ALCTS E-Forum: Collection Evaluation and Assessment, Nov. 12-13
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*Collection Evaluation and Assessment*
November 12-13, 2013
Hosted by Karen Harker and Patricia Reese
Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It's free and open to everyone!
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Mountain: 8am -- 4pm
Central: 9am -- 5pm
Eastern: 10am -- 6pm
With libraries having more limited funds, there is increasing interest
in ensuring that these funds are used effectively. Given that resources
are a key service provided by libraries, librarians may wish to look at
their collections more carefully. However, few librarians have
implemented a formal and routine method of evaluating their collections.
Furthermore, while there have been some recent developments in
collection evaluation methods, notably peer comparison tools, many of
the measures of evaluation have not changed in the last fifty
years.Finally, there is little consensus on what these measures mean or
what they reveal about a collection.
With this e-forum, we hope to stimulate discussions on differences
between evaluation and assessment, definitions and measures of quality
in a collection, methods, measures and tools used to evaluate the
collection, and what these measures actually mean.Please join us in this
discussion on "big picture" ideas, as well as "nitty-gritty" details.
*Karen R. Harker* is Collection Assessment Librarian at the University
of North Texas Libraries. She earned her MLS from Texas Woman's
University in 1999, and her MPH from University of Texas School of
Public Health in 2007. Prior to joining UNT Libraries, Karen was
librarian at UT Southwestern Medical School for 10 years, followed by a
short stint as biostatistician for a clinical study. She is currently
revising the collection assessment plan for the UNT Libraries, with the
goal of evaluating all subject collections regularly.
*Pat Reese *is a Science Librarian at the University of North Texas with
liaison duties to the Departments of Psychology, Speech & Hearing
Sciences, and Behavior Analysis. She earned her MS in Medical Libraries
from the University of North Texas in 2000. With a background in Medical
Technology and Medical Records she enjoys working in the more clinical
side of her subject areas. Her goal is to develop the best collections
possible in her assigned areas.**
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Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee
Received on Wed Nov 06 2013 - 03:04:03 EST