The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the University of Washington Libraries, and the conference steering committee have extended the proposal submission deadline for the 2016 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment to February 3. The conference will be held in Arlington, Virginia, October 31–November 2, 2016, and builds on the success of the first five conferences held in Charlottesville, Virginia (2006, 2012); Seattle, Washington (2008, 2014); and Baltimore, Maryland (2010).
The conference aims to build and further a vibrant library assessment community by bringing together interested practitioners and researchers who have responsibility or interest in the broad field of library assessment. The event provides a mix of invited speakers, contributed papers, short papers, posters, and pre- and post-conference workshops that stimulate discussion and provide workable ideas for effective, sustainable, and practical library assessment.
Paper and poster proposals that cover any aspect of library assessment in any type of library are invited. The conference steering committee especially encourages proposals in areas such as collaborative assessments; data management and visualization; digital libraries and repositories; measurement and measures/indicators; methods and tools; organizational issues; services, collections (including specialized collections), and programs; space and facilities planning and use; teaching and learning; usability and user experience; user needs; value and impact; and presentation formats.
Proposals are invited as papers, short papers (lightning talks), and posters. Proposals are required to include a title, author names and short biographies, format, and abstract (maximum 500 words) describing the paper or poster.
Papers and short papers will be included in the conference proceedings. Formal written papers and short papers are due by December 1, 2016.
Interested parties may visit the proposal submission site to submit a proposal. The primary author will be required to create a profile. One author will complete the form submission with a short biographical statement (50 words or less) for themselves and each co-author. Proposal submissions are now due by February 3, 2016.
The Library Assessment Conference Steering Committee will evaluate proposals based on relevance to effective, sustainable, and practical library assessment; significance of contribution to the body of work associated with library assessment; clarity of expression; and status of research (For paper proposals, are the results in hand? When appropriate, please include the timeline for completion of research).
Those submitting proposals will be notified of their status in early March 2016. Drafts of papers and short papers will be due by October 1 and final papers for the proceedings will be due by December 1, 2016.
Each accepted presenter will be guaranteed a conference registration place and will be expected to pay the registration fee. Additional registration information will be available in early 2016.
Papers and short papers will be published in the conference proceedings, which will be freely and openly available via the conference website or an institutional repository. Poster abstracts and PDF versions of posters will also be available on the conference website. Authors retain the copyright to their original work and are encouraged to publish their work in other established venues and professional journals.
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