ALCTS E-Forum: Analytics for Electronic Resources
Analytics for Electronic Resources
Tuesday, December 9 and Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Moderated by George Stachokas and Jennifer Bazeley
Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!
Registration information is at the end of the message.
Each day, discussion begins and ends at:
Pacific: 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Mountain: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Central: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Eastern: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Electronic resources management is increasingly dependent on analytics data.
COUNTER usage statistics, cost data, return on investment, and many other
measures are increasingly used to target investment in content, select
appropriate business models, and identify user needs. Libraries use data to
improve their own services through assessment, but must also to demonstrate the
value of libraries to users and other stakeholders who support libraries. During
this e-forum, we will discuss topics related to analytics for electronic
resources (databases, electronic journals, and eBooks).
Moderators
George Stachokas is Special Assistant to the Dean for Project Management at
Purdue University Libraries. Previously, he has served as Head of Resource
Services at Purdue, Electronic Resources Librarian at Indiana State University,
and Chair of the Resource Advisory Committee for the Academic Libraries of
Indiana (ALI) consortium. George holds an MLIS degree from the University of
Illinois, an MA in History from Indiana State University, and a BS in Economics
from Purdue University. His research about organizational change in libraries,
electronic resource management, and collection development has appeared in such
publications as Serials Review, the Journal of Electronic Resources
Librarianship, Collection Management, and Managing Electronic Resources: A LITA
Guide. He is sole author of After the Book: Information Services for the 21st
Century (Elsevier Science, 2014).
Jennifer Bazeley has a BM and an MM in viola performance from the Eastman School
of Music, and an MLIS from Dominican University in Illinois. Since completing
her MLIS, she has worked in technical services at the library in the Field
Museum in Chicago, the Mason Public Library in Ohio, and the library at the
Cincinnati Art Museum. She began working for Miami University Libraries in
Oxford, OH in November 2009, and is currently Interim Head of Technical
Services. Her research interests include the role of libraries in scholarly
communication, improving technical services workflows, and analyzing e-resource
usage data.
What is an e-forum?
An ALCTS e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss matters of
interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion list. The e-forum
discussion list works like an email listserv: register your email address with
the list, and then you will receive messages and communicate with other
participants through an email discussion. Most e-forums last two days.
Registration is necessary to participate, but it's free. See a list of upcoming
e-forums at: http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/e-forum.
To register:
Instructions for registration are available at:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/e-forum/sympa. Once you have
registered for one e-forum, you do not need to register again, unless you choose
to leave the email list. Participation is free and open to anyone. If you have
any problems, please contact alcts-eforum-request_at_ala.org.
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee
Received on Sat Dec 06 2014 - 03:03:17 EST