ACQflash: ALA Midwinter - ALCTS CMS Collection Evaluation & Assessment Interest Group -- Call for speakers or discussion topics

Subject:  ALA Midwinter - ALCTS CMS Collection Evaluation & Assessment 
Interest Group -- Call for speakers or discussion topics
From:  "Reeta Sinha" <rsinha_at_ybp.com>
Date:  10/24/2011 11:05 PM



The ALCTS CMS Collection Evaluation & Assessment Interest Group invites 
suggestions for discussion topics and/or proposals for presentations 
related to any aspect of collection evaluation and assessment. This 
Interest Group will meet at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Dallas on 
Sunday, 22, 2012 from 1:30-3:30PM.



The charge of the CMS Collection Evaluation and Assessment Interest 
Group is:



To identify and promote useful qualitative and quantitative assessment 
measures that provide management information for the assessment of 
library collections both in the local setting and on the national and 
international level. To promote better utilization of existing 
assessment measures available from vendors or publishers, as well as 
those developed by libraries. To provide guidance to collection managers 
using assessment information to improve the management of electronic, 
print, and other library resources.



Possible topics include, but are not limited to:



     Best practices for collection evaluation
     Comparison of locally developed and commercially produced 
collection evaluation tools
     Evaluation of materials acquired via a demand-driven acquisitions 
service (eBooks or print)
     Collection evaluation in a consortial environment
     Evaluation and assessment of eBook collections
     Collection evaluation and assessment in public libraries
     Collection assessment of special collections (for example, 
subject-specific collections, e-resources) or with specific objective 
(such as to digitize a collection of materials or to move print 
materials to offsite storage)


Presentations should be15-20 minutes in length to allow for questions 
and discussion time.



To submit a discussion topic or proposal, please email a brief 
description of your proposed topic by Monday, November 7, 2011 to Reeta 
Sinha (rsinha_at_ybp.com), chair of the Collection Assessment Interest Group.



If you have questions about this call for speakers please contact Reeta 
Sinha, Joshua Barton (bartonjp_at_mail.lib.msu.edu) or Hilary Wagner 
(Hilary.Wagner_at_Rasmussen.edu).





Thanks,



Reeta



Reeta Sinha, MSLS

Sr. Collection Development Manager

YBP Library Services, a Baker & Taylor Company

rsinha_at_ybp.com

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