Colleagues-
I am looking for a recorder for the ARLIS/NA conference session on "Using numbers and stories for advocacy" described below. If you have some time on Monday morning and are willing to take (and publish) notes, please get in touch with me directly at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Thanks!
--Lynda
Using Numbers and Stories for Advocacy (Pikes Peak - HCC; 10:15-11:45am Monday, May 5)
Large academic libraries now routinely use data to make decisions on priorities and services, and to make a case for improved resources. They often have the infrastructure to collect the data through tools such as surveys, focus groups, interviews, usability testing, benchmarking, or gathering local statistics. How can smaller collections tap into this process? How can various kinds of art libraries and image collections use assessment tools to make a case for more resources or otherwise influence decision-making? How can they connect within their larger institutions to find data that may already be available, or work collaboratively on projects to create their own supporting data? This session will look at how quantitative and qualitative information can be used to influence decisions.
Moderator: Lynda S. White, Associate Director, Management Information Services, University of Virginia Library.
Speakers:
Jeanne Brown, Head, Architecture Studies Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Telling Stories about the Library: Using Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Depicting the Library
Laura Graveline, Visual Arts Librarian, Sherman Art Library, Dartmouth College. Assessment and Web Design
Elizabeth Schaub, Director, Visual Resources Collection, School of Architecture, University of Texas-Austin, on behalf of Laura Schwartz, Head, Fine Arts Library, University of Texas-Austin. Assessment, Is It Really Worth It?: the UT Austin Fine Arts Library, a Case Study
Rina Vecchiola, Art and Architecture Librarian, Kenneth and Nancy Kranzberg Art and Architecture Library, Washington University in St. Louis. The Customer Centered Library: Using LibQUAL Survey Results in an Academic Branch Library.
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Lynda S. White, Associate Director
Management Information Services
562 Alderman
University of Virginia Library
PO Box 400114
Charlottesville, VA 22904
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That which is measured is done.
--Mark Warner
Governor of Virginia, 2002-2006
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