Library Assessment Conference

The Association of Research Libraries, the University of Virginia Library, and the University of Washington Libraries are pleased to announce the 2012 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment, to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia from October 29-31, 2012. 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 with an emphasis on, but not limited to, North American academic libraries. This conference builds on the success of the first three conferences held in Charlottesville (2006), Seattle (2008), and Baltimore (2010).

A call for proposals will be issued January 2012 and registration will open spring 2012.

To join our ongoing discussion on library assessment issues, visit the library assessment blog or subscribe to the ARL Assessment Listserv.

Thank you to all our sponsors for their support in building a strong library assessment community.

Conference co-chairs:

Steve Hiller, University of Washington Libraries
Martha Kyrillidou, Association of Research Libraries
Jim Self, University of Virginia

2012 Conference Planning Committee:

Karen Diller, Washington State University Vancouver
David Green, Association of Research Libraries
Lisa Hinchliffe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Vivian Lewis, McMaster University
Liz Mengel, Johns Hopkins University
Megan Oakleaf, Syracuse University
Kathy Perry, VIVA Consortium
Bill Potter, University of Georgia
Donna Tolson, University of Virginia
Stephen Town, University of York (UK)