Dear AASL and ARLIS members, The AASL-ARLIS/NA Architecture Section, Architecture Library Statistics Committee, is pleased to announce the Academic Architecture Library Statistics web application. The committee has been working for the last year to define the statistical categories. Recently, the statistics have been turned into a web application. We are announcing this beta test version today in time for this week's AASL annual meeting and next week's ARLIS annual meeting. See meeting info at: http://www.library.njit.edu/archlib/aasl/meetings/ and http://arlis2003.library.jhu.edu/. *** Please take time to view the stats application on the AASL web site at *** *** http://www.library.njit.edu/archlib/aasl/stats/ *** Feedback -- both in the discussions at the annual meetings and via the web page -- is much appreciated and sought-after. Committee member Jeanne Brown (UNLV), among others, will be leading the discussions at the meetings. We want this site to be useful to *you*. To that end, we are attempting to design a high level of customizablity into the application. It is the committee's hope that this site will be a well-used site for architecture librarians. We can envision it being useful in preparing accreditation reports, doing self-evaluations, conducting peer comparisions for architecture deans and library directors, and submitting grant applications. We hope to incorporate your suggestions for improvements to the stats program in the months after both meetings. Thanks in advance for your support. --Jim (AASL webmaster), on behalf of the committee Committee members phase I: Jeanne Brown, chair, Judy Connorton, Dana Beth, Kathy Brackney, Al Willis, Susan Koskinen Committee members phase II: Jeanne Brown, chair, Judy Connorton, Dana Beth, Kathy Brackney Statistics web application: AASL web master Jim Robertson Jim Robertson Assistant University Librarian Van Houten Library New Jersey Institute of Technology 323 King Blvd. Newark, NJ 07102-1982 (973) 596-5798 -- [log in to unmask] -- www.library.njit.edu __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]