The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the University of Virginia Library, the University of Washington Libraries, and the Conference Planning Committee have extended the call for proposals for the 2010 Library Assessment Conference up to February 26. The event, called ‘Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment’, is scheduled for October 25–27, 2010, in Baltimore, Maryland.
The biennial conference follows the first two conferences held in Charlottesville (2006) and Seattle (2008). Its aims to support and nurture the library assessment community through a mix of invited speakers, contributed papers and posters, workshops and discussion. The event is geared toward library and information professionals and researchers with responsibility for, or an interest in, the field of library assessment. All proposals are due by February 26, 2010.
Proposals are invited as either papers or posters. The Conference Planning Committee especially encourages proposals on the five keynote topics - Library Service Quality, Performance Measures and Balanced Scorecard, Assessment of Library Spaces, Learning Outcomes and the Library and Value and Impact. Related topics are also welcomed. These include digital libraries, Information resources and collections, learning and teaching, management information, methods and tools, organisational issues, performance measurement and measures, return on investment (ROI), services, space planning and utililisation, usability, usage and e-metrics, and user needs.
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