The ARL Statistics 2007-08 mailing is available at: http://www.arl.org/stats/annualsurveys/arlstats/08statmail.shtml The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a webcast on the findings of the ARL Ad Hoc Task Force on Best Practices for Counting Serial Titles and the way the work of the group has informed changes in the ARL Statistics 2007–08 survey. The webcast [...]
A new blog from our friend Lisa – clipped from inspiringinnovation.blogspot.com Inspiring Innovation
I’m the Program Coordinator for Marketing and Assessment here at the Columbia University Libraries. It’s quite an exciting job, and a new position for the Libraries. On the assessment front we’ve just completed our second round of LibQual+ surveys, produced a three year strategic plan, and are busy developing a three year assessment plan to [...]
Hi all, I am currently Head of Bookstacks at the University of Chicago. I like to tell people that what I really do is line operations management. My challenge is to manage forty-plus staff and students to accurately and efficiently maintain five million-plus books. I began using business process management tools in 2003, starting with [...]
The LAC has been in full swing for a whole day now but I’m just now able to get up a post. This is one action-packed conference. A note of introduction first. My name is Stephanie Wright and I’m the Management Information Librarian at the University of Washington. I’ve held that position for a whopping [...]
I am currently the Assistant to the Dean for Planning and Assessment at the University of Texas at Arlington Library. When I inherited this position in 2002 it was reconstituted to include managing the planning process, including annual planning as well as strategic planning, and nudging the library managers into systems thinking and data consideration [...]
Hello everyone, I am the coordinator for the Assessment Resource Office for University of Victoria Libraries (http://gateway.uvic.ca/index.html) and I recently acquired responsibility for Statistics within the Libraries as part of my portfolio as well. Having those two aspects as my main priorities seems like a good fit. I also assist our Director of Access & [...]
Thanks Pam for creating this magnificent tool! I am the Technical Communications Liaison for the Association of Research Libraries’ Statistics and Service Quality Programs. In this role, I am primarily responsible for providing communication for establishing and maintaining mutual understanding and cooperation between the team and clientele and other interested parties. In addition to handling [...]
I recently became the (interim) Assistant to the University Librarian, with responsibility for developing an assessment program as one of my roles. I’m new to assessment, at least since the far-off days of library school. Back then there was a lot of buzz about Brenda Dervin and I still find myself influenced by her approaches [...]
Hello. I am Head of Digital & Electronic Resource Management Services at Syracuse University Library. In that capacity, I have responsibility for the collection of usage statistics for all electronic resources — now representing over 50% of our collections budget. I’ve also served on the Library’s Assessment Committee for the last three years as we’ve [...]