Subject: IFLA Stockholm pre-conference, August 8, 2010
From: Donna LaFollette <dlafollette_at_scelc.org>
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 17:09:58 -0700
The IFLA Section on Serials and Other Continuing Resources, in
collaboration with the Section on Statistics and Evaluation and
Stockholm University Library, is pleased to announce the pre-conference
Measuring Usage and Understanding Users that will take place in the
fascinating European capital of Stockholm, where history and modernity
merge in harmony. This event will be held at Stockholm University
Library on August 8th, 2010, and is organized in conjunction with World
Library and Information Congress: 76th IFLA General Conference and
Assembly (Gothenburg, Sweden, August 10th-15th).
Measuring Usage and Understanding Users: e-resources statistics and what
they teach us
In the past decade libraries have been steadily increasing the
allocation of their funds towards electronic resources. However, when
the global economic crisis strikes, squeezing library budgets and
forcing the rollback of services and acquisitions, the question arises:
Do libraries get the maximum return on their investment? Do we have a
laser-sharp focus on user needs? Do we provide best service where and
when it is needed?
If any of these questions resonate with dilemmas at your library, this
event is for you! You will learn about:
* What use is made of usage statistics?
* Methods for effectively monitoring and evaluating usage statistics
* What do usage statistics tell us about how students use the resources?
* What insight do they give us into Information literacy issues?
* Standards, services, and best practices for usage statistics
* How can statistics be used as a practical tool in effective collection
management and development?
* Future developments in the provision and exploitation of use
measurement statistics
This pre-conference is geared toward all those who work with e-resources
usage data and wish to better understand implications in their own
libraries; also public services staff, technical services staff, and
managers.
The full program is available at
http://www.sub.su.se/iflastatistics/program.htm
Registration is SEK 1600 and includes name badge, two coffee breaks, one
lunch, admission to the Congress evening reception on Saturday August
7th, and a guided sightseeing tour of Stockholm city by boat. The
deadline for regular registration is July 15th, 2010. Hurry! Early
registration rate of SEK 1200 ends on May 31st with the payment received
by Stockholm University no later than June 15th 2010.
For more information on registration, travel and accommodations refer to:
http://www.sub.su.se/iflastatistics/registration.aspx We look forward to
seeing you in Stockholm!
Helen Heinrich
IFLA Section on Serials and Other Continuing Resources
Cataloging Coordinator
Oviatt Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street,
Northridge, CA, 91330-8328
Tel.: (818) 677-7830
Fax: (818) 677-4928
helen.heinrich_at_csun.edu
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