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Library Value Statements (Value & Impact Workshop)

In preparation for Stephen Town’s Value & Impact Workshop, hosted by ARL, on June 28 in Washington, D.C., participants are bringing value statements from their libraries and institutions. We encourage all members of the library assessment community to post their own institutional value statements here on the blog. Feel free to copy and paste the [...]

LIS Research Coalition Conference 2010

The Library and Information Science Research Coalition has announced that registration is now open for their upcoming conference:
Evidence, Value and Impact: the LIS Research Landscape in 2010
This one-day conference on June 28th 2010 will consider perspectives on the library and information science research landscape with reference to: identifying LIS research opportunities; translating research [...]

LibQUAL+® In-Kind Grant Program 2011

LibQUAL+® will award up to five institutions in-kind grants to participate in the 2011 LibQUAL+® survey, with a goal of offering one grant for every 50 libraries registered. This is the sixth year LibQUAL+® has sponsored an in-kind grant program. There are two application deadlines for the 2011 grant program: June 15, 2010, and December [...]

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
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Events at ALA Midwinter

ARL and LibQUAL+® Events at the ALA Midwinter Meeting
Boston, Massachusetts
January 15–22, 2010
LibQUAL+®/StatsQUAL®/ARL booth (#2354)
ARL Library Assessment Forum, Jan. 15
ARL Survey Coordinators and SPEC Liaisons Meeting, Jan. 15
LibQUAL+® Training (3 modules), Jan. 18
METS Workshop: The Basics and Beyond (3 modules), Jan. 18-22
For more details on these events and to register, please visit the ARL at ALA [...]

Service Quality Evaluation Academy – accepting nominations

The 2010 Service Quality Evaluation Academy, co-sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), is now accepting participant nominations, with a deadline of December 15, 2009. The academy is an intensive five-day program that focuses on both qualitative and quantitative methods for collecting and analyzing library service [...]

The LibQUAL+® Update: October 2009

Dear Assessment Community,
The current issue of the LibQUAL+® Update is now available online at: http://www.libqual.org/documents/admin/LQUpdate_Oct2009_FINAL.pdf
Highlights in this issue:

2009 Survey information and update
2010 Survey registration and fee structure
LibQUAL+® Events: Training sessions at ALA Midwinter 2010, METS Workshop, Service Quality Evaluation Academy, the 2010 Library Assessment Conference
An invitation for a chance to see yourself and your work [...]

Library Assessment Conference Forum, July 10, 2009, Chicago IL: PowerPoint Available

Steve Hiller, Martha Kyrillidou, and Jim Self, Library Assessment Conference 2008, Seattle, Washington August 4-7: Recap & Evaluation, and Baltimore, Maryland, October 25-27, 2010

2010 Library Assessment Conference

The Library Assessment Conference will be held October 25-27 in Baltimore, Maryland.  It is an event co-sponsored by ARL, the University of Virginia and the University of Washington.
The 2010 Library Assessment Conference Planning Committee Members are:
John Bertot, University of Maryland
Sam Kalb, Queen’s University
Liz Mengel, Johns Hopkins University
Megan Oakleaf, Syracuse University
Kathy Perry, VIVA Consortium
Bill Potter, University [...]

New Tag Cloud page

We have added a page to this blog and it contains a 3-D tag cloud. (The link will be stored permanently on the left toolbar under “PAGES”). The cloud is presented through a plugin designed by Roy Tanck and is a twist on the typical word cloud. We hope you enjoy playing with it and [...]