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Annual Conference session -- Collections Assessment: The Who, What, and Why

  • 1.  Annual Conference session -- Collections Assessment: The Who, What, and Why

    Posted Jun 14, 2019 10:55 AM

    ***Please excuse cross-posting***

    All are welcome at the ACRL Assessment Discussion Group and ALCTS Collection Evaluation and Assessment Interest Group combined session at the ALA 2019 Annual Conference. Here are the details:

     

    Collections Assessment: The Who, What, and Why

     

    Saturday, June 22, 2019

    4:00 p.m.

    Location: Marriott Marquis, Dogwood

     

    Program details:

    The ACRL Assessment Discussion Group and ALCTS Collection Evaluation and Assessment Interest Group are collaboratively offering a session about collections-related data, specifically focusing on the overall strategy for collecting data and using it to inform collection development and assessment initiatives.  Discussion topics include what data is collected and how it is shared internally and externally. The session includes perspectives from three panelists, and time for discussion. Panelists include:

    • Thom Munger, Product Manager, Platform Data and Analytics, ProQuest
    • Dolsy Smith, Collections Strategist, George Washington University
    • Sarah Tudesco, Assessment Librarian, Yale University Library
    • Facilitator: Nancy Turner, Associate Director for Organizational Research & Strategy Alignment, Temple University Libraries

     

    Please join us!  If you have questions about the session, please contact:

    • Tasha Cooper, Collection Development and Analysis Librarian, Syracuse University Libraries, nacoop01@syr.edu
    • Lisa Jochelson, Lead Acquisitions Librarian, Ralph J. Bunche Library, U.S. Department of State, JochelsonLL@state.gov
    • Nancy Turner, Associate Director for Organizational Research & Strategy Alignment, Temple University Libraries, nancy.turner@temple.edu


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    Lisa Jochelson
    Lead Acquisitions Librarian
    US Department of State
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