Note: Due to high demand, workshop openings and conference hotel block accommodations are limited
The Association of Research Libraries, the University of Virginia Library, and the University of Washington Libraries are pleased to announce the second Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment, to be held at the University of Washington in Seattle. 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 our first assessment conference, held in Charlottesville, September 2006.
The 2008 conference will include a keynote panel featuring:
- Susan Gibbons, Vice Provost and Dean, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
- Rick Luce, Vice Provost and Director of Libraries, Emory University
- Betsy Wilson, Dean of University Libraries, University of Washington
2008 Conference Topics
Library assessment in the following areas:
- 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 utilization
- Usability
- Usage and e-metrics
- User needs
- Value and impact
To join the post-conference discussion on library assessment issues, visit the library assessment blog.
We hope you will join us in Seattle!
Conference co-chairs,
Steve Hiller, University of Washington Libraries
Martha Kyrillidou, Association of Research Libraries
Jim Self, University of Virginia
2008 Conference Planning Committee,
Colleen Cook, Texas A&M University
Francine DeFranco, University of Connecticut
Margaret Martin Gardiner, University of Western Ontario
Debra Gilchrist, Pierce College
Irene Hoffman, OCLC Eastern
Kristina Justh, Association of Research Libraries
Megan Oakleaf, Syracuse University
Joan Stein, Carnegie Mellon University
Stephen Town, York University
Stephanie Wright, University of Washington
