The 2010 Library Assessment Conference, held October 25-27, 2010 in Baltimore, attracted more than 470 professionals interested in library assessment. The conference website now includes detailed information about the event including keynotes, presentations, and poster sessions.
The programme offered presentations from more than 60 papers, 80 posters, and two full-day and four half-day workshops. Topics included teaching and learning, library space, service quality (LibQUAL+), assessment in practice, organisational performance, value and impact, usability, qualitative assessment, digital libraries, information services, marketing and advocacy, collections, and more. The Library Assessment Career Achievement awards were presented to three luminaries in the field—Gordon Fretwell, Roswitha Poll, and Kendon Stubbs. Multiple pre- and post-conference workshops focused on such specific issues as learning outcomes, LibQUAL+, graphical data presentation, return on investment, the Balanced Scorecard, and telling the story of library value.
The conference also featured an evening Poster Reception with 80 peer-reviewed posters including organisational performance, methods (including space and surveys), learning, collections, and LibQUAL+. Poster authors came from a variety of institutions across the globe.
Other conference presentations and related materials are freely available on the conference website at http://libraryassessment.org. ARL will publish the conference proceedings in the coming year.
The Library Assessment Conference is cosponsored by the Association of Research Libraries, the University of Virginia Library, and the University of Washington Libraries, and takes place every two years. The conference aims to support and nurture the library assessment community through a mix of invited speakers, contributed papers and posters, workshops, and engaging discussion. The next Library Assessment Conference is being planned for fall 2012 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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