Hotel
Griffin/Robinson Room
Boston MA

The forum focused on the recent IMLS grant on Return on Investment (ROI) awarded to ARL, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Tennessee with a presentation by Carol Tenopir, co-PI, who led a discussion on the research that has taken place to this date and engaged the community to shape the ROI methodologies developed. The Forum also included a presentation by Linda Plunket (Boston University) regarding their efforts to create a culture of assessment. An update and community discussion about the 2010 Library Assessment Conference to be held on October 25–27 in Baltimore, Maryland, concluded the meeting.

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The LibQUAL+® Update: Winter 2010

The current issue of the LibQUAL+® Update is now available online at: http://libqual.org/documents/admin/LQUpdate_Winter_2010.pdf.

Highlights in this issue:

* 2009 Survey Wrap-up
* 2010 Survey Underway
* LibQUAL+® Events: 2010 ALA Midwinter Training Sessions presentations online; Google Analytics, METS, and Value & Impact workshops; 2010 Library Assessment Conference
* In-Kind Grant Winners Announced
* Bookmark design contest
* Spotlight on McGill University

Please contact libqual@arl.org with any questions or comments regarding this publication or anything else related to LibQUAL+®.

Best,
David
Library Relations Coordinator, ARL

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LibQUAL+® Lite Dissertation by Martha Kyrillidou Now Available via IDEALS [PDF]

Selena Killick tells me that my dissertation is an interesting read — it takes a special person and Selena is one of them! In case you are another kind special person, you can read my dissertation now at the UIUC institutional repository — IDEALS:

LibQUAL+® Lite Dissertation by Martha Kyrillidou Now Available via IDEALS [PDF]

It has been featured among the top downloads for the month — it makes me wonder how long the glory will last!

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ARL Partners in Grant to Study Value of Academic Libraries

Truly excited to be part of a three-year IMLS grant to study the Value of Libraries and the return on investment in library services and resources! A partnership with the U of Tennessee and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a wonderful research team brought together by Carol Tenopir!

Our goal to get some evidence and tools out there for those who doubt and question the return of investment in libraries and to demonstrate ways to measure better what we take for granted!

For the full press release from ARL, see:

http://www.arl.org/news/pr/ROI-grant-12jan10.shtml

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position announcement for researcher at IMLS

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Subject: position announcement for researcher at IMLS
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 13:40:18 -0500
From: Carlos Manjarrez
To:

Dear Martha,

I am writing to ask for your help in identifying a candidate for a new research position that has opened up in the Office of Policy, Planning, Research and Communication here at IMLS. Congress requires that IMLS analyze trends, evaluate programs and share best practices with the goal of improving library and museum practice and informing policy makers. IMLS is taking an increasingly active role in sponsoring national cultural research projects, developing our own research reports in the form of policy research brief series and in-depth cultural program evaluations, fostering greater cooperation among Federal cultural agencies for research, and developing new data resources through national survey efforts.

To help in these efforts we are looking for a Research and Evaluation Officer to with strong social science research methods skills, experience in program evaluation and an interest in the study of cultural organizations and programs. You’ll find that position announcement at: http://www.imls.gov/about/employment.shtm

Please feel free to forward this to people you know who may have an interested in this position or could spread the word. The closing date is January 25th. Thank you in advance for your help.

Warm regards,

Carlos

________________________________________________

C. Arturo Manjarrez

Associate Deputy Director for Research and Statistics

Institute of Museum and Library Services

1800 M Street NW, 9th Floor

Washington, DC 20036-5802

Phone: (202) 653-4671

Fax: (202) 653-4611

cmanjarrez@imls.gov

Visit www.imls.gov to learn more about the Institute’s programs, news,

initiatives, and to sign up for Primary Source, our monthly e-newsletter.

