ACQflash: Call for proposals- ALA Anaheim, Collection Evaluation & Assessment Interest Group

Subject:  Call for proposals- ALA Anaheim, Collection Evaluation & 
Assessment Interest Group
From:  Reeta Sinha <profdevrs_at_gmail.com>
Date:  4/19/2012 10:26 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 Annual Conference Midwinter on 
Sunday, June 24, 2012 from 1:30 pm - 3:30PM in the HYATT-Harbor Room

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 be about 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 Friday, May 4, 2012 to Reeta Sinha 
(profdevrs_at_gmail.com), chair of the Collection Assessment Interest Group.


Thank you,

Reeta

-- 
Reeta Sinha
Coordinator, Resource Development & Services
Wilson Library, University of La Verne
La Verne, CA 91750





_______________________________________________
ACQNET-L mailing list
ACQNET-L_at_lists.ibiblio.org
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/acqnet-l