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 [...]
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. [...]
In October, I was lucky enough to attend the very first “Undergraduate Research Practices Workshop” hosted by CLIR and run by Nancy Fried Foster from the University of Rochester. One of our topics was “Asking Good Questions,” and during the discussion I offered up the process we use here at Columbia. I hope some [...]
Dear Assessment Community:
The latest edition of the LibQUAL+®: Update is now available online at: http://www.libqual.org/documents/admin/LQUpdate_May2009_FINAL.pdf.
In this issue:
2009 Session I Survey: Deadline Approaching
Library Assessment Conference Proceedings now available
Summer Events with LibQUAL+®:
Library Assessment Corner
And more!
If you have any questions about this publication or the LibQUAL+®: service in general, please send an e-mail to libqual@arl.org.
Regards,
MaShana Davis
Technical Communications Liaison, [...]
NISO will be holding a one day forum on Assessment and Performance Management for Libraries on June 1, 2009 at the Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore in Baltimore, MD.
About this Forum
Particularly in times when belt-tightening is necessary, we all need to find ways to measure our performance to improve our outcomes. This one-day, in-person seminar will [...]
Congratulations to our 2009 Service Quality Evaluation Academy Class for completing an intensive week long training on qualitative and quantitative methods:
1. Charlotte Beck,University of British Columbia
2. Tom Bielavitz, Portland State Library
3. Marianne Stowell Bracke,Purdue University
4. Gillian Byrne,Memorial University
5. Sue Ann Cody,University of North Carolina Wilmington
6. Kathy Crowe, University of North Carolina Greensboro
7. Sue Erickson, Vanderbilt University
8. Heidi Gauder, University of Dayton
9. Alex Guindon, [...]
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Subject: LLAMA MAES Report from Midwinter 2009
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:34:52 -0500
From: Susanna Pathak/AC/VCU
To: miglibassessment@ala.org
LLAMA MAES Section Report for LLAMA Board of Directors
ALA Midwinter Meeting 2009
The Measurement Assessment & Evaluation Section is sizzling. Several programs, a preconference, and a webinar are in the works. MAES aims to be the “go [...]
Hello Assessment Community:
The current issue of the LibQUAL+® Update is now available online at: http://www.libqual.org/documents/admin/LQUpdate_October2008_Final.pdf.
Highlights in this issue:
Survey information 2008-2009
2009 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver, CO
Spotlight On: Northeastern University
Plans for the 2010 Library Assessment Conference
LibQUAL+® Publications: Papers, Posters, & Presentations
and much more!
Please feel free to contact the LibQUAL+® team at libqual@arl.org with any questions [...]
2009 SERVICE QUALITY EVALUATION ACADEMY NOW ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS
The 2009 Service Quality Evaluation Academy, co-sponsored by ARL and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), is now accepting participant nominations. The Academy is an intensive five-day program that focuses on both qualitative and quantitative methods for collecting and analyzing library service quality data. The program emphasizes [...]
Fellow Bloggers:
This message is being forwarded on behalf of LAMA MAES. “Living the Balanced Scorecard†will be held at the ALA Annual in Anaheim.
Joe Matthews is also offering a half day version of the same workshop as a post-conference workshop at the Library Assessment Conference in Seattle on Aug 7. For more [...]
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