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Category Archives: conference reports
Notes from the Field: ALA Midwinter 2016
The ALA Midwinter meeting came early this year – seems like we’d just returned from winter break when it was time to prepare for Boston. Data, data visualization, and assessment have become popular topics of discussion and ALA sponsored more … Continue reading
Assessment in Atlanta
I recently attended the Southeastern Library Assessment Conference, a great forum that provides us an opportunity to hear about (mostly) academic library assessment activities in the Southeast and beyond. Several sessions related to a topic of special interest to libraries … Continue reading
The Library in the Life of the User
I had the privilege last week of attending the OCLC Research Partners Meeting on The Library in the Life of the User – We shared reports on the current state of user research, with a particular focus on qualitative methods … Continue reading
Report from ARCS: Perspectives on Alternative Assessment Metrics
This month I had the good fortune to attend the inaugural Advancing Research Communication and Scholarship meeting here in Philadelphia. The best panels brought together researchers, publishers, service providers and librarians with contrasting, yet complementary perspectives on how best to … Continue reading
Library Assessment Goings-on in the Neighborhood
Philadelphia-area librarians practicing assessment have a rich assessment resource here in our own backyard. The PLAD (Philadelphia Library Assessment Discussion) is a network of librarians who meet in person and virtually to connect with and learn from one another. We … Continue reading
There’s a Blizzard but Library Assessment Slogs On
It’s good to be back home from the ALA Midwinter conference. Chicago was not only windy last weekend but also snowy and awfully cold! Well, it is winter…and librarians can not be stopped. The meetings are always informative and it’s … Continue reading
My Library Assessment Adventures
I have just returned from 5 days in Seattle, Washington to attend the 2014 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment. This is a biennial gathering (now 600 attendees strong) and is sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries … Continue reading