From:
Reeta Sinha <profdevrs_at_gmail.com>
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 <mailto:profdevrs_at_gmail.com>), chair of the
Collection Assessment Interest Group.
Thank you,
Reeta
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Reeta Sinha
Coordinator, Resource Development & Services
Wilson Library, University of La Verne
La Verne, CA 91750
Received on Sat Apr 21 2012 - 03:01:35 EDT