The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that online registration is now open for the 2012 MINES for Libraries Webcast, a free workshop designed to provide potential and current participants with vital information on the MINES for Libraries service, an online, transaction-based survey that collects data on the purpose of use of electronic resources and on the demographics of users. This one-hour webcast, scheduled for September 18 at 1:00 p.m. EDT, will introduce the MINES for Libraries assessment protocol, share the benefits and results of participation, and present useful case studies.
Terry Plum (Simmons College Graduate School of Library & Information Science), one of the original developers of MINES along with Brinley Franklin (University of Connecticut), will explain the survey, survey questions, and methods. Three case studies will describe the rationale for using the service and how MINES has been implemented in consortial and individual library settings.
Case study presenters include Catherine Davidson for the Ontario Council of University Libraries and for York University and Margaret Martin Gardiner of Western Ontario University. Q&A will be available throughout the webcast using an online bulletin board. An overview of the data and reports produced for MINES will be provided by Gary Roebuck (ARL) and Martha Kyrillidou (ARL) will host and facilitate the event.
The MINES for Libraries Webcast is part of the 2012 ARL Statistics & Assessment Webcast Series. Free recordings are available of the LibQUAL+, ClimateQUAL, and ARL Statistics Webcasts. The webcast will be recorded and made freely available on ARL’s YouTube channel.
Measuring the Impact of Networked Electronic Services (MINES for Libraries) is an online, transaction-based survey that collects data on library-user demographics, the purpose of use, and the location of the user at point of use offered to the library community through StatsQUAL — a gateway of library assessment tools developed by the Association of Research Libraries.