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Data liberation of in-house library statistics

Have libraries used an institutional repository as a “container” for library-related statistics,  current or retrospective, and/or dumped sources of raw data into a web-based application, such as Nesstar, for collaborative viewing/sharing/manipulating within the institution? I have started exploring the idea of the IR as container, but we need to formulate a set of guidelines to be considered. Not everything statistical is suitable for this somewhat public “display”.  I am thinking of something more interactive than simply a dashboard of facts and figures. The purpose would be to democratize access to data in-house for library administrators, librarians and others interested in manipulating the data for customized purposes.  Is this topic old-hat? in other words,  am I coming to this rather late — it has been solved in your library? or is there some pioneering work that is being done (IR standards, scope, case studies) that can be shared? Thank you, Margaret Friesen, University of British Columbia Library, Assessment Librarian.

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February 15: Submission Deadline for Proposals for Library Assessment Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, October 25–27

2010 Library Assessment Conference Call for Proposals

Washington, DC–The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the University of Virginia Library, the University of Washington Libraries, and the Conference Planning Committee are pleased to issue this call for proposals for the 2010 Library Assessment Conference, Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment, to be held in Baltimore, Maryland, October 25–27, 2010. 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. This biennial conference builds on the success of the first two conferences held in Charlottesville (2006) and Seattle (2008).
Proposal Topics

Proposals are invited as either papers or posters. The Conference Planning Committee especially encourages proposals on the five keynote topics. Related topics are also welcomed.

Keynote Topics:
Library Service Quality
Performance Measures and Balanced Scorecard
Assessment of Library Spaces
Learning Outcomes and the Library
Value and Impact

Related Topics:
Digital libraries
Information resources and collections
Learning and teaching
Management information
Methods and tools
Organizational issues
Performance measurement and measures
Return on investment (ROI)
Services
Space planning and utililization
Usability
Usage and e-metrics
User needs

All proposals are due by February 15, 2010.
Complete Information

The Library Assessment Conference Web site

  • http://www.libraryassessment.org/

    • provides complete information about proposal submission and the conference, including plenary and keynote speakers, workshops, registration, and accommodations.

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    Seeking proposals for LLAMA program at 2010 ALA Annual

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    Subject: Seeking proposals for LLAMA program at 2010 ALA Annual
    Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 16:30:55 -0500
    From: Lewis, Janice S
    Reply-To: uls-l@ala.org
    To: uls-l@ala.org CC: jeanne.brown@unlv.edu

    The LLAMA MAES Data Collection for Library Managers (DCLM) committee is planning a program at the 2010 ALA Conference in D.C. called:

    Assessment for the Rest of Us: Informal Techniques You Can Use

    The fast-paced program will feature presenters from 8 to 10 libraries who will share ways informal assessment can lead to service improvements throughout the library. We are starting to identify possible presenters, and want to offer the opportunity first to DCLM members. Each presenter will talk for 5-7 minutes, using a standard format that will include:

    · Type and size of the population/audience assessed

    · Assessment approach (survey, interviews, web comments, etc.)

    · Time commitment

    · How the results were used

    There will be time for audience participation and questions following the presentations. If you are interested in being a presenter, please e-mail a proposal to Jeanne Brown, Jeanne.brown@unlv.edu, and Jan Lewis, lewisja@ecu.edu, by February 1, 2010. The proposal should include the name, position, and e-mail address of the presenter, the type and size of the library, and a brief description of the assessment technique (type and size of population, assessment approach, time required, and how the results were used).

    Thanks for your help in making this DCLM program a success.

    Jan Lewis

    Associate Director

    Joyner Library

    East Carolina University

    Greenville, NC 27858-4353

    email: lewisja@ecu.edu

    phone: 252.328.2267

    fax: 252.328.6892

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    The Value of the Library from Cornell

    Interesting calculations on the value of the library from the Cornell University Library Research & Assessment Unit:

    http://research.library.cornell.edu/value

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    Columbia University Libraries Assessment Forums

    The Columbia University Libraries recently opened the Assessment Forums speakers series to the public. You can now access presentations and podcasts of the Forums online.

    Columbia University Libraries Assessment Forums are an opportunity for staff at the Libraries and our colleagues in the community to learn about successful assessment projects at nearby college and university libraries. Speakers discuss various methods of assessment, assessment tools, building a culture of assessment, and applying assessment results to improve library services and meet user needs. Assessment Forums are held three times a year and are organized by the Columbia University Libraries Assessment Working Group.

    If you have a suggestion for a topic or speaker, or would like to speak at an Assessment Forum, please email me.

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